On the sixth day of the Chinese New Year, don't forget about it!

The sixth day of the first lunar month "send the poor"

It is the ancient folk of the mainland

A very characteristic custom of the year

It means to send away the poverty and hardship of the old days

A better life for the new year

Why send poor people?

Legend

The "Poor Ghost" is the son of the Ancient Emperor Huan

He has a quirk

I just like to wear rags

Even if the new clothes are given to him

He had to rip it up

Or burn the hole with fire before you wear it

So everybody called him "poor man."

After his death, he became a "poor ghost" that everyone feared.

In the Tang Dynasty, the people of the mainland began to popularly send "poor ghosts"

After the Ming and Qing dynasties

Some people refer to the "poor ghost" as the "poor god"

The sixth day of the first year

If it is someone whose home is dirty

He will enter this house

This leads to phenomena such as financial ruin

Therefore, every year on the sixth day of the first lunar month, people have to "send poor"

That is, to sacrifice poor ghosts (poor gods, poor sons)

How to send poor?

There is a folk custom

It is since the beginning of the first month

Neither can take out the garbage

Otherwise it will pour "blessings"

So it was the sixth day of the first year

People will do a big cleanup

Clean up the filthy toilets

In ancient times, it was called "fattening"

And "make obscenities, throw away rags, and worship in the alleys."

It is to put filthy debris and rags on clothes

Clean the fire outside the door and burn the sacrifice

Garbage accumulated in the first month

They are all used as symbols of the "poor ghost"

Throw it all out the door

In this way, there is no need to be poor for a year

There is more than enough wealth

So

You have to get up from the quilt quickly

Give the house a big clean!

Editor of this issue: Hitomi Ox

Source: Xinhua Net, Jianghuai Morning Post