What did the cold ancients do?

The so-called "great cold", folks will have a series of activities, as follows:

dust

"Dust removal", also known as "getting rid of the old" and "dust removal", is a kind of general cleaning: "Every family paints the walls and sweeps away the ominous" to sweep away bad luck; On the contrary, "the twelfth lunar month is not dusty, and the plague will be recruited in the coming year."

Paste window

"Sticking windows" means sticking windows with new paper. "Put up windows for good luck." For the sake of beauty, some people will cut some auspicious patterns and stick them on the windows, so it is also called "stick grilles", which is usually held on the 25th day of the twelfth lunar month.

Go to the market

That is, the traditional New Year's party, buying La Worship supplies and new year's goods.

have a bath

It has the same intention as "dust removal", both of which are good personal hygiene, which means washing away one year's troubles and bad luck. Therefore, no matter how busy you are at the end of the year, you have to have a haircut and take a bath, which is the old saying, "Take a bath for the New Year if you have money."

In short, the cold season is always full of happiness, because this is the Spring Festival after the cold, and a new chapter is about to open. There are too many happy things in this closing solar term.