What are the customs of the first five days of the year?

Customs on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year include: welcoming the God of Wealth, sending five poor, cleaning, eating dumplings, and opening the market.

1, welcome the God of Wealth

The fifth day of the year is the day to welcome the God of Wealth, in which rituals are held, but nowadays the activities are mostly simplified, and usually tribute is placed in front of the statue of the God of Wealth, incense is lit, and prayers are made to the God of Wealth for a new year that will bring wealth to them.

It is said that the God of Wealth is also the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth and the God of Wealth, so there is also the "first five days of the first month of the God of Wealth, the God of Wealth of the Five Roads to meet the door," which means that the reception of the five sources of wealth in the south-east, west, north, south-west and central.

2, send five poor

The so-called "send five poor" refers to the home of the bad things to throw away, here also refers to the "bad luck", so that the family can bring wealth, luck. In the past, the custom is not only the first day of the year can not sweep the floor, the second to the fourth can not be dumped garbage, which means that the collection of wealth and set of blessings. But on the fifth day of the year, you can take out the garbage, so there is also a "send poor" saying.

3, cleaning

The first five days of the first month of the custom of sweeping the house, is to give the family a thorough cleaning. Because the waxing moon thirty to the first five days before the first day of the month, is generally not allowed to engage in sanitation, sweeping can only be swept in the house, the garbage can only be placed in the corner of the house, to the first five days of the first day of the month of the garbage can be swept out of the door of the house.

4, eat dumplings

The most important thing to do on the fifth day of the first month of the year is of course to eat dumplings, commonly known as "pinch the mouth of the little man". Dumplings on the fifth day of the year carries the symbolism of people looking forward to good luck and happiness, traditional food customs pay attention to this day's dumplings, stuffing must be chopped, meaning "chopping small people", the things that do not go well are chopped off, to get rid of all the bad luck, heralding a new year, everything is smooth.

5, the market

The old custom of the Spring Festival during the size of the store from the first day of the year closed, and in the first five days of the market. Commonly known as the fifth day of the first month for the God of Fortune's birthday, that the choice of this day to open the market will attract wealth into the treasure. It is also said that people's annual fortune is determined by the God of Fortune, rushed to the God of Fortune's birthday to open the market regardless of how the business, the year's fortune will be very strong.