Customs and taboos on the 25th day of the lunar year

As the saying goes, the Kitchen God goes to heaven on the 23rd and the house is swept on the 25th. There are many customs on the 25th day of the lunar year that everyone needs to follow. So what are the customs and taboos on the 25th day of the lunar year? Let’s take a look together below!

Customs and taboos on the 25th day of the lunar year

1. Make tofu

A Chinese proverb says: "On the 25th day of the lunar year, people grind the mill to make tofu." The twelfth lunar month is over and spring is back. People have gone through a long winter and are about to enter a new year. The "腐" in tofu is homophonic with the "福" in happiness, so tofu represents praying for "blessings."

2.Paste the windows

After sweeping the house on the 25th and 24th of the lunar year, it is time to paste the windows on the 25th. With new window paper, the house will immediately look brand new.

3. Field Silkworm

In the Jiangnan area, it is called "lighting up the silkworms in the fields, burning the silkworms in the fields, and burning the wealth in the fields." It means tying torches to long poles and inserting them into the fields. The brighter the torches burn, the better the harvest will be in the coming year.

4. Meet the Jade Emperor

According to traditional customs, on the 25th day of the lunar year, the Kitchen God is sent to heaven to report on his work, and on the 25th day of the lunar year, the Jade Emperor will come down to the mortal world to inspect work, so on this day every household will hang an image of the Jade Emperor and offer sacrifices, hoping for good fortune in the coming year.

Taboos on the 25th day of the lunar year

1. Women do not offer sacrifices to the Kitchen God

Offering sacrifice to the Kitchen God is one of the main customs on the 25th day of the lunar year. On this day, people will prepare rich food and let the Kitchen God eat and drink well, and then he will go to the Jade Emperor to speak good things for them. During the Little New Year, only men can worship the Kitchen God; women are not allowed to do so. I heard from the old people in the countryside that the reason why women cannot worship the Kitchen God is because it is said that the Kitchen God is a very handsome man. If women are allowed to worship the Kitchen God, people are worried that women will be attracted by the beauty of the Kitchen God. Hence the saying that women cannot worship the Kitchen God came into being.

2. Avoid engagement

In rural areas, there is a saying that "Don't get engaged on the 25th day of the lunar year, and don't get married in the first month of the lunar year", which means that you can't get engaged on the 25th day of the lunar year, and you can't get married in the first month of the lunar year. Careful friends will find that every year after the 25th day of the lunar year, there are a lot of weddings in rural areas, but no one will get engaged on the 25th day of the lunar year.

3. Five taboos: earth-moving

Breaking ground means building a house. "Taking no ground" on the 25th day of the lunar year means that you cannot build a house after the 25th day of the lunar year. The 25th day of the lunar year is the coldest month of the year. After entering the 25th day of the lunar year, not only the rushing river water will be frozen, but even the land will be frozen hard. The reason why you can't build a house after the 25th day of the lunar year is because the foundation must be laid before building a house. The soil on the 25th day of the lunar year has been frozen. If the foundation is laid at this time, when the temperature rises in the spring and the soil thaws, the foundation will collapse, affecting the stability of the house. Therefore, you can't build a house after the 25th day of the lunar year.

4. Avoid breaking things

After entering the 25th day of the lunar year, people will be extra busy preparing items needed for the New Year, but they must be extra careful not to break things in the house when they are busy. This is because breaking things on the 25th day of the lunar year is a particularly unlucky thing and will bring unexpected disasters. If you accidentally break something on the 25th day of the lunar year, you must say "May everything be safe and sound, and may you be safe every year."