Why can't you cut your head in the first month? Is it really unlucky to cut your head in the first month
4hw.com.cn: the Spring Festival is coming soon. Many friends want to give themselves a new atmosphere for the new year. They cut their hair and start from scratch. However, there is a folk saying that cutting their hair in the first month is unlucky. What's going on? Why don't you cut your head in the first month? Let's have a look.
Is it really unlucky to cut your head in the first month
According to the old saying, it is unlucky to have a haircut in the first month, but now there are fewer and fewer taboos in this regard. If necessary, they will still have a haircut in the first month, but most of them will avoid the first and second days of the first month. Many barber shops are also open normally in the first month.
However, for many people, the first month can be avoided if it can be avoided. In order to have a good luck for the new year, of course, try to avoid these unlucky things. In fact, people all know that this is just a superstition, but they would rather believe it than nothing.
Why don't you cut your hair in the first month
folk taboo
You can't cut your hair in the first month. The most popular is from a folk taboo: 'cut your uncle in the first month'. However, according to historians, this folk taboo is a misinformation of folk culture and has no scientific basis at all.
Taboo source
When the Qing army entered the customs, they forcibly asked the Han people to shave their hair and stay pigtails, while the Han people made an appointment to show that they did not forget the old king and became "nostalgic". Later, 'Uncle Si' was falsely rumoured as a 'dead uncle', and then there was the saying that 'Uncle Si shaved his head in the first month'. At that time, the folk taboo of not having a haircut in the first month was not a prediction of people's "dead uncle shaving in the first month", but used "not shaving in the first month & lsquo; Nostalgia & rsquo; ' A kind of resistance to the Qing government to curse the 'hair shaving order' forcibly promoted by the Qing government. Moreover, uncle himself has the highest status among relatives. Many people would rather believe that 'haircut dead uncle in the first month' than choose to have a haircut in the first month.
You can't have a haircut in the first month
The first month is a auspicious month
Since ancient times, the first month is the largest month of the year, known as the auspicious month. In the auspicious month, people will have worship activities. Thank God for sending the Spring Festival. They move their heads at the beginning of the first month and are more unlucky to themselves. In addition, the saying that the ground is not moved in the first month is also for this reason.
February dragon looked up for a haircut
There is another saying that there is no haircut in the first month is to 'raise the head of the dragon in February'. Because a haircut in the first month is also very bad for people's health. If you cut your hair, your head will be cold, and most of the meridians of the human body are connected with your head. People are used to having their hair cut on February 2 of the lunar calendar, which means they can have a smooth year.