Is it correct to say that you can't have sex on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month?

That's right. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month is a traditional folk festival-Dragon Boat Festival, also called Mid-Autumn Festival. This festival is usually called "Evil Day". On this day, people should insert calamus and dogwood to ward off evil spirits, smoke atractylodes rhizome and drink realgar wine to avoid epidemics. The folk custom is to eat zongzi, hang gourds and race dragon boats in memory of the great patriotic poet Qu Yuan.

Taboos of Dragon Boat Festival:

First of all, don't say "Happy Dragon Boat Festival" when blessing others, say "Dragon Boat Festival is healthy". Because the Dragon Boat Festival is a festival to worship ancestors and commemorate sages, Qu Yuan threw himself into the Miluo River on this day to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival in order to worship Qu Yuan.

The second is that the Dragon Boat Festival is a "poisonous day", so it is not suitable for exhausting activities, that is, activities that harm the body and waste gas and energy, such as staying up late and having sex.

Because the weather is getting hotter and hotter, the rainfall is getting heavier and heavier, and the air is sultry and humid. At this time, the activity of venting consumption will make the body more yin deficiency and fire flourishing, and poisoning will cause disease. Of course, it's just that the ancients warned future generations to rest moderately and let the body live in harmony with nature.

Then there is the taboo of avoiding evil month and hiding in the afternoon, because in ancient times, people thought May was an evil month, so there were some customs of hiding in the afternoon during the Dragon Boat Festival. If the baby is under one year old, send it directly to grandma's house to avoid disaster.

The last one is a sachet for taking care of children. There is a folk saying that if a child's sachet disappears, something bad will happen all year. If the Dragon Boat Festival is over, children will throw sachets into the river or water to avoid disaster.

Extended data:

On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional festival for famous people in China. It is one of the ancient traditional festivals of the Chinese nation. The Dragon Boat Festival is also called Dragon Boat Festival and Duanyang. In addition, there are many nicknames for the Dragon Boat Festival, such as: Noon Festival, Chongwu Festival, May Festival, Magnolia Festival, Daughter's Day, Tianzhong Festival, Dila Festival, Poet's Day and Dragon Boat Festival.

Although the names are different, on the whole, the customs of people everywhere are more similar than different. Dragon Boat Festival is an important day, and exorcism is the highlight of this festival. There are also many researches on geomantic omen. You can use some traditional methods to help your family cure diseases and eliminate disasters in the most prosperous days of the year.