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What are the customs and taboos on Lunar New Year's Day?
At three o'clock in the afternoon on the fourth day, the preparations for the ceremony of picking up the fifth road began and ended at ninety o'clock in the evening. First of all, set the desk, usually two square tables together. The first table is fruit, such as oranges and sugar cane, which means broad financial path and sweet life; The second table is cake, which means high rise and evergreen; Three tables are the main seats for whole pig, whole chicken, whole fish and Yuanbao soup. Half the table is full of rice, noodles and vegetables. Put an onion in a bowl of roadside rice, and a Millennium red in the onion tube, representing excitement and New Year red. The tables and drinks on the third table can only be served after the five-way god of wealth has connected them. Everyone is full of hope of getting rich. I hope the god of wealth can bring home gold and silver treasures in the new year and make a fortune. To pick up the fifth lane, the owner must bring incense to the God of Wealth Hall in the east, west, south, north and middle directions. Please pick it up. Every time the god of wealth is taken away, a string of ancient cannons will be set off in front of the door. After all the people were received, the host and the waiter paid homage to the God of Wealth in turn. After the worship, the horses on the original table will be cremated as a tribute to the god of wealth. The ceremony is over. On the fourth night of the first month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, incense sticks and other things, beat gongs and drums to burn incense and worship, and sincerely respect the god of wealth. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is the birthday of the God of Wealth. In order to compete for the market, it is called "grabbing the road" or "grabbing the god of wealth" before April of the lunar calendar. Anyone who receives the God of Wealth will offer sheep-headed carp. Offering sheep's head means "auspiciousness", while offering carp is the homonym of "fish" and "profit", which means auspiciousness. People are convinced that as long as the god of wealth can show his spirit, he can make a fortune. Therefore, every new year, people will open doors and windows, light incense and set off firecrackers to welcome the arrival of the god of wealth at 0: 00 on the fifth day of the first month. After receiving the god of wealth, everyone still has to eat road wine, often until dawn. Everyone is full of hope of getting rich. I hope the god of wealth can bring home gold and silver treasures in the new year and make a fortune. In the Republic of China, shops were open from midnight on the fourth day to the early morning on the fifth day, brightly lit, lit candles, set up altars to receive the "God of Wealth" and flocked to the Temple of God of Wealth to "exchange gold ingots".