The root cause of the thorough cleaning? The beginning of the New year on December 13th is (Hint-Pot)-Yahoo! Journalism

New year decorated door loose (picture is picture) [picture: picture AC] prepare for "New year events begin"

　December 13 of each year is called "the beginning of the first month", which is the time to begin to prepare for the New year. From this day on, things are good. In order to welcome the new year, we have the habit of decorating and cleaning the first month, such as door pine. In modern times, there may be a lot of people preparing for the New year after Christmas. Now let's re-examine the customs handed down from ancient times. Explain "the beginning of the first month". [photo] when will the year-end clean-up begin? What about the place and props of the house that must be cleaned? Results of the questionnaire survey

What is the beginning of the New year?

　Once upon a time, December 13 of the lunar calendar was the day of "the beginning of the New year". Although there are all kinds of theories, everything except the wedding on the calendar is auspicious "ghost day" and is considered to be the best day to start things. As a result, it is said that the "beginning of the first month", which begins to prepare for the new year, has been fixed. Although now is not familiar with the language, but this day is a "loose welcome (loose welcome)" day. "loose connection" refers to going to the mountains to pick pine trees for January decoration, firewood for New year's Eve dinner, and so on. In addition, there are also areas that go into the mountains to meet the god of the year. The god of the year refers to the god who brings happiness to the New year. Now Mensong buys a lot and no longer collects firewood. He used to go to the mountains to pick on this day. It is generally believed that preparation for the New year usually begins on December 13 and ends on December 28. On the 29th, it is connected with "double pain", and there are also areas to avoid New year's arrangements such as door looseness, which is temporarily marked by the god of the year, and mirror cakes dedicated to it. In addition, the No. 31 decoration becomes a "one-night decoration", which is considered to deviate from the etiquette of God. Now there is Christmas on the 25th, so the trend of making New year's decorations after that is mainstream. Even so, the New year's resolution is not New Year's Eve's last day, so it's better to finish as early as possible.

Use "scrubbing" to remove stains for a year. The kitchen should be handled carefully.

Old kitchen with stove (picture is picture) [picture: picture AC]

"paying soot" is an activity that cleans up soot and dust accumulated at home once a year to prepare for the New year. Although there are regional differences, but now on December 13, temples and shrines around the place will hold "ash payment" activities, this situation is conveyed as a year-end scenery poem, so many people are familiar with it. It has been said that it has already been carried out in the Heian era. December 13 is the Edo era. Because Edo made a "tooth brushing payment" on that day, this habit also spread among the common people. It can be said that the root of modern cleaning. The cleaning tools such as adding straw in front of the bamboo are also called "purifying bamboo", which means not only to clean up, but also to clean up the misfortune of the year. According to the order of cleaning, clean the shrine first, and then clean the kitchen and each room. In particular, there is a Kitchen God in the kitchen, which is a place for cooking that is closely related to life, so it is considered to be a place to be carefully cleaned. In the past, at the beginning of the first lunar month, the family cleaned together. After that, they would worship "Suzu pay dumplings", and they also had the habit of eating "Suzu pay cakes". In addition, after cleaning, I soaked in a bathhouse called "soot soup". After the home and my body and mind were very clean, I was ready to welcome the New year god. "sushi payment" is also known as "New year's welcome", "things begin", "good things begin" and other auspicious nicknames. In modern times, the awareness of activities on December 13 has also become weak, but it is also good to buy first moon decorations and clean up from places such as the kitchen where you can go around the water. In the coming New year, let's start the New year together.

Heyumaru Kazuko