The fourth day of the first month of the lunar calendar is the "Sheep Day" of Nuwa's creation myth. Dong Xun, a Jin scholar, wrote in his "Rituals and Customs": "On the first day of the first month, there is a chicken, on the second day there is a dog, on the third day there is a pig, on the fourth day there is a goat, on the fifth day there is a cow, on the sixth day there is a horse, and on the seventh day there is a human being. On the first day of the first month, chickens are painted on the door, and people are posted on the tent on the seventh day." The fourth day of the first month in the old calendar accounted for sheep, it is often said that "three sheep (Yang) Kaitai" is a symbol of good luck, but also to welcome the God of the stove back to the people's day.
As one of the ancient Chinese New Year customs. On this day, the whole family comes together to eat Zuoluo. The so-called folding Luo is a hodgepodge of leftover meals from several days combined to clean the New Year's goods. Indoor dusting, house sweeping, garbage piled up in the yard in preparation for the "throw poor".
The general store to feast on the fourth night of the big and small fellows, distribution of red envelopes. In the past, there was an old saying in Beijing: "I'm not afraid of the sky, I'm not afraid of the earth, I'm afraid of the night of the fourth night of the shopkeeper to say official words." Banquet with wine and food, wine after the custom is to eat buns. This is the time to raise a glass of congratulations, to say "hard", which is called "official words".
After the official speech, the buns come up, the boss personally clip the buns, buns who put in the bowl, who is implied to have been dismissed, the dismissal of the person automatically pack their bags after dinner to leave, so this meal is commonly known as the feast "to eat the buns".
The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the time when the gods come back to earth from heaven. There is a "send God early, receive God late," said the so-called send God to start early in the morning, and receive God in the afternoon is not too late. Offerings, three animals, fruits, wine and food to be ready, but also burn incense and candles burn gold clothes. If the boss wants to "fire" someone, he will not invite him to worship the god on this day. From the first to the fourth, the store closed, women do not use needle and thread.