You can clean and throw garbage on the third day of the lunar new year.
On the third day of the first month of every year, not only in Jilin province, but also in the north, many people call it "broom day", because on this day, people can clean up garbage on the first and second days of the New Year's Day. Moreover, when cleaning the courtyard, there is also a saying that it is necessary to sweep from the outside to the inside, which means to gather money.
The third day of the first month is called Xiaonian Dynasty, also called Red Dog Day. Legend has it that the red dog is the god of anger, and people who meet him will be unlucky, so the third day is an unlucky day and it is not suitable for going out. It is said that on the third day of New Year's greetings, you will quarrel with anyone, so don't pay New Year's greetings. In addition, deficit means extreme poverty, so people in China don't feast on this day, which will lead to red dogs and poverty.
Folk stories:
China folks also say that the third night is the day when mice get married, so most people turn off the lights early to sleep, so as not to disturb the mice (some people say that turning off the lights early at night is to make the mice invisible and unable to get married, so as to slow down their reproduction), and sprinkle some rice grains and cakes in the corner for the mice to eat, which is called "sharing money with the mice", which means sharing the harvest of one year with the mice.
As for the origin of the story "the mouse gets married", it may be because the third day is Red Dog Day, and everything is inappropriate. In order to ward off evil spirits, the excuse of going to bed early is to be busy for a period of time from the New Year to the second day of the first grade. If you don't rest early, you may be exhausted and unable to finish other things. As for the Chinese New Year ballads, "The first day is early, the second day is early, and the third day is full of sleep."
In other words, the third day is not only Red Dog Day, but also busy for several days. On the third day, it finally came to an end. You can get up late to make up for the sleep of the previous two days and stay healthy for a long time.