每逢春节，中国人都会进行春节扫尘，很多地方有七扫金八扫银的习俗，这有什么禁忌和讲究呢？
一般人们会在腊月二十四这一天扫尘。
所谓的七扫金八扫银，指的是扫尘的时间。
古代计算时间时主要分为十二个时辰，第七和第八个时辰最重要，也就是现代的北京时间中午11点到下午三点。
在这个时间段内打扫，可以扫走灰尘，扫回财富，带来福气和好运。
这一天打扫时也需要特别注意，不管发生什么事都不能争吵，必须和和气气地解决，才能带来好运。
如果争吵，可能会不吉利。
并且打扫的顺序也很重要，最好从大门开始打扫，再打扫屋内，这样可以将一整年的好运都带回家。
如果想从里到外打扫，可以从卧室打扫到大门，这样一年的霉运都会被扫出去。
这次打扫一般是春节前最后一次，所以大家都会特别认真，把每一个角落都打扫干净，迎接新年。
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| Chinese | Pinyin | English |
|---|---|---|
| 每 | měi | each / every |
| 逢 | féng | to meet by chance / to come across / (of a calendar event) to come along / (of an event) to fall on (a particular day) / to fawn upon |
| 春节 | Chūn jié | Spring Festival (Chinese New Year) |
| 中国人 | Zhōng guó rén | Chinese person |
| 都 | dōu | all; both; entirely |
| 会 | huì | to be likely to; to be sure to |
| 进行 | jìn xíng | (of people) to carry out; to conduct (an investigation or discussion etc) |
| 扫 | sǎo | to sweep / to sweep away; to wipe out; to get rid of / to sweep (one's eyes etc) over; to scan |
| 尘 | chén | dust / dirt / earth |
| 很多 | hěn duō | many; a lot of |
| 地方 | dì fang | place; location; area; space; territory / aspect; part |
| 有 | yǒu | to have; there is |
| 七 | qī | seven / 7 |
| 金 | jīn | gold / chemical element Au / generic term for lustrous and ductile metals / money |
| 八 | bā | eight |
| 银 | yín | silver |
| 的 | de | possessive particle (of; 's) / modifying particle (used after an attribute to modify a noun or to form a nominal expression) |
| 习俗 | xí sú | custom / tradition / local tradition / convention |
| 这 | zhè | this; these |
| 什么 | shén me | what? |
| 禁忌 | jìn jì | taboo / contraindication (medicine) |
| 和 | hé | and; together with |
| 讲究 | jiǎng jiu | to pay particular attention to |
| 呢 | ne | (sentence-final particle) used in questions to link back to prior discourse or context ("what about...?", "and...?") |
| 一般 | yī bān | generally / in general |
| 人们 | rén men | people |
| 在 | zài | (of sb or sth) to be (located) at |
| 腊月 | Là yuè | twelfth lunar month |
| 二十四 | èr shí sì | twenty-four; the number 24 |
| 一 | yī | one / single / a (article) |
| 天 | tiān | day |
| 所谓 | suǒ wèi | what is meant by the expression ...; what is referred to as ... / (derog.) so-called |
| 指 | zhǐ | to point at or to / to indicate or refer to |
| 是 | shì | to be (followed by substantives only) |
| 时间 | shí jiān | time |
| 古代 | gǔ dài | ancient times |
| 计算 | jì suàn | to calculate; to compute / to consider; to think over / to plot; to scheme |
| 时 | shí | when |
| 主要 | zhǔ yào | main; principal; major; primary |
| 分 | fēn | to divide; to separate |
| 为 | wéi | to take sth as / to act as / to serve as / to behave as / to become / to be / to do |
| 十二 | shí èr | twelve / 12 |
| 个 | gè | classifier for people or objects in general |
| 时辰 | shí chen | time / one of the 12 two-hour periods of the day |
| 第 | dì | (prefix indicating ordinal number) |
| 最 | zuì | (before an adjective or verb) to the highest degree; (the) most ...; -est |
| 重要 | zhòng yào | important; significant; major |
| 也 | yě | also; too; as well; (not ...) either |
| 就 | jiù | merely; nothing else but; simply; just; precisely; exactly |
| 现代 | xiàn dài | modern times / modern age / modern era |
| 北京 | Běi jīng | Beijing municipality, capital of the People's Republic of China |
| 中午 | zhōng wǔ | noon / midday |
| 点 | diǎn | point; dot; spot; speck / dot stroke in Chinese characters / (math.) decimal point / point in time or space / (after a number) o'clock |
| 到 | dào | to reach; to arrive / to (a place); until (a time); up to (a point) / (verb complement indicating arriving at a place or reaching a point) |
| 下午 | xià wǔ | afternoon / p.m. |
| 三 | sān | three / 3 |
| 段 | duàn | paragraph / section / segment / stage (of a process) |
| 内 | nèi | within |
| 打扫 | dǎ sǎo | to clean / to sweep |
| 可以 | kě yǐ | can / may / possible / able to |
| 走 | zǒu | from / through / away |
| 灰尘 | huī chén | dust |
| 回 | huí | to go back / to turn around / to answer / to return |
| 财富 | cái fù | wealth / riches |
| 带 | dài | to wear / to carry / to take along / to bear / to bring |
| 来 | lái | hither (directional complement for motion toward the speaker) |
| 福气 | fú qi | good fortune / a blessing |
| 好 | hǎo | good / appropriate; proper |
| 运 | yùn | fortune / luck / fate |
| 需要 | xū yào | to need; to want; to demand; to require |
| 特别 | tè bié | very; especially; particularly / in particular |
| 注意 | zhù yì | to take note of; to pay attention to |
| 不管 | bù guǎn | regardless of / no matter |
| 发生 | fā shēng | to happen; to occur; to take place; to break out |
| 事 | shì | matter / thing / item / affair |
| 不能 | bù néng | cannot / must not / should not |
| 争吵 | zhēng chǎo | to quarrel |
| 必须 | bì xū | to have to / must / compulsory / necessarily |
| 和和气气 | hé hé qì qì | polite and amiable |
| 地 | de | -ly / structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct |
| 解决 | jiě jué | to solve; to resolve; to settle (a problem) |
| 才 | cái | then and only then |
| 能 | néng | can / to be able to / might possibly |
| 如果 | rú guǒ | if; in case; in the event that |
| 可能 | kě néng | might (happen) / maybe / perhaps |
| 不 | bù | no; not so |
| 吉利 | jí lì | auspicious / lucky / propitious |
| 并且 | bìng qiě | and; besides; moreover; furthermore; in addition |
| 顺序 | shùn xù | sequence / order |
| 很 | hěn | very; quite |
| 最好 | zuì hǎo | had better ...; it would be best to ... |
| 从 | cóng | from; through; via / (bound form) retainer; attendant / (bound form) assistant; auxiliary; subordinate / (bound form) related by common paternal grandfather or earlier ancestor |
| 大 | dà | big; large; great / older (than another person) / eldest |
| 门 | mén | gate / door / gateway / doorway / opening / valve / switch / way to do something / knack / family / house / (religious) sect / school (of thought) / class / category / phylum or division (taxonomy) / (suffix) -gate (i.e. scandal; derived from Watergate) |
| 开始 | kāi shǐ | to begin / to start |
| 再 | zài | then (after sth, and not until then) |
| 屋 | wū | (bound form) house / (bound form) room |
| 这样 | zhè yàng | this way; like this; so |
| 将 | jiāng | (introduces object of main verb, used in the same way as 把) |
| 整 | zhěng | (bound form) whole; complete; entire; (before a measure word) whole; (before or after number + measure word) exactly / (bound form) in good order; tidy; neat |
| 年 | nián | year |
| 家 | jiā | home / family / (polite) my (sister, uncle etc) |
| 想 | xiǎng | to desire; to want (to) |
| 里 | lǐ | lining / interior / inside |
| 外 | wài | outside / external |
| 卧室 | wò shì | bedroom |
| 霉 | méi | mold / mildew |
| 被 | bèi | used to indicate passive voice (placed before the doer of the action like "by" in English passive-voice sentences, or, if the doer is not mentioned, before the verb) / (sarcastic or jocular) used to indicate that the following word should be regarded as being in air quotes |
| 出去 | chū qù | to go out |
| 次 | cì | classifier for enumerated events: time |
| 前 | qián | ago / before / BC / former / formerly |
| 最后 | zuì hòu | final; last; ultimate |
| 所以 | suǒ yǐ | therefore / as a result / so |
| 大家 | dà jiā | everyone |
| 认真 | rèn zhēn | conscientious / earnest / serious |
| 把 | bǎ | (used to put the object before the verb: 把[ba3] + {noun} + {verb}) |
| 角落 | jiǎo luò | corner (of a room, courtyard etc) / (fig.) remote spot; nook |
| 干净 | gān jìng | clean / neat |
| 迎接 | yíng jiē | to welcome; to greet |
| 新 | xīn | new; newly |