24, send God day sweep dust In addition to the old orientation

Lunar Calendar 24, dusting day.
Dusting Day.
explanation.
Lunar December 24 is the "Dust Day" of every household. Folk belief that the gods from this day to ignore the human things, the Heaven Emperor to visit.
Folklore, this is the day the gods died, there are only a few God on duty and the landlord to watch the order, and the people think that after the god of the gods, they have to wait until the second year of the junior night, just back to mortal, and then there is the legend, in this time, even if the house does not worry about any details, Use this day to move objects or sand dust flying is not afraid of Chong sin family Gods.
The Ancients set this day to be a day of cleaning. The correct date for the "Dusting Day" and "Send God Day" is 23rd, or 24th.
"Classics" said that the government in 23rd Jizao, the civil on 24th, based on this claim of the official 23rd Jizao book, also pointed out that the official is the choice of "Yin and yang" in 23rd time to send God.
So, in fact, it means that the junction time of 23rd Haishi into 24th is still 24th. The majority of the Chinese people in Southeast Asia originated from Fujian and Guangzhou provinces, affected by local folk customs, so the Chinese people in Southeast Asia generally regarded 24th as a "delivery stove" and "Dust Day" day.
Origin
In ancient times about the origin of dust sweep, but there is a rather strange story. Legend, the ancients believed that the human body is accompanied by a three corpse God, he is like a shadow, follow the whereabouts of people, inseparable. Three corpse God is a like Ahan flattery, gossip of the guy, he often demonized in front of the Jade Emperor, the world described ugly. Over time, in the impression of the Jade Emperor, the world is simply a dirty and sinful one.
  Once a three corpse God, the world in the curse of the emperor, want to treason heaven. The Jade Emperor is furious, descending decree quickly to observe the matter of the people in the Ming Dynasty, where vendettas the gods, blasphemous people, will its crime book under the eaves, and then let spider nets cover to mark. The Jade Emperor again life Lingtai lawsuit in New Year's Eve of the lower bound, where a marked people, Manmen kill, one does not stay.
  Three corpse God see this meter will succeed, Chengxi Eaves corner do mark, so that Lingtai lawsuit to a chop ruler kill. Just as the three corpse God in evil, kitchen found his whereabouts, frightened, hurried to find the home kitchen discuss countermeasures.
  So, came up with a good way, on the day of the 23rd to send stoves, to the New Year's Eve of the stove, each family must clean the house, which household is not clean, kitchen refused to enter the mansion. Everyone obeyed the kitchen before ascension, sweeping the dust, dusting the cobweb, wiping out the doors and windows, and sweeping the house clean. Wait until Lingtai lawsuit New Year's Eve granted lower bound view, found every household bright, lights, people reunion joy, the world is beautiful incomparable.
  Lingtai lawsuit found no indicationThe mark of the bad, very strange in the heart, then hurried back to heaven, the world peace and happiness, pray for the new Year's situation to the emperor. After listening to the Jade Emperor, he was shocked, hiding the purpose of the three corpse God, ordered slapped 300, eternal detention days prison. This is a difficult human movement thanks to the kitchen God to rescue. In order to appreciate the kitchen for people in addition to disaster, the blessing of the fall, so the folk dust sweeping in the kitchen after the start, straight busy to the eve.