Original video | anchor said new year customs: the fourth day of the Chinese New Year

Editor's Note:

With the arrival of the Little Year, the taste of the New Year is getting stronger and stronger, and everyone is immersed in the joyful atmosphere of welcoming the Spring Festival. Busy buying New Year goods, buying new clothes, making New Year's food... So, how much do you know about traditional Chinese customs? Since January 25 (lunar new year), the Keyou Zhongqi Rong Media Center has launched the "Anchor Says New Year Customs" column to listen to the anchors talk about the New Year culture.

The anchor said that the new year custom: the fourth day of the Chinese New Year

△ Original video | The anchor said that the new year custom: the fourth day of the Chinese New Year

The fourth day of the first lunar month is also known as "Sheep Day", in the old yellow calendar, the sheep is often said to be "Sanyang Kaitai", which is a symbol of auspiciousness. On the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, everyone eats origami together, the so-called folding basket, which is a smorgasbord of meals left over from these days, eaten together, which means not to worry about eating and wearing, and there is more than enough every year.

In addition, the fourth day of the Chinese New Year is also a day to greet vesta. Legend has it that this day is the day when the stove king returns to the folk, and the stove king must check the household registration after returning to the folk, so on the fourth day of the Chinese New Year, everyone must stay at home and prepare meals to greet the stove king.

In addition, in some areas, there is also the custom of tying the fire god on the fourth day of the first year, on this day of the fourth year, every household will use wheat stalks and corn stalks to tie them to sticks, and send the lit sticks to the river, in this way to pray for the new year, the home away from the fire.

In addition, it is necessary to clean the New Year goods, clean the room, and collect the garbage at home into one place, which is what Chinese folklore says about "throwing away poverty", "throwing poverty" In some areas, such as Putian and Xianyou areas in Fujian Province, due to modern historical reasons, there are customs of the fourth year of the first year, and are included in the fifth batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage representative project list. You also know which customs you can leave a message in the comments section.

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