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On the sixth day of the first lunar month, why are there potted oranges at the door?

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, why are there potted oranges at the door?

Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year

The Spring Festival holiday is coming to an end

Welcome to a new beginning

What can you do?

Let's take a look

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01

Send the poor out

"On the sixth day of the first lunar month, send the poor god", on this day, the garbage is removed before the fifth day of the first lunar month, which is called "sending the poor".

Get up early to clean the house, make a good New Year's picture, send away the plague, send away the disease, send away troubles, send away bad luck!

02

Happy market open

According to traditional customs, the sixth day of the first year is the day of "market opening", and large and small merchants paste the big red couplet "open the market well, everything is prosperous". Put a pot of oranges at the door, "orange" and "ji" homophonic to show auspiciousness.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, why are there potted oranges at the door?

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On the sixth day of the first year, farmers also began to go to the fields to prepare for spring plowing and production, hoping that the new year will be smooth and auspicious.

03

Go out and play

"Three six nine, go out", the sixth day of the Lunar New Year is an auspicious day to go out. It has broken five, indicating that the New Year has passed, and there are no taboos when going out.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, why are there potted oranges at the door?

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Today is also the last day of the Spring Festival holiday, go out and play, relax and accumulate vitality for the New Year!

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