Northern off-year customs

1, a small custom in the north: sweeping dust.

"Dust" and "Chen" are homophonic, so the purpose of sweeping dust is to get rid of the old and welcome the new, and remove the ominous. Sweep the wall up and down, scrub the tables and chairs, and wash the floor with a broom? Every household should be thoroughly cleaned, leaving no dead ends, so that the windows are bright and clean.

2. Northern customs: stick grilles

The most popular folk activities. There are also all kinds of animal and plant anecdotes, such as magpies climbing plums, peacocks beating peonies, lions rolling hydrangeas, three sheep (yang) opening Thailand, two dragons playing with pearls, Yuanyang playing with water and so on.

3. Northern customs: bathing and hairdressing

There is a folk saying that "if you have money, you can cut your hair to celebrate the New Year". Bathing and hairdressing activities are mostly concentrated around off-year.

4. Northern customs: rushing to get married.

After the age of 23, people think that the gods have gone to heaven and everything has been forgiven. You don't have to choose a date to marry a daughter-in-law and prostitution. This is called rushing to get married. The folk song is "busy marriage in the countryside, Yichun posts tease spring scenery."

5. Northern customs: people are kings.

Off-year is also a day of folk sacrifice. According to folklore, every year on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, Kitchen God will tell the Jade Emperor about the good and evil of this family and let the Jade Emperor reward and punish them.