The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is commonly known as "breaking five", which means "breaking". After this day, it will return to the state before New Year's Eve. On this day, there is a custom of "driving the five poor" (poor intelligence, poor study, poor literature, poor life and poor friendship), which is also called "washing the five poor". Wash the "five poverty" and life will get better and better. So people will start doing some housework on this day, such as washing clothes and cleaning.
Generally speaking, you can't wash clothes from the first day to the third day of the lunar new year. People think that the first day to the third day of the first month is the birthday of the water god, so you can't touch the water, so you can't do activities such as washing your hair, bathing and washing clothes. Moreover, in Feng Shui, it is believed that "water dominates wealth". Pour water a few days before the Chinese New Year, and you will lose the good luck of this year.
What are the customs and habits on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month?
1, send to the poor. On this day, every family will make a woman out of paper, called "maid sweeping the floor", "five poor women" and "five poor mothers", carry a paper bag, sweep the dirt in the house into the bag and send it to the door to light the gun. Also known as "sending poor soil" and "sending poor daughter-in-law out".
2. Sacrifice the God of Wealth. Many people in the north will sacrifice to the god of wealth on the fifth day of the first month. According to folklore, the God of Wealth is also known as the Five-Way God, that is, the God of Sacrifice, the God of Cooking, the God of the Earth, the God of Doors and the God of Walking. "Five roads" refers to the east, west, north and south, which means "if you go out of five roads, you will get money".
3. Clean the house. On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, at dawn, people began to set off firecrackers and clean up the garbage of every household.
4, eat jiaozi, commonly known as pinch mouth. Because when you wrap jiaozi, you have to pinch it by hand along the edge of jiaozi. It is said that this can avoid others gossiping.