Today is sometimes know as Chigou’s Day and Chigou literally means “red dog“. Red Dog is the name of the God of Anger, who brings bad luck to people. The third day of the Chinese New Year is an ominous day, so there are many other things people are forbidden to do according to the traditional custom. For example, on this day, people are not allowed to clean the house, make a fire, draw water and so on.
So people don’t like to go out on this day, otherwise they might lose their temper easily and become argumentative. Actually, After a 2-day binge of, eating, drinking, playing, gambling, many people are tired and would probably want to sleep in. They said that if people want to work on this day, they won’t get much accomplished. Therefore, the Red Dog day is a good excuse for people who need a rest.
Today is also known as the Mice Wedding Day.
They said that people should turn off the light and go to bed early, because the night is the Mice’s Wedding and one shouldn’t disturb them. The other reason people should turn out the lights, so the mice can’t see their wedding, which would slow down mice breeding. In the old farmer society, people would leave a few grains of rice or cake crumbs in the corner of a room for the mice at night.
The Haus of Dcaligari 