Which day of the waxing moon is a good day to sweep the house?

The 24th day of the month of Lunar New Year, sweeping the house.

Sweeping the dust day, that is, the 24th day of the lunar month, "sweeping the dust" is the end of the year cleaning, households sweeping the house, dusting. According to "Lv's Spring and Autumn Annals" records, our country in the era of Yao and Shun, there is a Spring Festival dust sweeping custom.

According to folklore: because the "dust" and "Chen" resonance, dust sweeping has the meaning of "get rid of Chen Bu Xin", but also means to get rid of all the diseases, poor luck, the bad luck will be all swept away! out of the door, praying for the New Year to welcome good fortune, good luck and well-being.

Precautions for sweeping the house

1, seven sweeping gold, eight sweeping silver

There is a saying: "twenty-four sweeping day, seven sweeping gold, eight sweeping silver". In fact, it is noon (11:00 to 13:00) and not yet (13:00 to 15:00) cleanup. Because in the twelve branches of the earth, Wu Wei were ranked seventh, eight position. In the past, people preached a lot about how the noon and the ungodly hour are the most powerful Yang energy in the day. It is a sign to clean out all the unclean things and gloomy things, etc.

2, try to use a new broom

Older generations of people cleaning before the Spring Festival, will use bamboo leaves tied into a broom, cleaning the roof, walls and washing furniture. The reason is that the folk believe that the green bamboo leaves are just yang things, in addition to the old to welcome the new meaning, but also to drive away the yin to remove filth and evil effects. If you don't use bamboo leaves, try to use a new broom to sweep.