When should we clean the house in the twelfth lunar month?

When should we clean the house in the twelfth lunar month?
The twelfth lunar month is the month for sacrifices. There are many customs and habits in this month. Especially in the late twelfth lunar month, there are corresponding customs almost every day. When do we clean the house in the twelfth lunar month? Although the wind is cold, people's hearts are warm in the cold twelfth month. There are many festivals for reunion and sacrifice in the twelfth month. Mr. Shui Mo has compiled a lot of information about the twelfth lunar month for you.

Traditional customs of the 24th "Dust Sweeping Day"

1. On this day, people are busy from morning to night, hoping to clean the house thoroughly, but few people pay attention to the order. Some people start from the bedroom, some from the kitchen, and some start from the door to inside. In short, everyone hopes to sweep away bad luck and bad luck and leave good fortune. The correct way to clean the house is to judge the overall fortune of the home in the past year before cleaning. If the family's overall fortune was good last year, you can start from the front door and then move towards the inside of the house, which means bringing the prosperous energy back into the house. But if your fortune was not very good last year, you can start from the end of the house and clean towards the front door, which means sweeping all the bad luck in the past out of the house completely.
2. In Chinese folk customs, it is believed that on the 24th day of the twelfth lunar month, when the house is dusted and swept, no matter how unhappy things happen to family members, they must not quarrel and must be harmonious. If you quarrel on this day, it will increase the power of bad luck, and it will be useless even if you clean the house thoroughly. 3. As for cleaning tools, you may want to use green bamboo leaves which have the effect of warding off evil spirits and removing filth. Because green bamboo leaves can clear away the bad luck and misfortune of the past year and help the family welcome good aura. When cleaning, you must pay attention to every aspect and take every detail into consideration. If you need to rummage through drawers, remember to handle items with care and avoid breaking or damaging them. If you are careless, you should say sorry in your heart. Even if the great god is gone, the little god is still here to avoid making mistakes.

Legend about "Dust Sweeping Day"

Legend has it that the ancients believed that every person had a three-corpse god attached to his or her body. He or she followed the person like a shadow and was inseparable from him or her. The Three Corpse Gods were guys who liked to flatter A-Yu and gossip-monger. He often spread rumors and made trouble in front of the Jade Emperor, describing the human world as ugly. Over time, in the Jade Emperor's impression, the human world is simply a dirty world full of sin. Once the Three Corpse Gods secretly reported that people on earth were cursing the Emperor of Heaven and wanted to rebel against Heaven. The Jade Emperor was furious, and he ordered that all crimes committed in the world be investigated quickly. For those who hated the gods or blasphemed the gods, their crimes would be written under the eaves of their houses, and then spiders would spread their webs to cover them as a mark. The Jade Emperor also ordered Wang Lingguansi to go down to the mortal world on New Year's Eve and kill every family member who had been marked. Seeing that this plan was about to succeed, the Three Corpse Gods took advantage of the opportunity to mark the corners of the eaves and walls so that Wang Ling could be behead them. Just as the Three Corpse Gods were doing evil, the Kitchen God discovered their whereabouts, was horrified, and hurriedly summoned the Kitchen Gods of each household to discuss countermeasures. So, they came up with a good idea. From the day of sending off the Kitchen God on the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month, to the day of receiving the Kitchen God on New Year's Eve, every household must clean their house thoroughly. If a household is not clean, the Kitchen God will refuse to enter the house. Everyone followed the instructions of the Kitchen God before he ascended to heaven and swept the dust, dusted off the cobwebs, wiped the doors and windows, and made their homes look brand new. When Wang Ling was ordered to go down to the mortal world on New Year's Eve, he found that every household had clean windows and bright lights, people were happily reunited, and the world was beautiful. Wang Ling could not find any sign of bad behavior and was very surprised. He hurried back to the Heavenly Palace and reported to the Jade Emperor that the world was peaceful and happy and that they were praying for a good new year. The Jade Emperor was greatly shocked when he heard this, and he secretly ordered the three corpse gods to be interrogated. He then slapped them in the face 300 times and imprisoned them forever in the Heavenly Prison. Thanks to the Kitchen God’s help, we were able to escape this disaster. In order to express gratitude to the Kitchen God for removing troubles and disasters and bestowing blessings on people, people always start cleaning the house after sending off the Kitchen God and continue until New Year's Eve.

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