The folk custom on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month is an introduction to the folk custom on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month.

1 On the 27th of the twelfth lunar month, every household should slaughter poultry, go to the market to buy new year's goods and take a bath.

2. The 27th day of the twelfth lunar month is very close to China New Year. On this day, there is a saying that domestic poultry will be slaughtered to prepare meat for the China New Year. China New Year is a joyous day. On this day, everyone should avoid unlucky things, such as killing chickens with a knife is not allowed. Therefore, in order to avoid killing on that day, the meat to be eaten in the New Year must be prepared in advance. This is the saying that "the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth lunar month, killing chickens to catch up with big episodes".

In addition to killing chickens and ducks, we should also buy new year's goods, such as firecrackers, Spring Festival couplets, incense sticks, burning paper and other sacrificial supplies. Everything is trivial, so you can't buy it all at once. The process of buying new year's goods will continue from the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

There is a tradition of taking a bath before the Chinese New Year, and the time is usually set on the 27th of the twelfth lunar month. In some local folk proverbs, there was a saying that 27 people were sick and 28 people were washing clothes. Bathing is to greet the new year neatly, which means to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new.