Is there a custom of opening the market on the sixth day of the first month?

There is a custom of opening markets on the sixth day of the first month. According to custom, the sixth day is the day when shops open. The door panels of large and small businesses should be affixed with red couplets of "Good Business and Prosperity in Everything", and firecrackers should be set off before business, which symbolizes that this year's business will be booming and thriving. In addition to setting off firecrackers and posting couplets, many merchants will also put a pot of orange-red oranges at the door, and "orange" and "auspicious" are homophonic to show good luck.

Lunar New Year's Eve, also known as a "good start", is an important auspicious day for China people to open their markets and collect money for business. Because the fifth day of the first month is "the day to welcome the god of wealth", after the god of wealth came to the world, he was out of breath and came to make a fortune. In order to welcome the god of wealth, the ancients chose to open their doors on the sixth day of the first month to make a good start for the year. In Strike of Luck, money is rolling in.

For example, during the Qin dynasty, large and small shops were decorated with lanterns and firecrackers to welcome businessmen; In the Tang dynasty, business flourished, shops increased, dragons and drums were danced, and business was prayed for. The shop worships the god of wealth and prays for prosperity. Since ancient times, in the eyes of China people, six is an auspicious number. Nowadays, business people choose this day to open their business, which will help their business prosper and people really start working or doing business on this day.

Other customs on the sixth day of the first month:

Sending the poor ghost: Many people know that sending the poor god on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year refers to Jiang Ziya's wife Ma Shi. On the sixth day of the first month, "sending the poor" means offering sacrifices to the poor. Poor guy, also known as "poor boy". According to Song Chen Yuanliang's "Guang Ji at the Age of Years" and "Wenzong Beiwen", the poor man is the son of Zhuan Xu. He is weak and short, and likes to wear rags and drink porridge. He will tear new clothes or burn holes in them to wear, so people call him a poor man.

Taking a bath, people think that you can't take a bath from the first day of the lunar new year to the fifth day of the lunar new year, because water represents money. If you take a bath, money will slip away. Lunar New Year's Eve is a new beginning, and many people start to work on this day, so they should wash themselves clean and look brand-new and bring their best to work, which means a new year and a new atmosphere, and this year's work will be smooth.

Washing clothes, on New Year's Day, everyone will wear new clothes and hats. It will take five days to take off new clothes, so it is time to wash them on the sixth day. After all, they have been dirty for several days, so it is not good to wear clean clothes to work or apply for a job on this day, otherwise it will leave a sloppy impression on others.