The fifth day of the first month is called "breaking five" with the purpose of "breaking". First, this day is the "send the poor" day, and people will sweep the "poor queen" out of the house. Secondly, for the taboo lifting day, some Chinese New Year taboos can be eliminated or relaxed. Third, it is commonly known as "splashing pollution", that is, the sewage and garbage left since New Year's Eve can be dumped and removed.
Cleaning is generally not allowed before the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month and the 5th day of the first lunar month. If you touch a broom, you will lose your luck. On the fifth day, every household will have a general cleaning. Sweep firecrackers from the house to the outside, and all poor households will be driven away.
Besides jiaozi's New Year's Eve dinner, you should eat jiaozi, and you should also eat jiaozi on the fifth day of the first month. Because there are many taboos from grade one to grade five, we should not "act rashly". After the fifth day, all taboos were broken, and we wanted to eat jiaozi to celebrate. In some areas, there is also a custom of "keeping jiaozi's mouth shut", which means to tell the villain to shut up and speak ill of him less in the coming year.
The fifth day to greet the God of Wealth is the birthday of the God of Wealth. On this day, people will hold a grand banquet, set off firecrackers and hold various celebrations to welcome the arrival of the God of Wealth. Meeting with the God of Wealth poured into the simple feelings of the working people in China, and placed their good wishes for living and working in peace and contentment. The fifth day of the first month is also called "the whole year". After today, the Lunar New Year will be over. Shops opened one after another on the birthday of the god of wealth, which means that the opening of the fifth day will definitely bring wealth. In a few days, everyone will return to work in succession. I wish you all the best in the new year.
There are two main reasons why the fifth day became the "birthday" of the God of Wealth: First, Cai Jing was rich in the Song Dynasty; Another theory has something to do with Wang Yuanbao. Wang Yuanbao, a native of Kaiyuan in the Tang Dynasty, was extremely rich and made a fortune by selling colored glasses. Many of Wang Yuanbao's living habits, such as worshipping the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the first month, have a far-reaching influence on China's folk customs and have been passed down to this day.