According to the old almanac, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month in 2020 is a small year, and it belongs to the northern small year.
Off-year has different concepts and dates in different places, with the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month in the north and the 24th of the twelfth lunar month in most parts of the south.
Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai call the 24th of the twelfth lunar month and the night before New Year's Eve off-year.
Nanjing called the Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first month as off-year;
In some parts of Yunnan, the off-year date is the 16th day of the first month;
New Year's Eve is the date of off-year in parts of southwest and north China. 202 1 year on February 4, what?
Lunar calendar: December 23rd, 2020
Gregorian calendar: Thursday, February 4, 202 1 year, Aquarius
Auspicious spirits should follow: grace, universal care, expensive days and evil deeds.
Evil spirits should be avoided: the moon is broken, it consumes a lot, four taboos, nine empty spaces, water hoses, basalts, all generals, six fail, and the gods are separated.
Peng Zu's bogey: I don't want to sue without taking medicine.
Xiangchong: Yang Richong (Ding Chou) Niu
Year-old evil spirit: year-old evil spirit west
Stars: Muan Jing-Kyrgyzstan in the South.
According to the old almanac, on February 4th, 20021year, the Chinese zodiac ox was rushed, so it is not suitable for people who belong to the ox to participate in important events such as moving, opening business and getting married.
On the historical origin of off-year
Off-year is usually regarded as the beginning of a busy year, which means that people begin to prepare new year's goods, sweep dust, offer sacrifices to stoves, etc., and prepare for a clean and good year, expressing people's good wish to bid farewell to the old and welcome the new, welcome the auspicious and accept the blessings.
Due to different local customs, the days called off-year are different. In some places in modern China, it is said that off-year officials have three people, four boats and five boats. That is to say, the off-year of the official is the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, that of the common people is the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and that of house boat is the 25th of the twelfth lunar month.
In fact, the traditional off-year is on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month. In the middle and late Qing Dynasty, the emperors paid homage to the Kitchen God on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month one day in advance, and the people in the northern region followed suit and also celebrated off-year on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month one day in advance.