Day of the Horse (马日 / mǎ rì)

Nüwa created the horse on the 6th day.

• Lunar date
  January 6th (正月初六 / zhèng yuè chū liù)
• Solar (Gregorian) date
  February 17th, 2021
• Activities & traditions
  After the “break five” of the day before, people can truly begin working again. People will also send the spirit of poverty away (送穷鬼 / sòng qióng guǐ), supposedly a frail-looking man who liked to drink thin porridge and purposely turned his clothing into rags, by burning scraps and offering banana boat candles.
• Superstitions & beliefs
  It is believed that the god of bathrooms (厕所神 / cè suǒ shén) will visit to check the sanitary conditions, so every household will use this day to clean.