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What are the customs of the sixth day of the sixth lunar month?

There is a custom of sending the poor on the sixth day of the sixth lunar month. The sixth day of the lunar calendar is Horse Day, which is one of the traditional festivals in China. Success is coming soon. Drink and worship the street. Thousands of families are watching, and no one does not send the poor. These customs have entrusted the traditional psychology that people generally hope to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, send away the old poverty and hardships and welcome a better life in the new year.

Legend has it that the poor god is Jiang Ziya's wife. In order to prevent the poor man from entering the house during the Spring Festival, people hung a red note on the door to stop her. I don't know when the poor god in Beijing became a man and a god worshipped by porters. Every place has its own way to send the poor. The custom of sending the poor, which is widely circulated among the people in China, reflects the traditional psychology that China people generally hope to bid farewell to the old poverty and hardships and welcome a better life in the new year.