Is the market opening on the fifth or sixth day?

On the sixth day of the first month, in the old society, it was the day when large and small businesses "opened the market", and red couplets of "opening the market and prospering everything" should be posted on the door panels. Setting off firecrackers before business symbolizes that this year's business will be prosperous, safe and prosperous.

On this day, the boss and the clerk will also shake the abacus violently and beat the scales with scales to make the store noisy and take the meaning of "noisy prosperity". After the "opening of the market", all Spring Festival taboos will end and everything will return to normal.

The custom of placing oranges:

In the past, in order to get a good impression, businessmen had to put one or more jars in the store, which were filled with oranges, one of which meant "prosperity" and the other meant "auspiciousness". Now this custom is basically invisible.