What are the traditional customs from the first day to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?

The custom of the Lunar New Year is very particular from the first day to the seventh day:

The first day of the first month: the first day of the first month is what we call the Spring Festival.

In the custom of the Spring Festival, there is generally a saying that you can't use a broom on the first day of the first month, otherwise you will sweep away your luck and break your fortune. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. Until today, many places have the custom of cleaning before New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, don't put brooms, don't take out garbage, prepare a big bucket of waste water, and don't spill it outside that day. You can't smash furniture during the New Year. Breaking it is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to say "Peace through the years" or "Prosperity in bloom" as soon as possible.

Spring Festival is commonly known as "New Year's Day", formerly known as "New Year's Day". Du Taiqing of Sui Dynasty said in "Five Candles Collection": "The first month is the end of the month, and one day is Yuan Day, which is also a cloud and a cloud." The original meaning of "yuan" is "head" and later extended to "start" Because this day is the first day of the year, the first day of spring and the first day of the first month, it is called "Sanyuan". Because this day is still the old dynasty, the moon dynasty and the Japanese dynasty, it is also called the "three dynasties"; Because it is the first Shuori, it is also called "Yuanshuo". On the first day of the first month, there are other nicknames such as Shangri-La, Zheng Chao, Sanshuo and Shisan, meaning that the first day of the first month is the beginning of the year, month and day. On the first day of the first lunar month, the custom of the Spring Festival pays attention to setting off firecrackers: in the morning of the Spring Festival, the door is open and firecrackers are set off first, which is called "setting off firecrackers". After the firecrackers, the ground is broken red, which is the so-called "full house". At this time, the streets are full of anger and joy. On New Year's Day, it is essential to visit relatives and friends' homes or call to greet them. Say "Happy New Year" and wish you all good luck in the coming year. It is said that the first day of the first month is the birthday of a broom, so you can't use a broom on this day, otherwise it will ruin your fortune, attract a "broom star" and cause bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep it from the outside to the inside. Don't throw water on the garbage on this day, for fear of breaking the money. Today, many places still have the custom of cleaning up New Year's Eve. On the first day of New Year's Day, there was no broom or garbage, and a large barrel of wastewater was prepared to avoid splashing outside that day.

The custom of Lunar New Year's Day: The married daughter goes back to her parents' home and asks her husband to go with her, so it is commonly called "Welcome to Husband Day". On this day, the daughter who goes back to her parents' house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and have lunch at her parents' house, but she must get back to her husband's house before dinner. In the past, the family would choose this day to take a family photo. On the second day of New Year's Day, the married daughter will take her husband and children back to her family to pay New Year's greetings. On this day, the daughter who goes back to her parents' house must bring some gifts and red envelopes to her children and live in her parents' house, commonly known as "staying at her parents' house"; In the north, the god of wealth sacrifices on the second day of the first month. On this day, both commercial shops and ordinary families will hold activities to worship the god of wealth. Families offered sacrifices to the God of Wealth who arrived on New Year's Eve. In fact, the bought rough printed matter was incinerated. I want to eat wonton at noon this day, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup". Fish and mutton were used as sacrifices. On this day, big businesses in old Beijing held large-scale sacrificial activities, offering sacrifices with "five sacrifices", that is, whole pig, whole sheep, whole chicken, whole duck and red live carp, hoping to make a fortune this year.

New Year's Day: In the custom of the Spring Festival, New Year's Day is also called Red Dog Day, which is homophonic with "red mouth" and usually does not go out to pay New Year greetings. It is said that it is easy to quarrel with people on this day. However, this custom has long been out of date, because few people get together in the Spring Festival now, and it has faded a lot. Folk customs this day is called "Poor People's Day", and every household will "sweep the poor" in the early morning of the third day, and sweep out the garbage accumulated for two days from the first day to the second day, meaning to sweep away the dirty and unlucky folk customs. Therefore, if you don't go out to pay New Year greetings on this day, you are afraid of being swept out of the house like a "poor ghost". This day, also known as "Red Mouth Day", is forbidden. People don't go out to pay New Year's greetings, and going out can easily lead to quarrels with others. Therefore, those who have elders at home will care about this day very much, and will not let the younger generation go out to pay New Year's greetings, but will stay at home to avoid a fierce war of words.

Lunar New Year's Day: It is a day to worship the god of wealth. In the past, the boss wanted to "fire people". On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that Kitchen God will come to check the household registration this day, so it is not advisable to travel far. According to folklore, the fifth day of the first lunar month is the "birthday of the God of Wealth", so three kinds of sacrifices should be prepared, such as fruit, candy and tea. Worship one day in advance is intended to "welcome the god of wealth". At the same time, every family will hold a banquet to celebrate the "God of Wealth's Birthday", which is the most important worship activity in the first month of the lunar calendar. A folk saying, usually when the sun goes down in the afternoon and at night, there is a ritual activity; "Send God early and receive God late." At the same time, you can pay homage to the "Chef King" on this day. It is said that folk custom is one of the gods who clearly reward and punish the Kitchen God. For example, in the old year, you can use a bowl of clear water and three sticks of incense to pay homage to the "Kitchen God". For example, in the old year, you can use a small fortune to pay homage to "Kitchen God" with "three animals, fruits, tea and wine", hoping to win this year.

The fifth day of the first month: commonly known as breaking the fifth, it is necessary to "catch up with the five poor", including "poor in intelligence, poor in learning, poor in literature, poor in life and poor in communication". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are set from the inside out, and as soon as they are set, they go outside the door. It is said that anything unlucky will be blown out. On this day, the popular folk food custom is to eat jiaozi, commonly known as "squeezing people's mouths". On the fifth day of Tianjin, every household eats jiaozi, and the chopping board should jingle so that the neighbors can hear it, to show that they are chopping villains. The fifth day of the first month is commonly known as the fifth day. Many taboos can be broken after folklore tells them on this day. According to the old habit of eating jiaozi once every five days, now some people only eat it for three or two days, and some eat it every other day, but there is no one who doesn't eat it. This is true from the royal residence to the small houses in the streets, even for entertaining guests. Women no longer taboo, began to visit each other and congratulate each other. Newly married women go home on this day. There is also a saying that it is not appropriate to do things on the fifth day, otherwise something will happen this year. In addition to the above taboos, the custom of breaking Mayday is mainly to send the poor, welcome the god of wealth and open the market for trade.

Lunar New Year's Eve: Shops and restaurants have just officially opened their doors and set off firecrackers, which is no less than the situation of Lunar New Year's Eve. From the first day to the seventh day, it is said that the most popular boy on the sixth day is 12 years old. Because 12 is twice as much as 6, it is called 666 Dashun. On this day, every household should throw out the garbage accumulated in the festival, which is called sending it to the poor. The sixth day of the first month is horse day, which was called fat day in ancient times: go to the fields to prepare for spring ploughing, and get rich when you are poor. People really start farming or doing business on this day. From the beginning of the first month to the fifth day, it was impossible to clean, and the feces in the toilet piled up like mountains. So on this day, I did a big cleaning and worshipped the toilet god to clean the dirty toilet on weekdays. So it is called "fat" (but now people use new bathroom equipment, so there is no such custom).

Lunar new year's day: it is a person's day, that is, a person's birthday. According to the "gauntlet", from the first day, the order of God's creation was "one chicken, three pigs, four sheep, five cows, six horses, seven people and eight valleys", so the seventh day was a human day. On this day, Hong Kong people like to eat their first bite of porridge, so-called harmony, I hope it is the top few high schools in science exams. Everyone should be respected every day. Even the government cannot execute criminals on this day, and parents cannot teach their children a lesson on this day.

On the seventh day of the first month, the folk custom is "People's Day", which means "everyone's birthday". Legend has it that the mother snail first created the world, and after creating animals such as chickens, dogs, pigs, cows and horses, she created people on the seventh day, and everything sprouted on this day. So this day is the birthday of mankind. People's custom is to spread pancakes: on this day, people will eat spring pancake rolls "box dishes" (cooked food) and spread pancakes in the yard to smoke the sky. Eating Qibao Soup: Soup made of seven kinds of vegetables is a good omen for people to eat every day. It is said that it can eliminate evil spirits and cure all diseases. Different places have different products, different fruits and vegetables and different meanings. In addition, there are customs such as eating noodles to pray for longevity, making children sweat, cutting and pasting words on screens with colored silk, etc. The customs and habits in different regions are slightly different.