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The clothes hanging on the roof were taken back to find something by mistake.

Dear tenant, the clothes I hung on the roof accidentally entered your house by mistake. Because this dress is of great significance to me, I would like to ask you to find it and then go to the roof to dry it ~ ~ ~ Thank you very much.

The sixth day of the sixth month of the lunar calendar, known as clothes drying day, is a traditional folk festival with a long history. Also known as the sun festival, dragon drying clothes, etc.

On this day, every household has to move the suitcase out of the door and open it. The sixth day of June is just before the hot summer and autumn. When the weather is hot, it is beneficial for people to use the ultraviolet rays of the sun to carry out disinfection and insecticidal health care activities, or to take effective protective measures from the aspects of human body, livestock and buildings.

Beijing Laundry and Drying Festival

There are many folk customs in Beijing: bathing, sunbathing, washing elephants, sunbathing Buddhist scriptures, enjoying lotus flowers, watching valley operas and so on. On the sixth day of the sixth month of the sixth lunar month in Beijing, people call it "washing and drying festival", because the weather is already sultry at this time, coupled with the rainy season and humid climate, everything is easy to mildew and damage. So on this day, from the palace to the people, from the town to the farmhouse, there are many customs of bathing and drying things.

At that time, people in old Beijing didn't have bathing facilities, but people also paid great attention to cleanliness. They used to bathe and clean themselves in every festival or solar term. Buddhists especially burn incense to worship Buddha in a clean body to show their piety.