Chikou is the main representative of verbal disputes and lawsuits. "Red mouth" is the second most vicious divination in the divination language of the Six Kings, but those of us who are good at divination and have "red mouth" will encounter some bad developments. The so-called "lost things are in a hurry to find" and "sick people die in the west", which means that if things are lost, it means that most things are difficult to find.
The other is the direction of travel or residence. If the direction is in the west, there will be some physical diseases and even accidental injuries. Chikou, also known as "Red Dog Day", is an unlucky day. According to folklore, the red dog is an "angry god", which will bring bad luck. Therefore, the third day of the first lunar month is an unlucky day, and it is not suitable for going out for banquets.
Different customs
In addition, the word "red" means "extreme poverty", and going out to attack the red dog will bring poverty. If you must go out to pay a New Year call, you can put a bag on your body to relieve the breath. According to folklore, the third night is the day when mice get married, so most people go to bed early that night so as not to disturb their marriage.
There will also be the custom of "mice sharing money" that night. Salt, rice and cakes were scattered in the corner of the house for the mice to enjoy. These foods for mice are called "rice makeup", which means sharing the harvest with mice in the new year. There are different customs around Chikouri: in the Qing Dynasty, Minnan people had the custom of "leaving the suburbs to show their graves", that is, offering sacrifices to ancestral graves.