What does sweeping dust mean

Sweeping dust means sweeping what:

Sweeping dust, cleaning the room. It is also known as sweeping the house, sweeping the room, removing dust, removing residue, dusting, playing dust, etc. It is one of the traditional Chinese New Year's customs passed down in Chinese folklore. Whenever the Spring Festival is approaching every household has to clean all kinds of utensils, sprinkle sweeping courtyard, cleaning room, with clean, neat, bright to meet the arrival of the New Year.

Previously, the main theme of the activity was to get rid of the old and bring in the new, and the dust sweeping is the end of the year sweeping, which is known as "sweeping the house" in the south and "sweeping the room" in the north.

The ballad says: "Twenty-four, dust day." On this day, every household should clean the environment, dusting dust cobwebs, cleaning all kinds of appliances, washing bedding curtains, sweeping the courtyard of the six coccyxes, dredging nullahs and ditches. The intention is to all "poor luck", "bad luck" all swept out the door, sending the Chinese people a kind of evil in addition to the disaster, welcome the good wishes of the auspicious and blessed.

Sweeping the dust of the day of the introduction:

Sweeping the dust of the day, also known as the spring day, is a traditional Chinese festival. It is the twenty-fourth day of the Lunar New Year, and in some places, it is celebrated from the New Year until New Year's Eve every year. Dust sweeping day to carry out the end of the year cleaning, household cleaning cobwebs, dust, cleaning, dust sweeping is the old dirt.

Sweeping the dust both to drive out disease, pray for a healthy new year means, but also in addition to the "Chen" (dust) cloth new wishes, reflecting the Chinese people love cleanliness, hygiene traditions, the people's hopes, still maintains a tenacious vitality.

This is the day of the 23rd lunar month, the gods return to heaven, only some of the gods and landlords and other small gods on earth to take care of the order; Chinese folk thought that the gods in heaven, have to wait until the fourth night of the second year, before returning to the earth.

There are legends that during this time, even if you turn the house, you don't have to worry about any details, and you don't have to be afraid of offending the gods in your home by using this day to move things around or fly around in the sand and dust. The ancient people set this day as a day to clean up.