What are the traditional customs from the first day to the seventh day of the Lunar New Year?

In traditional customs, New Year's Day greetings must be paid by elders or neighbors, who generally don't go far away. After New Year's Eve, people open the door on the first morning and congratulate each other "Happy New Year! Peace and good luck ... ". The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money to ward off evil spirits.

On the first day of the lunar new year, the custom is to set off firecrackers, celebrate the New Year, occupy the new year and gather wealth. On New Year's Day, you can't use a broom, otherwise it will sweep your luck and break your financial path.

2. New Year's Day

The second day of the first month is also a New Year's greeting, but the daughter who got married on this day will take her son-in-law with her. Among them, there are many rules for newlyweds to go home. For example, bring gifts in pairs. The bride's family can't accept it all, and she has to take some back when she goes back to her husband's house.

3. New Year's Eve

On the third day of the lunar new year, the fat pig arch. The son-in-law visits her father-in-law and daughter-in-law to return to her mother's house and presents even numbers.

In traditional customs, the third day of the first month is considered as the day when mice marry girls, so they should rest early at night and don't disturb mice to marry girls.

4. Lunar New Year

The fourth day of the fourth lunar month is the time when immortals return from heaven to earth. There is a saying that "send God early and receive God later". The so-called sending of God should start early in the morning, and it is not too late to receive God in the afternoon.

5. New Year's Eve

The fifth day, also called "Breaking the Fifth Day", is a big day for businessmen. This day is to pray for a bumper year and meet the god of wealth. "The store will open its doors and set off firecrackers on this day."

On the fifth day of the first month, according to folk customs, it is the birthday of the five-way god of wealth. Therefore, it is natural to welcome the God of Wealth into the house and wish his family good fortune in the new year. It is a day to send away the "poor", so there is a saying of "sending the poor out of the house". At the same time, this day is also commonly known as "breaking five", which means that many taboos in the past few days are over.

6. New Year's Eve

On the sixth day of the first month, "seeing the poor off" is a very distinctive custom in ancient China, which means offering sacrifices to poor ghosts and gods.

7. New Year's Eve

The seventh day of the seventh lunar month is also called "People's Victory Day", "People's Celebration Day", "People's Seventh Day" and so on. Legend has it that Nu Wa created chickens, dogs, pigs, cows, horses and other animals at the beginning of creation, and then created people on the seventh day, so this day is the birthday of mankind.

Some people began to observe daily customs in the Han dynasty, and they began to pay attention to it after the Wei and Jin Dynasties. In ancient times, people had the custom of "men winning". The man won as a headdress. Since the Jin Dynasty, people cut the ribbon for flowers and people, or put gold foil on people's screens and put it on their hair.