What's the saying about the Spring Festival cleaning?

Legend has it that the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month is the day when immortals die, and only some immortals such as duty gods and landlords take care of order. Han people believe that after the immortal went to heaven, he would not return to earth until the fourth night of the following year;

So there is a legend that during this time, even if you turn over the house, you don't have to worry about any details. Use this day to move things or fly around with dust, even more afraid of offending the gods at home. The ancients designated this day as cleaning day.

In fact, it refers to the border time from 23rd to 24th-still 24th. Most Chinese in Southeast Asia come from Fujian and Guangxi provinces and are influenced by local folk customs. Therefore, Chinese in Southeast Asia generally regard the 24th as a day to "send the stove" and "welcome the dust".

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folk culture

Since ancient times, people in China have had the custom of "sweeping the dust" before the Spring Festival. Call: twenty-four, clean the house. Legend has it that everyone is attached to a three-corpse god. He often reports to the Jade Emperor and speaks ill of the world. In a very short time, the Jade Emperor received 99999 tips from him, saying that the world was going to rebel against heaven.

The jade emperor was furious when he saw it. He immediately summoned three resin gods and ordered him to write down the crimes of people who spoke ill of the jade emperor on the wall, and then let the spider make a big net and hang it under the eaves. The Jade Emperor also ordered Wang Lingguan to go to the lower bound on New Year's Eve, and all families marked by the Three Corpses God would be beheaded. Seeing that the plot was about to succeed, they could monopolize the beautiful world. The three resin gods quickly descended to earth and marked the walls of each house.

The kitchen god discovered the conspiracy of three corpse gods, and quickly found the kitchen gods of each family to discuss countermeasures: from the day the kitchen delivered it, every family should clean it up before New Year's Eve. When Wang Lingguan visited the lower bound on New Year's Eve, he found that every household was clean, the people behaved well and worked hard.