Why is off-year cleaning day? How to scan?

From the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month to New Year's Eve, China folks call this period "Spring Festival" or "Dust Day". Dust removal is year-end cleaning, which is called "house cleaning" in the north and "dust removal" in the south. So we will clean the room before this time, which means to drive away poverty.

It is said that this custom originated from ancient legends. In ancient mythology, Zhuan Xu had a son who failed to live up to expectations. He was lazy, dressed in rags and drank very thin porridge. One year on New Year's Eve, he died in a corner, cold and hungry. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people take the opportunity of cleaning to take out the rags and leftovers at home and throw them away before the arrival of the new year, indicating that they will not let the poor go home.

There is also a saying that the ancients believed that there was a three-corpse god attached to everyone, following people's whereabouts like a shadow and inseparable. Three dead gods are a guy who likes flattery and gossip. He often tells stories in front of the Jade Emperor and describes the world as ugly. Over time, in the jade emperor's impression, this world is simply a dirty world full of evil.

It originated from a religious ceremony of the ancient Han people to drive away the epidemic. This ceremony later evolved into a clean-up at the end of the year, which pinned the good wishes of the working people of the Han nationality to ward off evil spirits, eliminate disasters, welcome auspicious blessings.

Precautions for off-year cleaning:

Where is the dirtiest place in the house? Of course, the kitchen, especially the range hood in the kitchen, is really a place to shelter evil people from evil practices, and there is also a kitchen sink, which is easy to stick to sludge every day.

Toilets are also prone to bacteria, especially in some unventilated places, which need to be cleaned regularly, otherwise it will produce a strange smell.

The sofa in the living room, especially in families with children, sometimes children will climb up in shoes or pour urine, saliva and rice soup on it, so cleaning the sofa should be done under the sofa in addition to cleaning the cushion.

Bedrooms and table corners are easy to get dirty, especially curtains need to be taken down and cleaned frequently.