Customs and taboos on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar year

Legend has it that the fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the birthday of the God of Wealth, and every family should open their doors to welcome the God of Wealth. This day door to door to pay tribute to the New Year means that is to go to the "robbery of wealth", but also to bring bad luck to friends and relatives, so the first five is not to pay tribute to the New Year. In addition, the ancients in the first five days of the first month of the tradition of "catch five poor", the home of bad luck, bad luck out of the door, the people will bring bad luck to their own home. The word "Wu" means "to pour dirt", which means to clean, to pour out sewage, and to pour out garbage. Old traditions believe that the first few days of the first month of the year can gather wealth, and throwing things out of the house means that "good fortune" will be poured out. "After the fifth day of the first month, this taboo can be lifted. On the fifth day of the first month of the Chinese New Year, people should clean up the garbage created in their homes during the New Year, which is called "sending the poor", otherwise it will bring poverty. Sending the garbage out of the house means sending out poverty and ushering in prosperity in the new year. According to the old tradition, broken five this day should not do things, otherwise the year will be broke, especially three things, resolutely can not touch. On the fifth day of the first month, do not comb your hair. Hair symbolizes a year of good fortune from the beginning, combing hair will fall out of hair, the old generation that the first five combed off hair is bad luck. It is taboo to move the earth on the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, otherwise disasters may occur. Do not eat lotus root on the fifth day of the first month! Elderly people say that lotus root should not be used in dishes on the fifth day of the first month because it has many holes, which means that it "leaks money" and is bad for the new year's fortune. The tradition of welcoming the God of Wealth flourished in the Ming and Qing dynasties and is still passed down today. In order to have good luck and prosperity, people welcome the God of Fortune in various ways. The God of Fortune is also known as the God of Five Roads, the so-called five roads is the southeast, west, north and west, meaning that all roads, out of the five roads, all can get money. At zero hour on the fifth day of the first month, every household will open the doors and windows, light candles, firecrackers, set on the head of a sheep or carp, respectfully welcome the God of Wealth, eager to bring wealth and fortune, blessing the new year's wealth and prosperity. Some places also grab the head of the folk activities. Although the first five is the God of Fortune birthday, in order to compete for the market, the first four nights, people are ready to sacrifice animals, cakes and fruit, incense and candles, gongs and drums burning incense in honor of the God of Fortune, called "grab the head of the road", also known as "take the God of Fortune".