What are the customs on the fourth day of the first month? Why can't you go out this day?

There is a folk saying, stay at home and don't go out to welcome the kitchen god back to the folk.

Kitchen god is the god of catering in ancient Chinese myths and legends, also known as kitchen god. On the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, people respectfully sent the Kitchen God back to heaven to report his work, so there was a Kitchen God sacrifice. On the fourth day of the first month, Kitchen God reported that he would return to the world and continue to monitor the good and evil in the world. Therefore, every household should stay at home, prepare offerings, burn incense, light candles and set off firecrackers to welcome the Kitchen God back.

Although many folk sayings are groundless, these customs themselves carry people's good wishes to pray and avoid disasters.

In the past, the boss wanted to "fire" a person. On this day, he came to worship God uninvited. The other party knew it well and packed up and left. There is also a legend that Kitchen God will come to check the household registration this day, so it is not advisable to travel far.