Can I have my hair cut on the first day of July?

Judging from the first day of the seventh lunar month in 2023, this day is the anniversary of Yang Gong's death, so it is not appropriate to have a haircut.

Yang Gong's date of death, also known as the "13 taboos of Yang Gong" in geomantic terminology, was formulated by Yang Junsong, a geomantic master in the Tang Dynasty, on the 13th of January, 11th of February and 9th of March respectively.

In the eyes of Xuan Kongjia, the thirteen days of April 7th, May 5th, June 3rd, July 1st, July 29th, August 27th, September 25th, October 23rd, November 21st, and December 19th can never be chosen as opening, construction, getting married and signing contracts.

We also pay attention to the choice of barber shops. It is recommended to go to those clearly marked. In this way, if you ask for something together, they can't add other services without permission.

Taboos about haircuts:

Probably the most popular saying is that my uncle died in the first month. In fact, it was only in the Qing Dynasty that it began to spread, because the Chinese people were banned because they thought of the old (Ming) when they had their hair cut.

However, among the Han people and many ethnic minorities, it is very popular to ban haircuts and shaving at funerals. If someone in the family dies, once a man learns the bad news, he is not allowed to have a haircut or shave for a month or a hundred days. Among them, belief may be because parents need to collect hair, so they don't abandon it when their ancestors die to show filial piety and grief and miss.

It is also said that not having a haircut is to recall the sadness of an old friend, to show that he has no intention to tidy up his face because of his sadness and to show his filial piety; Some people say that not cutting hair or shaving is to change their appearance so that the dead can't recognize them, so as not to hurt themselves.

The first two statements are related to ethics, close to each other, and are the spread and influence of Confucianism. The latter statement is related to people's general belief that hair and beard are related to the soul, and that hair and beard can harm my body through witchcraft.

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