The significance of off-year cleaning

The spring cleaning is mainly to greet the new year in advance, which means "dust removal and cloth renewal"

There is a folk saying that "after Laba Festival, it is the New Year". When Laba Festival is over, many people begin to pack up new year's goods. In fact, it is to clean up all the dirt left over from the past year, and it is also to clean up all the unhappiness and disappointment of last year to welcome a new state.

The cleaning day will be more detailed and comprehensive, and everything that is not easy to clean, such as dust on the roof and cobwebs, will be cleaned up. At the same time, the indoor furniture will be scrubbed again and the sheets will be cleaned. Some people will also paint walls, doors and windows with white powder to make indoor and outdoor look brand-new. The room is clean and the road is clean.

Brief introduction of off-year:

Off-year, a traditional festival in China, is also called Lunar New Year Festival, Kitchen God Festival and Kitchen God Festival. Folk activities in off-year mainly include sweeping dust and offering sacrifices to stoves. China has a vast territory and different customs. Due to different customs, the days called "off-year" are also different.

Most areas in the south are the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and the north is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month. In Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, "the 24th of the twelfth lunar month" and "the night before New Year's Eve" are both called off-year. In Nanjing, the Lantern Festival on the fifteenth day of the first month is called off-year. The off-year date in some parts of Yunnan is the 16th day of the first month, and New Year's Eve is in some parts of southwest and north.