On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, Sanyang Kaitai

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The fourth day of the Lunar New Year

|, February 4, 2021 The weather is sunny

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Get married and enter the house

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The fourth day of the Lunar New Year, the fourth day of the first lunar month, is also known as sheep day. It is a day for Chinese folk to greet the gods. In the old imperial calendar, the sheep are occupied, so it is often said that "three sheep (yang) Kaitai" is a symbol of auspiciousness and a day to welcome the god of Vesta back to the folk. On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, the whole family eats folding luo, the so-called folding luo, that is, the smorgasbord of meals left over from a few days, cleaning the New Year goods; cleaning the room, collecting garbage and piling them together, which is also said in Chinese folklore to "throw away the poor".

In some areas, the Putian and Xianyou areas of Fujian Province, due to modern history, have the custom of passing the fourth year of the first year, and have been included in the fifth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative projects.

The fourth custom of the first year

Connecting 5:

The five-way god is also known as the road head god. It is a god of wealth believed by the Han people. People worship the god of the road on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and use this day as their birthday, and the festival is quite spectacular. The god of wealth and wealth is the so-called god of true wealth in Han folk, and in addition to the god of positive wealth, there is also the god of partial wealth, which is in terms of the location of the god of wealth. The han folk god of wealth often refers to the god of wealth known as the "God of the Five Roads".

Connecting the five roads, originally referring to the five roads of the gods, later evolved into the five roads of the god of wealth. In the old days, after the Spring Festival holiday, merchants generally received the five-way god of wealth on the evening of the fourth day of the first month, and opened the market on the fifth day of the first month to make a fortune.

Sheep Day:

Sheep Day is an ancient Han traditional festival. On the fourth day of the first lunar month, the legend says that Nuwa made sheep, on this day, people can not kill sheep, if the weather is good, it means that in this year, the sheep will be well raised, and the families of sheep farmers will have a good harvest. Praying for ancestors and gods to bless the new year with peace, smooth wind and rain, abundant grain, six animals, auspicious wishes, and peace in the years, reflecting the love, yearning and pursuit of life of the hard-working Han people.

Eat folding baskets, throw poverty:

On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, the whole family eats origami together, the so-called folding, which is a smorgasbord of meals left over from a few days and cleaning the New Year goods. Dusting indoors, sweeping the floor inside the house, and dumping garbage in the courtyard to prepare to "throw away the poor". On this day, the beef and mutton shop will go to the Horse Temple to burn incense, because the Sheep King, the Cow King, and the Horse King are all enshrined in the Horse Temple, and the sheep king statue in the southern suburban Horse Temple is the most famous. Generally, shops should feast on the fourth night of the first year and distribute red envelopes. In the past, there was an old saying in Beijing: "The sky is not afraid, the earth is not afraid, it is afraid of the official words of the treasurer on the fourth night of the first year." "There is wine and dishes at the banquet, and the custom after drinking is to eat buns. At this time, the treasurer raised a glass of congratulations and said "hard work" to everyone, which is called "official language". After the official speech, the bun is brought up, the treasurer personally clips the bun, the bun is placed in the bowl, who is implied to have been fired, and the dismissed person automatically packs up his luggage after the meal, so this feast is commonly called "eating egg buns".

Happy New Year

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