In Chinese tradition the first few days of the year to welcome the God of Fortune

The fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

The origin of welcoming the God of Wealth:

On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, all stores open their markets, and early in the morning, gongs and firecrackers are bursting, and livestock and sweet wine are displayed to welcome the God of Wealth.

The Qing Dynasty Gu Tieqing "Qing Jia Record" cited a Cai Yun's bamboo stick lyrics, depicting the situation of Suzhou people on the fifth day to welcome the God of Fortune: "five days of wealth five days to seek a year's wish for a moment to pay; Beware of other places to welcome the God early, the next night to hold the head of the road in a hurry," where "hold the head of the road" also means "to hold the head of the road. "also known as" welcome the God of Fortune "; and believe in Guan Di Shengjun businessmen, on the fifth day of the first month of the year for the Guan Gong offerings on the sweet, firecrackers, burn gold paper worship, Guan Sheng Di Sheng bless a year of good fortune.

Wu Xian God of Wealth or five-way God of Wealth: Legend has it that there are five brothers, the first word of the title are "obvious", so it is called "five obvious God of Wealth". In his lifetime, he robbed the rich to help the poor, and after his death, he still punished the evil and promoted the good, blessing the poor people. There is a temple to the God of Wealth outside the Andingmen Gate in Beijing.

The fifth day of the first month of the year "to meet the God of Wealth" is only in the Han Chinese folk widely popular a custom, but it does reflect the general hope that the old and welcome the new, to send away the old poverty and hardship, to meet the new year of the good life of the traditional psychology.