There is a rumor in China that you can't shave your head or cut your hair from the first day of the first lunar month to the first day of the second lunar month, or you will die. Until February 2, dragons can raise their heads and cut their hair, which is considered more auspicious. In most parts of China, the custom of "no shaving in the first month, no shaving at all" is popular. This custom originated around 1644 when the Qing court issued the tonsure order.
The custom in May is to drink realgar wine, insert wormwood and eat zongzi to commemorate Qu Yuan. Both realgar wine and wormwood are used to avoid poisoning, because May is traditionally regarded as a toxic month. Hair is regarded as blood in Chinese medicine, and a person's hair is vigorous, indicating that blood gas is vigorous. Similarly, hair and blood gas are both Yang Qi, which can resist Yin Qi, so we don't give children a weak haircut in the poisonous month.
Taboo of shaving fetal head
1, baby's fetal hair, usually shaved off in a hundred days or a full moon. As the saying goes, because fetal hair is contaminated with maternal blood and foul smell, it should be shaved off before the pregnant woman leaves the delivery room for a hundred days or before the full moon, so as not to offend the gods. In Jiangsu and Zhejiang, shaving baby fetal hair is called "polishing". Shaving a baby's head for one hundred days in Hangzhou is called "White Deer".
2. When shaving, leaving more than one inch of hair on the forehead (commonly known as "the brain suddenly closes the door", "the top of the head" or "the top of the head suddenly rests") is called "filial piety". Henan, Shandong and other places also have this custom, which is called "intrauterine belt".
3, custom will shave the fetal hair wrapped in red cloth, sent to the temple, pray for God to bless longevity. In some places, the fetal hair is shaved and the baby's scalp is wiped with almonds to ward off wind and evil spirits and avoid sores.