custom
1, go to bed early and get up late
According to folklore, the third night is the day when mice get married, so ordinary people will turn off the lights and go to bed early, so that mice can't get married normally without light. In the coming year, many mice will not be born to steal food, which will slow down the reproduction speed of mice and keep their bumper harvest.
2, burning door god paper
Burning door god paper is a traditional folk culture. On the third day of the lunar new year, we will incinerate the pine and cypress branches and the gatekeepers hanging on them, indicating that we will not open the business until the end of the year. There is a saying like this: "burn the door god paper and look for the physiology."
3. Xiaomi's birthday
People believe that the third day of the first month is Xiaomi's birthday, so this day is a day to pray for the New Year and fast food.
4. Off-year.
Also called tianqing festival. The court festival in the Song Dynasty, the first year of Song Zhenzong Dazhong Xiangfu, was spread all over the world because of the gobbledygook, so Zhenzong issued an imperial edict, which designated the third day of the first month as Tianqing Festival, and officials and others had five days off. Later, it was called Xiaonian Dynasty, which did not sweep the floor, beg for fire or draw water, just like the old dynasty.
5. Pig Day
China folklore says that the third day of the first month is the day when Nu Wa raises pigs, so it is called the Year of the Pig. Therefore, people cannot kill pigs on this day.
taboo
1, avoid visiting relatives and friends.
On the third day of New Year's Eve, the old habit is called "Hungry Ghost Festival". It is forbidden to visit relatives and friends on this day, but with the progress of the times, people rarely get together for the Spring Festival, and this taboo has been diluted a lot.
2. Avoid New Year greetings
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, it is also called Red Dog Day, which is an unlucky day. The red dog is the god of anger, and when it meets, it has evil things. Therefore, people usually stay at home on this day, so as not to encounter fierce. Therefore, it is not appropriate to go out to pay New Year's greetings on New Year's Eve, whether it is a relative's house or a friend's house.
3. Avoid breaking things
Don't break things during the Spring Festival. If so, you should say: Peace through the years. This is to remind people not to get carried away and waste things in the new year. We should be careful for good luck in the coming year.
4, avoid cleaning, avoid sweeping the garbage out of the door.
Generally, it is cleaned before the Chinese New Year, which means to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new. Cleaning is forbidden during the Spring Festival. Because cleaning the room from the first day to the fifth day, taking out the garbage will also dump the wealth at home.