In other areas, it is forbidden not to have a haircut, especially long hair, during the Dragon Boat Festival. Some places think that the Dragon Boat Festival is not suitable for haircut. The older generation will say, "Don't shave your head on holidays", referring to traditional lunar festivals such as Dragon Boat Festival, Double Ninth Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival and Mid-Autumn Festival. Traditional festivals are generally special, either a double ninth festival or a double ninth festival.
If you shave your head and get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival, you may be targeted by "ghosts", strangle people with the cut hair, and then wrap them into zongzi to eat. The Dragon Boat Festival is in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, and during the fifth month of the lunar calendar, the fontanel on the newborn's head has not been completely closed, which is the location of Baihui point. If you shave your head during this period, you are vulnerable to external evils, and it is not appropriate to shave your child's head.
Matters needing attention in Dragon Boat Festival
1, avoid swimming
Swimming is forbidden in some places on the Dragon Boat Festival, especially in those places where people drown. People think that during the Dragon Boat Festival, many drowning ghosts will return to the dead to look for body double, so they should throw zongzi into the water and share it with them, so that they won't find themselves.
2, avoid evil month
May is called "bad month" in geomantic custom, and it is an unlucky month. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of May, also called "the fifth day", is the most unlucky day in May. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival has the custom of "hiding in the afternoon", and children under one year old must be sent to grandma's house to ward off evil spirits and avoid disasters.
3. Avoid losing sachets
On the Dragon Boat Festival, children will wear sachets to ward off evil spirits. After the Dragon Boat Festival, you should burn the sachets brought by the children, which means to remove bad luck. If you lose your sachet, your child may not be able to stop for a year.