When is the off-year in 2023?
Specific time of off-year in 2023: June 65438+1October 14, Saturday, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month. "Off-year" is one of the traditional festivals in China. Off-year is also called busy year, which means that from this time on, we are busy with Chinese New Year.
Off-year is usually on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and there is still a week before the Spring Festival. At this time, the home should be cleaned and the new year's goods should be bought. In addition, there are various customs and activities that ask God to send him to visit him. Among them, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in the north is the day to send the kitchen god away.
Pay attention to off-year
Generally speaking, Lunar New Year's Eve is most suitable for offering sacrifices to stoves. On this day, candles, candies and cakes will be offered during the stove sacrifice, and a new portrait of the kitchen god will be replaced. During the New Year in China, people will also buy offerings such as cantaloupe, candied kwantung candy and sesame candy. And pray to seal the mouth of Kitchen God and make his mouth sweeter. When they meet the Jade Emperor, they will only speak well and bring good luck.
Many places put up Spring Festival couplets in early years, which is considered to be earlier than the Spring Festival. More traditional people are also used to asking people with good handwriting to write Spring Festival couplets. Generally, the most common red paper and black ink are used, which is simple but full of charm.