Festival customs in the first month of the lunar year - What are the customs on January 30, the sixth day of the first month of the lunar year in 2020?

Festival customs in the first month of the lunar year - What are the customs on January 30, the sixth day of the first month of the lunar year in 2020?

——Festivals in the first month of the lunar calendar: (more important festivals)
First day of the first lunar month: Spring Festival Second day of the first lunar month: Go back to your parents’ home Fifth day of the first lunar month: Celebrate the fifth day of the first lunar month and welcome the God of Wealth Fifteenth day of the first lunar month: Lantern Festival
——The sixth day of the first lunar month: the custom of sending away the poor ghost [Date of sending away the poor]:
《1》The last day of the first lunar month: Tang Hanyu's "Sending Away the Poor" Li Qiao's note: "I once saw "Wenzong Beiwen" saying: 'During the reign of Emperor Zhuanxu Gao Xin, a son was born in the palace. He did not wear complete clothes, so the palace called him the Poor Son. Later, he died on the last day of the first lunar month. The palace buried him and said to each other: 'Today we send off the Poor Son.' From then on, we have been sending off the Poor Son." One of the poems "Sending Away the Poor on the Last Day" by Yao He of the Tang Dynasty: "Every year on this day, I pour wine and worship in the street. Tens of thousands of households look on, and everyone sends off the Poor Son."
"2" The 29th day of the first lunar month: "The Book of Sui Shi Guang Ji·The Moon's Darkness" quotes "The Illustrated Book": "According to the custom in Chiyang, the 29th day of the first lunar month is the ninth day of poverty. People sweep away all the dust and dirt in the house and throw them into the water, which is called 'sending away poverty'."
"3" The sixth day of the first lunar month: "Sui Shi Guang Ji·Ren Ri" quotes "Sui Shi Za Ji" by Lü Yuanming of the Song Dynasty: "The day before Ren Ri, people sweep up dung and gather it on the broom. Before people go out, they cover the dung with seven pancakes and throw them into the streets to drive away poverty." Today, Beijing still retains the custom of sending away the ghost of poverty on the sixth day of the first lunar month.
"4" The third day of the first lunar month: "Qing Jia Lu Xiao Nian Chao" by Gu Lu of the Qing Dynasty: "Yuanping Zhi: On the third day of the first lunar month, many people sweep the accumulated dust into dustpans, add old brooms, and throw them on the crossroads to send away the poor." Although the days for sending away the poor vary from place to place, there is one thing in common, that is, they are all arranged to be held in the first lunar month of the year.
【Methods to send poverty away】:
On the first day of the lunar new year, sweep every corner of the house and collect the garbage in a bucket. Do not take the garbage out for the time being. On the second day, sweep the house as well and collect the garbage in a bucket. Do not send the garbage out. On the morning of the third day, take the bucket of garbage and the discarded old broom to a garbage dump far away from home. At this time, prepare a bouquet of birthday money and three incense sticks, put them together with the garbage, and then leave. Remember! Don't look back.

Customs on the sixth day of the first lunar month: opening of the market

》The sixth day of the first lunar month is the last day of the Spring Festival holiday.
——Store grand opening:
According to Chinese customs, the sixth day of the first lunar month is the day for shops to open, and setting off firecrackers symbolizes that the business will be prosperous, safe and auspicious this year.
——In ancient times:
In the old days, bosses and shop assistants would shake the abacus and hit the scale plate with the scale rod on this day to make the whole store full of noise, which meant "loud and clanging, good luck and good fortune".
The sixth day of the first lunar month was the day when all businesses, big and small, would "open for business" in the old days, and a big red couplet with the words "Good luck in opening the business, and everything will go well" would be posted on the door panels. Firecrackers are set off before opening to bring good luck.
Some families find a "complete and charming person" (a woman with a husband, children, and parents-in-law) to go around each house and say auspicious words before opening the market on the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, such as "good luck in opening the market, more than enough blessings, everything will be safe, make more money, and earn enough gold and silver to fill a kang", etc.
——Taboo for opening the market:
Before the market opens, it is taboo for women from other families to visit one's home. After the market opens, all Spring Festival taboos end, everything returns to normal, and neighbors can resume visiting and interacting with each other.