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Is it a national custom to burn paper on the third day of the first month?

On the third day of the first month, it is not a national custom to burn paper on the grave. On the third day of the first month, the northern city of China has the custom of going to the grave. Such as Henan, Hebei and other regions. In northern China, on the third day of the third year, people will burn paper in graves, and their married daughters and son-in-law will go back to their parents' home with their families to worship their ancestors.

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On the third day of New Year's Eve, many places will visit relatives. However, in Fengxiang, Baoji, you can't go out on this day, because every household has to hold a very grand five-color paper-cutting ceremony to welcome the God of Wealth.

It is understood that when Fengxiang visits relatives, every family will do the same thing at home in the third grade, that is, paper cutting. Paper-cutting is to meet the god of wealth, so everyone should dye paper-cutting into five colors when cutting paper, that is, five-color paper-cutting.

After the paper-cutting is finished, we will go to stick grilles next. Stick grilles is exquisite, that is, it should be posted on the window of 6636, symbolizing the great harmony of 666. But the four corners of the window should be painted red, which symbolizes the prosperity all the year round.

After meeting the god of wealth, people here will hold a ceremony, that is, the ceremony of burning cypress branches. According to legend, cypress branches have the effect of eliminating diseases and disasters. Burning cypress branches after meeting the god of wealth can pray for everyone to stay away from diseases and disasters in the new year, and make a New Year's wish when crossing the brazier.

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Baidu encyclopedia-the third day of the first month