What do you mean by not going out on the fifth day?
Not going out on the fifth day means not going out on this day. On the fifth day of the first month, it is also called "Breaking Five" among the people. "Break" means to break through and break. Because as we all know, there are many taboos and taboos in the Spring Festival from New Year's Eve to the first day, the second day and the third day. Then, in fact, these taboos can be completely broken by the fifth day of the fifth day.
The fifth day of the Lunar New Year is the day when people clean houses and clean up garbage. It means sweeping away all the bad luck at home. And it is best not to visit other people's homes, because it is possible to bring bad things to other people's homes, but you can't clean before the fifth day of the fifth day, which will disturb the gods. Don't visit relatives and friends on this day, and you are not allowed to visit them. It is said that visiting relatives will bring bad luck to others' homes. Cleaning is a thorough cleaning. Sweep the garbage out of every house.
Customs on the fifth day of the first month
The fifth day of the first month, commonly known as "Breaking the Fifth Day", is the day when China people "welcome the God of Wealth". From the evening of the 3rd to the early morning of the 4th, many people will "greet the God of Wealth" by setting off firecrackers, but this will inevitably aggravate air pollution. In fact, besides setting off firecrackers, there are many other ways to "greet the God of Wealth" among the people in China.
Gu Tieqing, a Qing Dynasty poet, quoted a poem by Cai Yun's bamboo branch in Qing Jia Lu, describing the situation of Suzhou people welcoming the God of Wealth on the fifth day of the fifth month: "Five days to seek financial resources, one year to wish for a reward; Beware of meeting God early elsewhere and rushing to hold the road overnight. " "Holding the road head" means "welcoming the god of wealth". Merchants who believe in Guan Di Shengjun should offer sacrifices, set off firecrackers and burn gold paper for Guan Gong on the fifth day of the first month, and ask Guan Di Shengjun to bless a prosperous year.
In old Shanghai, there was a custom of robbing the road. On the fourth night of the first month of the first month, prepare sacrifices, cakes, incense sticks and other things, and ring gongs and drums to burn incense for worship, and sincerely respect the god of wealth. On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, it was the birthday of the God of Wealth. In order to compete for the market, it took place before the fourth lunar month, and it was called "grabbing the road", also known as "taking the God of Wealth". As for setting off firecrackers, it is related to another custom of "sending the poor to the poor" on the fifth day of the first month, which is a very distinctive folk custom in ancient China. According to legend, on this day, every family made women out of paper, called "Sweeping Maiden", "Five Poor Women" and "Five Poor Mothers". They carried paper bags on their backs, swept the dirty soil inside the bags and sent them to the door to burn them.
The origin of breaking five
Statement 1:
The custom of breaking five customs is similar in Guanzhong, East House and West House. But after the cannon was fired, the food they ate was different. Longxian County, Xifu, is a county-wide mess, saying that it is necessary to stick all the unsatisfactory things with this paste-like food. It is said that in some places in the Weihe River Valley, people also eat dumplings during the New Year, but not on the fifth day, but on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, such as Sanyuan County and Wugong County. This is the same as Longxian County. Longxian County has three meals during the Chinese New Year, the 30th of the twelfth lunar month, the fifth day of the first month, and the seventh day of the first month. Binxian county also ate dumplings on the fifth day of the first month, saying that it was "eat poor food, remove poor roots" and "paste poor pits and fill poor pits". It is also appropriate to paste and fill it with food like stirring dough. Binxian people say that you can't eat wine and meat anyway. Chunhua County, located in Weibei Plateau, also eats dumplings on this day, which is also said to be used to fill the poor pit, and it is said that it is impossible to go out to visit relatives on this day, saying that relatives cannot be stained with poverty.
Statement 2:
In some places, the fifth day of the fifth day is also called "full year", which means that the year is over and it is time to make a summary and put an end to it. In fact, this is a variant of "Breaking Five", which evolved slowly because I don't know the origin of "Breaking Five". According to "The List of Gods", Jiang Ziya sealed his wife as a "poor god", which made her "return at every break". According to myths and legends, Jiang Ziya's wife is a very annoying cheating wife, and it's even more annoying after sealing the poor god. I haven't heard of anyone who likes the poor god, is it? So people "broke" her on the day of the fifth day, and let her "go home"-go home immediately!