"On the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month, dust the dust and sweep the house ." According to tradition, the twenty-fourth of the twelfth lunar month is a good day for general cleaning before the Spring Festival. According to "Lu's Spring and Autumn Annals" records, the custom of sweeping dust during the Spring Festival can be traced back to the era of Yao, Shun, and Yu. "Chen" and "Chen" are homophonic. Sweeping dust in the New Year also means "removing the old and spreading the new", sweeping away all the bad luck and bad luck of the past year.
The twenty-fourth day of the twelfth lunar month is the Little New Year for southerners. There is another important custom on Xiaonian Day, which is to send Tai Sui . Families who have enshrined Tai Sui should use tea and fruits to thank the Tai Sui God for his blessings over the past year on this day, and then ask the Tai Sui Talisman to be burned. You can also ask a Shuwen who sent Tai Sui to burn it together.
Taisui God is the honorific name of the stars in Taoism, that is, the Nian God. He is the most powerful Nian God among the gods. He is in charge of the good and bad luck of the year in the world and governs the gods. He is known as the "Emperor of the Year". There are sixty Tai Sui gods in total, and each Tai Sui has a name, which corresponds to each year in a Jiazi. The order of the years is repeated, and the cycle is endless. From General Jin Chi in the Jiazi year to Yu Cheng generals in the Guihai year, they take turns in charge of good, bad, and bad luck in the world.
Due to the high authority of the Tai Sui god, everyone is in awe. In order to avoid offending Tai Sui, in the year of offending Tai Sui, one must seek the "Tai Sui Talisman" during the new spring to pray for peace and success in the new year, and to seek good luck and avoid evil. In addition, because Tai Sui's name cannot offend, if someone's name is the same as Tai Sui's, it will also violate Tai Sui's taboo.
"Don't break ground on Tai Sui's head!" Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, people have believed that the direction of Tai Sui is an unlucky direction and cannot be turned towards Tai Sui. It is said that "you can carry it but not turn it", and you cannot start construction or work on Tai Sui's head. Otherwise, it will be considered as "moving ground on Tai Sui's head". Violating this taboo will bring disaster or bad luck.
Sixty Years is the "Tai Sui" in Taoism, each has its own name and shape. Taoism has sayings such as "birth year" and "birth day". If a person is born in the year of the sixty-sixth year of the zodiac, it is called the birth year. If a person is born on the 60th day of the Jiazi zodiac, it is called the natal day. If he is born on Yihai day in the Jiashen year, then his natal year is Jiashen and his natal day is Yihai. Those who committed Tai Sui in that year had to have their birthdays and addresses written on red paper by Taoist priests , and they should enshrine the Tai Sui star at home to pray for peace and prosperity throughout the year and everything going well. On the day of the Little New Year, prepare offerings to send to Tai Sui.
Offending Tai Sui is also called Chong Tai Sui. "Chong" is also divided into "Nian Chong" and "Hedge". The Nian Chong refers to the year of the zodiac. For example, this year is the Year of the Horse, and those born in the Year of the Horse have the Nian Chong. Hedge refers to the year of the zodiac plus six years, also called "six clashes", that is, Ziwu Chong, Chouwei Chong, Yinshen Chong, Maoyou Chong, Chenxu Chong, and Sihai Chong; taking the Year of the Horse as an example, since Ziwu is in conflict, people born in the Year of the Rat will be in "hedge" this year, and they are also destined to commit Tai Sui. In addition, there is also the saying of punishing Tai Sui, which is also called "biasing". If your birth year is three years different from the zodiac of the fleeting year, it is a punishment, that is, "biasing" with the fleeting Tai Sui.
"On the first day of the twelfth lunar month, thousands of households always replace old talismans with new peaches." This refers to the old custom of An Tai Sui during the Spring Festival. Among the people, peach wood has the function of warding off evil spirits. Many Taoist priests directly draw runes on the peach wood, which has a better effect of warding off evil spirits. Talismans are divided into yin and yang. The woman uses the yang talisman and the man uses the yin talisman to ensure the balance of yin and yang.
After the New Year sacrifices to the stove and the Tai Sui ceremony, all the gods and goddesses in the house have gone to heaven. At this time, cleaning will not disturb the gods. Even if you encounter the shrine, it doesn't matter. You can go about cleaning freely. During general cleaning, you should clean up the garbage in every corner of the house and outside, wipe the windows, clean the curtains, dry clothes and bedding, etc.
After cleaning up, men can get a haircut and take a shower if they have time. According to traditional customs, it is not good for uncles to get a haircut during the first month of the year, so it should not be done too early before the Spring Festival. It is generally more appropriate to arrange it after the Lunar New Year.
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