1What day is October 27th?

The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month is a common name of the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month in China, and it is also one of the traditional festivals of the Spring Festival in China. China folk proverb says, "On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, killing chickens catches up with the big episode".

On this day, every household has to slaughter their own poultry and go to the market to purchase. Compared with the market on weekdays, the market on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month mainly deals in New Year's Day items, such as firecrackers, Spring Festival couplets, incense sticks, burning paper, beef and mutton, various gifts for children and various headdresses for girls.

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Old Beijingers also have the custom of killing cocks on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. In addition to stew chicken yesterday, stew chicken today, and prepare more vegetarian dishes.

Every day, the kitchen is steaming and delicious. Outside, the north wind roared in the ice and snow, and when the door was pushed, all kinds of smells and hot air came, as well as laughter and firecrackers outside. Year, with shape, sound, color, fragrance and taste, was fixed in memory.

On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, old Beijing continued to do yesterday's work, washing clothes, taking a bath, and the custom of washing old mud on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month to prepare for the Spring Festival next year. Legend has it that bathing on this day can dispel a year's bad luck and wash away a year's illness. In fact, it is to pray for good health and no disease in the coming year! There is also a saying in Beijing that "twenty-seven washes the disease, twenty-eight washes the sloppy".