【Grade 5】Like a tiger adding wings! Merchants are busy this day

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Greet the God of Wealth

On the fifth day of the first lunar month, for the birthday of the god of wealth (commonly known as the "god of the road"), there are "receiving the god of wealth" and receiving the "five roads of wealth " (the so-called five roads, referring to the east, west, south, north and south, meaning the five roads out of the door, all can get wealth)". In the old days, merchants received the god of wealth to provide three animals: pig heads, carp, and cocks.

At the time of the fifth son (23:00 to 1:00), the merchant hung a new statue of Marshal Zhao Gong in the middle of the hall, and in addition to the three animals, various other offerings were also extremely rich. Incense candles are lit and the hall is lit. Then firecrackers were released inside and outside the house, and the sound of firecrackers rose and fell, continuously, and the city roared, and the sound was shocking. Its momentum was even more fierce than that of the first day of the first day: "The firecrackers cannot be connected, and the god of wealth is busy competing to meet them." Just hope that the business is good this year, and the pick-up is not to five more. ”

Source: Shanghai Municipal Archives Bureau (Museum) Official Micro "Archives Spring and Autumn" (Author: Zhong Fulan)

Draft: Chen Ziming

Editor: Yue'er Xu