I wonder if you have ever heard of the saying, "If you want to be rich, sweep the house on the eighteenth day; if you want to have something, sweep the house on the nineteenth day." From this saying, we can see that the eighteenth day of the twelfth lunar month is the day for spring cleaning. So do you know whether spring cleaning is a custom? What are the traditional customs on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020? The arrival of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar heralds the coming of the new year. Follow Mr. Shui Mo to learn about every day of the twelfth month of the lunar calendar in 2020.What are the traditional customs on the 18th day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020?Dust sweeping, also known as dust removal, residue removal, dusting, and beating dust, is one of the traditional Chinese folk customs.It originated from a religious ritual of the ancient Han people to drive away disease and epidemics. This ritual later evolved into the end-of-year cleaning, which embodies the Han working people's beautiful wishes to ward off evil spirits and disasters and welcome good fortune. In the north it is called sweeping the house, and in the south it is called dusting. Thoroughly clean the indoors and outdoors, in front of and behind the house, and wash all the clothes, bedding and utensils to welcome the New Year in a clean manner. Everyone, big and small, is preparing for the New Year. Before and after the Kitchen God worship and until New Year's Eve, there is usually a general cleaning. The year's accumulated dust in the corners, under the bed, and on the pillars and beams of the house must be cleared away with a broom on this day. The metal handles on the cabinets should also be wiped clean. This is a very old custom. The tools used for "sweeping the dust" also have their own particularities. In the past, people usually went to the mountainside to find a lot of bamboo threads, tied them together, and made a duster. When setting off firecrackers on the morning of the first day of the new year, the dust, firecrackers and other debris should be put together. It’s a new year, and we must not let our wealth slip away. We must have a good start. It takes three days before the garbage can be processed. This is called "accumulating wealth." Today in History1595: William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet premieres.1649: During the English Civil War, King Charles I of England was guillotined for treason. 1662: Dutch Governor of Taiwan, Koxinga, wrote a letter to Zheng Chenggong expressing surrender. 1820: Antarctica was discovered. 1933: Adolf Hitler officially became German Chancellor and Germany entered the Nazi era. 1945: The German passenger ship Wilhelm Gustloff, carrying soldiers and refugees, is sunk by a Soviet submarine in the Baltic Sea, killing more than 9,000 people. 1948: The fifth Winter Olympic Games opened in St. Moritz, Switzerland. 1972: Bloody Sunday 1982: Rich Skrenta writes the world's first widespread computer virus, "Elk Cloner." 1995: Jiang Zemin issued eight proposals to promote cross-strait unification, known as the "Jiang Eight Points." 2000: Kenya Airways Flight 431 crashes off the coast of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, killing 169 people. 2003: Belgium becomes the second country in the world to recognize same-sex marriage. 2005: Iraq holds its first national election since the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. |
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