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Can I wash the sheets and quilt cover on the sixth day?

Of course.

You can wash clothes and quilts on the sixth day of the first month, because the sixth day of the first month has passed the fifth day. You can take out the sheets and wash them by hand or put them in the washing machine. Don't put too much detergent or too exciting laundry products, choose a relatively mild one to avoid injury.

The sixth day of the first month, also called Horse Day, is one of the traditional festivals in China. Legend has it that Nu Wa first made heaven and earth, and after making chickens, dogs, pigs, sheep and cows, she made horses on the sixth day of the first month. Sending the poor off on this day is also a very distinctive folk custom in China. It means offering sacrifices to poor ghosts (poor gods). Poor guy, also known as "poor son".