What is the custom of the fifth day of the first month?

On the fifth day of the first month, the custom is: "Welcome the God of Wealth" merchants open the market, send the poor, pinch the villain's mouth, welcome the spring in Niu Geng, set off firecrackers and so on.

1, "Welcome God of Wealth" merchants open the market.

"Open the door and bump into the god of wealth smile, and auspicious clouds. Look up at the lucky star and face the birthday girl. On the morning of February 5th, a merchant in Zhengzhou sent a message of "Welcome to the God of Wealth" in the WeChat shopping group. Merchants also gave lucky red envelopes to all shopping "small owners" in the group, hoping that these "small owners" can continue to support their business and shop more in the new year.

Step 2 send the poor

On the fifth day of the lunar new year, people are busy seeing off the poor, which is also called driving out the five poor. In the past, the so-called "five poverty" refers to "intellectual poverty, academic poverty, literary poverty, life poverty and social poverty", commonly known as poor ghosts.

Early in the morning, people are busy setting off firecrackers to drive away the poor. Usually let it out from home to see who has the loudest voice and send it to the poor god completely. Then we should thoroughly clean, clean the house and outside, sweep the floor and take out the garbage, which means sending poor God away completely.

Step 3 pinch the villain's mouth

Some citizens said, eat jiaozi. Some people say that they ate too much in jiaozi last year, and they want to cook a dish or go to a restaurant for a change. The traditional food on the fifth day is actually jiaozi. When wrapping jiaozi, you should put the dumpling stuffing on it, and squeeze the dumpling skin tightly, which is also commonly known as "squeezing the mouth of a villain".

4. Niu Geng Spring

After the New Year, spring blossoms, people have passed the fifth day, and began to prepare for spring ploughing. It is said that "Zhannian" records that these six days are Six Livestock Days from the first day of the Lunar New Year to the sixth day of the Lunar New Year. The specific representatives are: one chicken, three pigs, four sheep, five cows and six horses in two dog. In other words, the fifth day of the first month is the Year of the Ox, and the sixth day of the first month is the Year of the Horse.

Step 5 set off firecrackers

Early in the morning, set off firecrackers as soon as you get up to pray for the poor. At first, I lit it from the yard, put it away and walked out. Drive away all the unlucky and beautiful things, all the poverty and misfortune hidden at home, and welcome all the rich and auspicious things.