On the big day of the Spring Festival, why does the God of Wealth get together on the fifth day of the first month?

During the Spring Festival, sending the God of Wealth to see him is actually a two-step process. Send the God of Wealth to God on the 24th of the twelfth lunar month, and welcome him back on the fifth day of the first month. The reason why the God of Wealth is picked up on the fifth day of the first month is because in folklore, they think that the fifth day of the first month is the birthday of the God of Wealth, so when the birthday of the God of Wealth comes, people will take the God of Wealth home and invite him to celebrate his birthday. There is not only one God of Wealth that we worship at ordinary times, but four people are divided into God of Wealth and Wu Caishen, God of Wealth is Bigan and Li Zhezu, and Wu Caishen is Guan Yu and Zhao Gongming.

Some places are used to winning these four gods of wealth together, and some places only prefer one god of wealth. There are also various pictures of the god of wealth, with gold ingots in his left hand and couplets of congratulations on making a fortune in his right hand, all of which are Li Zezu, the god of wealth. You may not know his name, but you must know what he looks like. During the New Year in China, every family will welcome the portrait of God of Wealth to their homes and post it. Most paper New Year pictures show him as a god of wealth. And this Li Zhezu. He served as a county magistrate in the Northern Wei Dynasty. During his reign, the official name was excellent and won the love of the people. People still miss him after his death. Until the end of the Five Dynasties and Tang Dynasty, he was awarded the title of "Blessing God" and became a symbol of the God of Wealth in people's hearts.

For southern businessmen, Guan Yu with a broadsword is the god of wealth they admire more. They are more inclined to Guan Yu's meaning, taking money as righteousness.

Northern businessmen prefer Zhao Gongming. According to legend, this Zhao Gongming, the patron saint of Taoism, is in charge of the treasures on earth and appears on the list of gods. For students and intellectuals, the god of wealth they pursue is naturally a kind of competition. And most of them seek competition rather than wealth, but to respect their ancestors and succeed in literature. Isn't this also a kind of wealth? Ancient literati certainly liked the god of wealth more than doing it.