What day is good to clean the house in the twelfth lunar month?

The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is suitable for cleaning houses.

Sweeping houses is generally carried out in the twelfth lunar month, which is a very particular month. Cleaning the house also needs to be carried out on the right day. There has always been a saying among the people that "twenty-four, sweeping houses" and "twenty-eight, sweeping carelessly". In fact, these two days are reminding everyone that if you don't clean up, you will miss a good opportunity to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new.

In rural areas, people will worship the kitchen god on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, and then, from the 24th of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, the middle period is called "Spring Festival", which is also called "house cleaning day", and it is considered as the best auspicious day for house cleaning.

The custom of sweeping houses in December of the lunar calendar

On this day, the first thing to do is to clean the interior of the house, dust the cloth, and pay attention to using a feather duster when cleaning the house. This is the meaning of good luck. In the Qing dynasty, the duster was often something that a woman married when she got married, so as to enhance her girl's duster (courage).

Now, if you use it to clean the house, you can fully show your authority as a hostess. The hostess is the commander-in-chief of the preparations for the family reunion dinner. A good feather duster is made of live chicken feathers, and it dusts soil instead of clay. Some ancient paintings and hardwood furniture must be cleaned with advanced dusters to avoid damage. After cleaning the house, you must also clean the yard, and then the front door.