Why do you keep abstaining from garbage for three days of Tet?

Have you ever wondered why you keep abstaining from garbage for three days on Tet? Please join us to find out this interesting custom of Vietnam!

From the past, our people had the custom of abstaining from sweeping the house on the 1st to 3rd of the New Year. Do not sweep the house, do not dump garbage, avoid cleaning up because you are afraid of the God of Fortune will follow it and leave the house. During these three days, ten thousand reluctant to sweep the house, they swept into the house and dumped it into a pile at some hidden corner, as a way to accumulate fortune throughout the year. Abstinence from house sweeping is also one of the customs on Vietnamese New Year!

1. According to a Chinese legend recorded in "The God of Signing"

There was a merchant named Au Minh, who went through Thanh Thao Lake to receive a water spirit for a maid named Nhu Nguyet, brought home for several years, then Au Minh eats, making a very rich house.

One day, on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, I don't know for what reason Au Minh beat Nhu Nguyet, she was afraid to crawl into the pile of garbage at the corner of the house. Au Minh's wife did not notice it, so she accidentally swept the house and also the pile of rubbish. Since then, the Au Minh family was poor. It was said that Nhu Nguyet was the god of fortune and set up an altar to worship. (Perhaps because of that, the altar of the genius is often left in the corner).

Since then, the practice of abstaining from garbage during the first three days of the year is a fear of losing the divine power hidden in it, the business will not prosper.

Do not sweep the house, do not dump garbage, avoid cleaning up because you are afraid of the God of Fortune will follow it and leave the house.

2. In Vietnam, there is a story "The broom" to explain this practice

The main content can be summarized as follows:

In the past, there was a woman who was very skillful in cooking, so Ngoc Hoang assigned her to look after the cooking in heaven. But she has a habit of being awkward and greedy. She loves an old man who raises horses for heaven. Many times she stole the wine in the hidden nature given to him and many times she took him to sneak into the liquor store, defending the old man. Heavenly servants, the servants have their own food, must not touch the good deeds, even if it is the same as the Jade Emperor.

One day, Ngoc Hoang opened a feast for the gods. In the midst of the plowing on the tray, from far away, she heard the voice of the old horse singing. She knew he was looking for him. She hurriedly picked up and brought him to the corner. In the dark, on the rack of nearby trays, there are many fragrant aromas. Being hungry, he opened the table and fidgeted and picked it up so that . When the soldiers almost accidentally pulled the tray, the bowls were as if they had been tasted before. The Emperor's Jade Emperor just saw not stopping the rage.

The intense shouting of the Jade Emperor makes people scared. The cook woman bowed her head to plead guilty and was banished to the ceiling, forced to make brooms to work without rest and find food in the filthy filth of the earth.

A long time later, seeing offenders express that he was forced to do hard work day after day without rest, Ngoc Hoang lovingly ordered three days off in a year. Those three days were three days of Lunar New Year.

Therefore, after the Lunar New Year, people have a habit of abstaining from sweeping the house so that the brooms are rested.