The legend and modern significance of sweeping houses on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

On the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, it officially entered the off-year period. On this day, every household began to do a general cleaning at home, commonly known as "sweeping the house". Then let's take a look at the legend and modern significance of sweeping houses on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Sweep the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Dust-cleaning day, that is, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, is a year-end cleaning. Every household cleans cobwebs, raises dust and cleans them up. Although it is the "24th Dust Removal Day", it is actually the dust removal time from before and after the sacrifice to the end of the year. In some parts of China, the period from the early year (the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month) to New Year's Eve is called "Dust Clearing Day", also called "Spring Festival Day".

The legend of sweeping the house with dust on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

The ancients believed that there was a three-corpse god attached to everyone, like a shadow, inseparable Three dead gods are a guy who likes flattery and gossip. He often tells stories in front of the Jade Emperor and describes the world as ugly. Over time, in the jade emperor's impression, this world is simply a dirty world full of evil.

Once. The secret report of the three corpse gods tells us that the world is cursing the jade emperor and wants to rebel against heaven. The jade emperor was furious and made an imperial edict to quickly find out what happened in the world. Anyone who hates gods and insults them writes their crimes under the eaves. Then let the spider cover it with a net and mark it. The Jade Emperor ordered Wang Lingguan to go down on New Year's Eve, and all the marked families were beheaded, not one left. Seeing that the plan was about to succeed, three resin gods took advantage of the gap and flew down to earth. Indiscriminately, they marked the eaves and corners of every household to make the tomb palace extinct. Just as the Three Corpses God was doing evil, the Chef God discovered his whereabouts and was frightened to disgrace, so he quickly sought out various Chefs to discuss countermeasures. So, I came up with a good idea. From the day when the kitchen is delivered on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to the time when the kitchen is closed on New Year's Eve, every household should clean up the house. If any household is not clean, Kitchen God will refuse to enter the house.

According to the instructions of the kitchen god before he ascended to heaven, everyone cleaned the dust, dusted the cobwebs, cleaned the doors and windows, and thoroughly cleaned their houses. When Wang Lingguan visited the lower bound on New Year's Eve, he found that every household had bright windows and bright lights, people were reunited and happy, and the world was beautiful. Wang Lingguan was surprised that he could not find a sign indicating bad behavior. He rushed back to heaven, told the Jade Emperor that there was peace and happiness on earth, and prayed for a happy New Year. The Jade Emperor was greatly shocked after hearing this. He made a decree to detain the Three Corpses God, ordered him to be slapped for 300 mouths, and put him in prison forever. Thanks to the help of Kitchen God, this human disaster was spared. In order to thank Kitchen God for helping people to eliminate disasters and bless Zhang Xiang, folk dust sweeping always starts from the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month after the kitchen is delivered, and is always busy until the New Year's Eve.

Since then, in order to eliminate difficulties and disasters, people have sent kitchen gods every year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, they have to sweep away the dust and remove Egypt. After a long time, "sending the kitchen god on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month and sweeping the house on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" has gradually become a Han folk custom.

Modern significance of sweeping houses on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Nowadays, sweeping houses on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month is not only to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters and pray for good luck, but also to carry forward the good habits of paying attention to hygiene and reducing diseases in China traditional culture, and to entrust people with the good wishes of cleaning up the mess and making innovations, which has become a new trend in civilized society.