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　　春节习俗小百科：大年初六 千家送穷鬼

　　Today is the 6th day of the 1st month in Lunar Calendar.

　　今天是农历正月初六。

　　According to traditional customs， families usually send away the Ghost of Poverty (穷鬼， qiong gui) on this day.

　　根据传统习俗，家里通常要在这一天送走穷鬼。

　　By doing this， Chinese people wish to send sway poverty and welcome the beautiful days and good luck in the new year.

　　通过做这些，中国人希望能送走贫穷并且在新的一年迎来幸福和好运。

　　According to the legend， the ghost of poverty is a son of an emperor thousands years ago. He was short and weak， and liked wearing ragged clothes and eating poor porridge.

　　根据传说，几千年前穷鬼是一个皇帝的儿子。他矮小而又瘦弱，并且喜欢穿破烂的衣服，喝稀饭。

　　Even when people presented him with new clothes， he would not wear it until he ripped it apart. So， he got the name of ‘the man of poverty (穷子， qiong zi) with time passing by， he gradually became the ghost of poverty.

　　即使人们送给他新衣服，他也要扯破后才穿。因此，随着时间推移，他被称为了穷子，渐渐地就变成了穷鬼。