Is the sixth day an auspicious day?

The sixth day of the first month in 2023 is not an auspicious day. Today's value is Gou Chen, belonging to the underworld.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, it is also called "Horse Day". Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the traditional view is that the first day of the first month is rooster day, the second day is dog day, the third day is pig day, the fourth day is sheep day, the fifth day is ox day, the sixth day is horse day and the seventh day is human day. According to China folklore, this is because when Nu Wa created everything, she created six animals first and then people, so the first day to the sixth day is the day of six animals.

The sixth day of the sixth lunar month is a horse day, which was called fat in ancient times. People really start working or doing business on this day. From the beginning of the first month to the fifth day, it was impossible to clean, and the feces in the toilet piled up like mountains. So on this day, I did a big cleaning and worshipped the toilet god to clean the dirty toilet on weekdays.

So it is called "fat" (but now people use new bathroom equipment, so there is no such custom). This day also means that farmers in the old society began to prepare for spring ploughing.

The moral of the Lunar New Year:

In a blink of an eye, the biggest festival is coming. In addition to New Year's Day celebrations, there are many folk activities in the first month. For example, sending the poor on the sixth day of the first month is a very traditional folk custom, which also reflects people's yearning for a better life.

Sixthly, the auspicious figures in China traditional culture have the auspicious meaning of "Great Harmony". In folk customs, the sixth day of the first month is the first day to greet the god of wealth after the fifth day of the fifth lunar month. That is to say, before the fifth day of the first month, put all the garbage in bags and then throw it out. This is called sending the poor. Poverty refers to the poor god, and it can also be said that it is to send the poor god, which means that the new year should be rich and happy.