Why do you want to set off firecrackers on the fifth day?

Firecrackers should be set off on the fifth day.

On the fifth day, every household will set off firecrackers. People should set off firecrackers from every room and walk outside the door when setting off firecrackers, which means blowing out all unlucky things and ghosts and staying away from people as far as possible. In particular, we should kick their feet, call them "poor" and drive "unlucky" and "poor" out of the house.

In some areas of China, it is a custom to "send the poor" on the fifth day. Is to send the ashes and garbage from cleaning the house out of the door, and then fire a gun to exorcise evil spirits. The moral is to send away poverty and usher in prosperity and happiness in the new year. All shops, big or small, which are closed because of the China New Year, usually choose an auspicious day to open their doors after Friday, and usually take the sixth day of the sixth lunar month as a good day for "opening the market". Therefore, many businesses will make all preparations for the opening of the market on the fifth day.