What are the customs on the sixth day of the first month of the Spring Festival?

Customs on the sixth day of the first month are:

1, for the rice, discarded rags, rituals in the alley. That is, the dirt and debris, tattered clothes are cleaned out of the door burning sacrifice.

2. Offer pancakes, banana boats, and light candles to send poor people on their way.

3. The god of toilet will come to check the hygiene, so clean the toilet.

The sixth day of the first month, commonly known as "Horse Day", in this day to "send poor", since the Qin and Han dynasties, the traditional view is that the first day of the first day of the first month of the day of the chicken, the second day of the dog day, the third day of the day of the pig day, the fourth day of the day of the goat day, the fifth day of the day of the ox day, the sixth day of the day of the horse for the people. Horse Day, and Man Day on the seventh day of the first month. Legend has it that this is because when Nuwa created all living things, she made the six animals first, and then the human being, so the first to the sixth day of the month is the day of the six animals.

According to Han Chinese custom, the sixth day of the month is the day of the store's grand opening, and firecrackers are set off to symbolize that this year's business will be red-hot, peaceful and prosperous. In the old days, bosses and shopkeepers would shake the abacus on this day, and use the scales to beat the scales, so that the store is loud and clear, to take the meaning of "loud and clear, great luck".