What are the New Year customs on the third day of the first month

The third day of the first month of the lunar calendar is also known as the Little New Year's Day, also known as the Red Dog Day, as an ancient Chinese traditional festival, which is rumored to be the day when Nuwa created the pig.

Chinese folklore is the night of the third is the day of the rat to marry, so the general family are early lights out to sleep, so as not to disturb the rats (some people also say that into the night early lights out is to make the rat can not see, can not marry, in order to reduce the rate of its reproduction), and in the corner of the house sprinkled with some grains of rice, cakes and pastries for the rats to eat, known as the rats to share the money, said and the rats **** to enjoy a year of bumper harvests. Chinese folk to the first three days of the first month for the birthday of the grain, this day to pray for the year, and forbidden to eat rice.

Folk Tales:

Chinese folklore is also said to be the night of the third is "the rat to marry" day, so the general family are early to turn off the lights and go to bed, so as to avoid disturbing the rats (some people say that into the night early lights out in order to make the rats can not see, can not marry to reduce the rate of its reproduction), and in the corners of the house sprinkled with Some rice, cakes, for rats to eat, known as "rats share money", said and rats *** enjoy a year's harvest.

As for the "rats marrying" story source, may be because the third is the red dog day, all things are not suitable, in order to avoid the evil, so for the early bedtime excuse; Moreover, from the New Year's to the first, the first two have been busy for a while, if not earlier to rest, I am afraid that will be physically unsuccessful, unable to finish the rest of the act; as for the New Year's ballad, said As for the New Year's ballad, "the first morning, the second morning, the third sleep a full", that is to say, the third is not only the day of the red dog, and a few days of busyness, to the third, finally come to an end, you can get up a little later, make up for the first two days of sleep, long keep healthy.