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When is the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month?

The thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is not a special day.

Generally speaking, there is no special custom on the thirteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, but on that day, everyone can make plans for the future Chinese New Year. Regular social activities, active participation in family gatherings and proper responsibilities can help them keep in touch with the real world.

The 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is a small year.

Off-year, a traditional festival in China, is also called Lunar New Year Festival, Kitchen God Festival and Kitchen God Festival. Folk activities in off-year mainly include sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves. China has a vast territory and different customs. Due to different customs, the days called "off-year" are also different. The 24th of the twelfth lunar month is the "off-year" in most parts of southern China, and the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the "off-year" in most parts of northern China.

Off-year is usually considered as the beginning of a busy year, which means that people begin to prepare new year's goods, sweep dust and offer sacrifices to stoves. And prepare for a clean and beautiful year to express people's good wishes to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Sacrificial stoves have a history of several thousand years in China, which reflects the dream of China people to have enough food and clothing.

Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Northeast Jiangxi and Taiwan Province Province call "the day before New Year's Eve" Lunar New Year's Eve, as opposed to "Lunar New Year's Eve". The fifteenth day of the first month is in Nanjing, New Year's Eve is in some minority areas in the southwest and north, and the sixteenth day of the first month is in some parts of Yunnan.