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Why do you have a haircut on February 2? The origin of haircut on February 2

On the second day of February in the lunar calendar, the customs around people are basically about shaving and eating. Many people will have their hair cut on the day of dragon head raising. Do you know why? What's the point of long Tiao's haircut? Why does he have to cut his hair on this day?

It is understood that on February 2 of the lunar calendar, barber shops around the country usually usher in peak passenger flow. In addition to asking for auspiciousness, there are also reasons for not shaving in the first month in some areas. Compared with the popularity of shaving, the eating tradition of young people is getting weaker and weaker.

Why is it 'shaving day'?

On the second day of February of the lunar calendar, spring returns to the earth. It is the time for crops to be sown. The earth is eager for rain water. In Chinese culture, the dragon is the auspicious thing that dominates the wind and rain. As the saying goes, "the dragon does not look up and the sky does not rain." therefore, the dragon's head is a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness. In folk custom, people choose to shave their heads on this day in order to have a good luck.

Besides asking for auspiciousness, there are also taboo reasons. Mr. Liu from Harbin, who works in a barber shop in Shanghai, told reporters that he used to work in the barber industry in Beijing, Hebei and other places. There was a local custom of not shaving the head in the first month. Therefore, the business at the end of the lunar month was extremely hot. The employees were busy from morning to night. There were few guests in the first month. Some bosses simply gave their employees a holiday and closed their business, just after the first month, especially on the second day of February However, when he arrived in Shanghai, he found that the change of passenger flow was not as great as that of a cold and a hot one.

As for haircut, there is a widespread saying in northern China that "my uncle dies by shaving my head in the first month.". However, Liu Zhenchao, vice president of Liaoning folklore Association, said in an interview with Xinhua news agency that this is actually a kind of misrepresentation, that "dead uncle" is a homonym of "nostalgia". In the early Qing Dynasty, Han people did not shave their heads in the first month of the first month of the Ming Dynasty, but did not dare to openly confront the Qing government which issued the order of shaving their heads. According to the reporter's understanding, most people in the North do not shave their heads in the first month, and most of them are taboo of 'dead uncle'. People without an uncle do not have such scruples. However, with the development of society, the number of people who shave their heads in the first month is also increasing.

Xue Liyong, a folklorist in Shanghai, told reporters that there is no such saying in Shanghai that people don't shave their hair in the first month of January. It's just to celebrate the new year, most people will choose to have their hair cut at the end of the waxy month before the new year. In this way, the number of people who have a haircut in the first month is obviously less, but there is no restriction that they can't have their hair cut in the first month.