Today is the fifth day of the Lunar New Year. Why is it called "Breaking Five"?

The fifth day of the first month is commonly known as the fifth day. Many taboos can be broken after folklore tells them on this day. According to the old custom, you should eat "dumplings" for five days, which is called "boiled cakes" in the north. Now some families only eat it for three or two days, and some eat it every other day. However, there is no one who does not eat. This is true from the royal residence to the small houses in the streets, even for entertaining guests. Women no longer taboo, began to visit each other and congratulate each other. Newly married women go home on this day. It is not appropriate to do things on the day of the break, otherwise something will happen this year. In addition to the above taboos, the custom of breaking Mayday is mainly to send the poor, welcome the god of wealth and open the market for trade.

The first statement of "Breaking Five":

In some places, the fifth day is also called "the whole year", which means that the year is over. It's time to make a summary and put an end to it. In fact, this is a variant of "Breaking Five", because the origin of "Breaking Five" is unknown, so the evolution is relatively slow.

According to the list of gods, Jiang Ziya deified his wife who betrayed him as a "poor god" and made her "turn her luck into luck". According to myths and legends, Jiang Ziya's wife is a very annoying cheating wife, which is even more annoying after she has been sealed up. Never heard of anyone who likes poor God, have you? So people "broke" her on the fifth day and told her to "go home"-go home at once!

The second statement of "breaking five":

It is also said that the fifth day is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so people should hold a grand banquet, set off firecrackers and carry out various celebrations on this day, which means welcoming the arrival of the God of Wealth.

The third way of saying "Breaking Five":

In many places, on New Year's Eve, ancestors will be invited back to celebrate the New Year. In the middle of the hall, ancestral tablets are hung high to offer incense, which means to invite ancestors to celebrate the New Year, eat well and not forget their meaning. On the fifth day, send your ancestors "back" and the New Year will be over. Therefore, we should burn incense and paper money on this day to pay homage to our ancestors.

On this day, a custom called "driving out the five poor" became popular in many places. People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean up. Firecrackers are placed outside every room. When they are put out, firecrackers are placed outside the door. It is said that all unlucky things and monsters will be blown out and kept as far away from us as possible. Cleaning is thorough cleaning. Sweep out the garbage in every house. Before the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month to the fifth day of the first lunar month, cleaning and sweeping are generally not allowed, only in the house, and garbage can only be placed in the corner of the house first. Especially during the Chinese New Year, you can't move the broom. If you move, you will lose your good luck. But on the day of the fifth lunar month, it is necessary to have a thorough cleaning. When the garbage was swept out of the door and into a corner, firecrackers were also placed outside the house, so a huge firecracker was brought, placed on the garbage dump and lit, and the ceremony ended with a bang. People say: Now, all the poor people have been driven away! So I ate it.

Eat jiaozi on the fifth day. There is also a saying in China called "delicious but jiaozi, comfortable but upside down", which means lying down. The most delicious food is jiaozi, which contains vegetables, meat and staple food.