Why do you want to cut window grilles in off-year?

1. Why do you want to cut window grilles in off-year? Off-year, usually referring to the day of sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves, is regarded as the beginning of "busy year". Due to the different customs between the north and the south, the days called "off-year" are not the same. The traditional off-year (dust-sweeping day) is the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month. In most parts of the south, the tradition of the 24th lunar month is still maintained. Before the middle of the Qing Dynasty, the Lunar New Year was also celebrated on the 24th in northern China. Since the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperor's family held a ceremony to worship heaven on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In order to "save money", they also worship the kitchen god, so people in the north also celebrate the 23rd day of the lunar calendar one day in advance.

2. Different places have different concepts and dates of "off-year". It is the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the north and the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month in most parts of the south. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, it is called Xiaonian. In Nanjing, the fifteenth day of the first month is called Lantern Festival. In some parts of Yunnan, it is the 16th day of the first month, and in some parts of southwest and north, it is New Year's Eve. Window grilles are paper-cut pasted on window paper or window glass, which is one of the ancient traditional folk arts in China. It has a long history and unique style, and is deeply loved by people at home and abroad. Window grilles were originally a way for people to welcome spring during the beginning of spring solar term. In order to welcome the spring, people in many parts of China, especially in the north, like to hang all kinds of window grilles on their windows. After the Song and Yuan Dynasties, the time to cut and paste window grilles to welcome the Spring Festival began in beginning of spring, and people used paper-cutting to express their joy in celebrating spring. Since then, the custom of stick grilles has continued until the Spring Festival.