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What are the customs of the third day of the Lunar New Year

1, early to bed and late to rise: New Year's Eve will be busy for some time, prepare for the New Year's goods, home cleaning busy, until the third day of the New Year, there is a chance to breathe, this day you can go to bed earlier in the evening, the morning of the bed for a while, to raise the spirit.

2, burn the door god paper: in ancient times, the New Year will use some pine and cypress branches and hanging of the door god, and then to the third day of the first three will be used to burn these materials together, indicating that the New Year has passed, you can formally start work.

3, the rats marry: ancient legends, people are celebrating the New Year, the rats will also be in the third of the day "to marry", in order to avoid disturbing the rats to marry, will go to bed early, some people will also be put in the corner of the grains and cereals, with the "rats to share the money! "

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4, grain birthday: the old generation of people used to be in the first three days of the day to wish and pray for the year, will also be fasting rice, that is, the grain birthday, but with the progress of the times, these customs are also gradually fade away.

5, Xiaonian Chao: Xiaonian Chao, also known as the "day of celebration", is the ancient court festival, in the night of New Year's Eve, grandpa will worship the well bar, and then will be closed to the well can not be used until the third of the day, will be pointing incense, vegetarian arch open the well bar. Some places until the third day of the day will not sweep the ground and send poor.

6, Hungry Ghosts Day: the third and commonly known as "Hungry Ghosts Day", this day many people will be closed, avoid visiting friends and relatives. But these customs have been outdated, after all, just after the New Year, people also cherish the New Year's time, and relatives and friends to meet and talk.

7, custom is the regional social culture of the long-established customs, etiquette, habits, taboos of the general term. Customs include: clothing, food, housing, transportation, entertainment, socializing, love, sex, childbirth, marriage, funeral, religion, the year and art.