Chinanews.com, Beijing, January 26th (Reporter Shangguan Yun) In the blink of an eye, time has come to the fifth day of the first lunar month.
It is a relatively important time node, also known as "Po Wu", which means that many taboos in the first few days of the Lunar New Year can be broken on this day.
When the fifth day of the first lunar month comes, folks often want to "send the poor" and "receive the God of Wealth".
In terms of diet, many northerners eat dumplings.
Many customs embody people's good wishes to welcome prosperity and happiness.
As soon as "Broken Five" arrives, it means that the first stage of the Chinese New Year activities is basically over.
The fifth day of the first lunar month is also called "Bao Wu".
There are a lot of homestays during the New Year’s Eve. On New Year’s Eve, you have to watch the New Year’s Eve and have a New Year’s Eve dinner.
Data map: "God of Wealth" is sending Universiade.
That day is the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and the folks have a traditional custom of welcoming the God of Wealth.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Wang Yuan
Interestingly, during the period from the first day to the seventh day, there is a relatively important time node in folk customs, that is, the fifth day of the first lunar month, which is often called "broken fifth".
As the saying goes, "After Laba is the New Year".
In ancient society, the material life was not rich enough, and the common people stipulated many customs and taboos for the year, hoping that the year would have a good start.
For example, don't scold your child at will, especially on the first day of the first lunar month, otherwise it will bring bad luck to the child for a year; shipped away.
In addition, you can't sweep the floor or pour water outward, otherwise you will take away your blessings and wealth.
But it is not convenient to live like this all the time, so when the fifth day of the first lunar month comes, people often do a big cleaning, and many taboos before the Lunar New Year can be broken.
Why "send the poor" at this time?
"Yanjing Sui Shi Ji" records, "The fifth day of the first day is called "Po Wu". During the "Po Wu", raw rice is not allowed for cooking, and women are not allowed to go out. On the sixth day, the princesses, nobles, eunuchs, etc. , congratulate each other... and the merchants gradually opened up trade."
In folklore, "Broken Five" has a sense of ritual.
According to legend, the birthday of the God of Wealth is the fifth day of the first lunar month, and this day has become an auspicious day for the people to welcome the God of Wealth, especially for merchants, who attach great importance to it.
Data map: In Nanjing, Jiangsu, the "God of Wealth" appeared in Bailuzhou Park in the south of the city, and distributed red envelopes to the people to celebrate the New Year happily.
That day is the fifth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, and Chinese folks have a custom of welcoming the God of Wealth.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Yang Bo
According to traditional customs, on that day, people should post the statue of the God of Wealth, set off firecrackers, and worship the God of Wealth.
After the "Broken Five", merchants can open their doors for business, people can also participate in some public activities, and there will be performances such as dragon dance and lion dance to reward gods.
There are also articles pointing out that there are many Gods of Wealth that Chinese people believe in, including the "God of Martial Arts", "God of Wealth" and "Five-way God of Wealth" and so on.
Among them, "Wu Caishen" often refers to Guan Yu.
On the fifth day of the lunar new year, people want to "send away the poor", get up early to clean up, and sweep away all the garbage accumulated in the past few days.
In some places, firecrackers are set off while sweeping the floor, which means that all unlucky and unsatisfactory things will be driven out.
There is also a saying that among the people, people will "send the five poor" on the fifth day of the first lunar month, that is, the poor in wisdom, poor in learning, poor in literature, poor in life, and poor in friendship. The "five poor" are called "five ghosts".
Why does "Broken Five" eat dumplings?
"Food is the paramount necessity of the people".
When the fifth day of the first lunar month comes, there are relatively fixed eating habits everywhere, and many northerners will choose to eat delicious dumplings.
The dumplings eaten at this time are called "pinching the mouth of the villain" in some places. When making dumplings, you need to pinch them along the sides of the dumplings with your hands one by one.
It is said that this can avoid slander in the new year.
Data map: Dumplings are one of the "protagonists" during the Chinese New Year.
Photo by Li Dian
Some people also pay attention to chopping the dumpling stuffing very loudly on the chopping board so that the neighbors can hear it, which means that they are chopping "little people" and hope that everything will go well in the coming year.
According to Wang Juan, a folklore scholar, there is another saying that the dumplings eaten by "Po Wu" need to be rolled up to make "mouse dumplings", which means "rats bite the sky open", which means that the rats will destroy the chaotic world. Biting out the gap also means "breaking open".
As soon as "Broken Five" arrives, it means that the first stage of the Chinese New Year activities is basically over.
In addition, it is said that "Po Wu" also has the theory of "Po Wu", that is, to break one's own bad habits, reflect on one's own mistakes, and create a "brand new me".
In this regard, Meng Lingfa, an associate professor at the School of Law and Sociology of Chongqing Technology and Business University, said that the reason why "Po Wu" has the saying "Po Wu" may also come from homonyms, and it is intended to take the opportunity of "sending the poor" and "receiving wealth". Get rid of your attachment to fame and fortune, and the concept of emotion, so as to enter the next year's life, study, and work.
The customs on the fifth day of the first lunar month may be slightly different in different places, but they all entrust people's good wishes to ward off evil spirits and eliminate disasters, and to welcome good luck and happiness.
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