Things Chinese Throw Out Before New Year

For over 4,000 years, Chinese families have cleared out everything old, broken, and unfinished before Lunar New Year. It's called sǎo chén — "sweeping away the dust," which really means sweeping away the old. Here are 12 things Chinese families throw away before the new year, and the wisdom behind each one. You don't need to be Chinese — or wait for the Lunar New Year — to use this. Any fresh start works. Stay till the end, because #6 isn't an object at all, and it might be the most important thing you clear out all year. The one idea underneath all twelve: you do not carry the old into the new. Clear out the old energy, and you make room for good fortune to enter. 👉 Subscribe for more quiet wisdom from everyday Chinese tradition. 💬 Which of the 12 are you clearing out first? #ChineseNewYear #LunarNewYear #ChineseTradition #DeclutterYourLife #FreshStart #ChineseWisdom #SweepingTheDust #FengShui