The taboo of getting a haircut before February 2 comes from "Don't shave your head in the first month; I shaved my head and died in the first month. "This folk song has been sung for more than 360 years, and its original intention has long been blurred. Give the barber on Kyushu a month's "annual leave" every year. Today, most people still observe the custom of not going to the barber shop in the first month. In fact, this folk song does not predict that shaving your head in the first month will definitely kill you, but uses "Don't shave your head in the first month-think about being old".
The moral of February 2 nd haircut
In folk customs, people choose to shave their heads on this day in order to look forward to good luck.
On the second day of the second lunar month, spring returns to the earth, which is the season of planting crops, and the earth is eager for rain. In China culture, the dragon is an auspicious thing that dominates the wind and rain. As the saying goes, it doesn't rain until the dragon looks up, so the dragon looks up as a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness.
It is said that a haircut on February 2 can bring good luck for a year. Everyone should get a haircut, which means that the dragon is lucky to look up. Not only do children have to "scrape the tap", but beautiful women can also give themselves a new hairstyle and start from scratch, full of energy all year round. On February 2, every barber shop was full of customers and the business was booming. On February 2, the dragon looked up. On this day, the custom of haircut spread. People think that a haircut on February 2 will wake up from hibernation like a dragon and start activities. Therefore, people attach great importance to scraping the tap on February 2, and everyone wants to make a good sign.
Why is February 2 nd shaving day?
On the second day of the second lunar month, spring returns to the earth, which is the season of planting crops, and the earth is eager for rain. In China culture, the dragon is an auspicious thing that dominates the wind and rain. As the saying goes, it doesn't rain until the dragon looks up, so the dragon looks up as a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness. In folk customs, people choose to shave their heads on this day in order to look forward to good luck.
On February 2nd, the forbidden book of dragons looking up.
(1) If you marry your daughter, don't spend February 2 at your mother's house.
The reason why the Dragon can't go back to her parents' house on February 2nd is mainly because the married kannika nimtragol can't stay at her parents' house on February 2nd, which is a common saying circulated by her husband's family to let kannika nimtragol go back to her husband's house as soon as possible. Later, if kannika nimtragol has been living in her parents' home, her husband's family will take kannika nimtragol home in early February. According to the custom of the old society, the newly-married kannika nimtragol had to wait on her in-laws and husband at her husband's house the year before last. After the 16th day of the first month, she can temporarily stay at her parents' house as a rest day, but only until the end of the month, and she will have to go home after the first month. Because it will be folk spring ploughing after February 2, we have to work in the fields.
(2) Avoid giving birth at home.
Under the social thought of the ancient patriarchal society, in the eyes of the ancients, a married daughter is like a spilled water, equivalent to a man's man. But women must see blood when giving birth to children, and they will discharge some lochia after giving birth, so it is very dirty in the eyes of the ancients. When a woman goes back to her mother's house to have a baby, it means bringing "bad luck" home, and when the dragon looks up on February 2, it means bringing good luck home, which conflicts with this, so women are not allowed to have a baby at their mother's house.
(3) No needle and thread, no scissors.
In ancient China, the dragon was regarded as a sacred symbol by the ancients. "Dragon title" is therefore taboo, so as not to hurt the black dragon and affect the luck of the whole year. Women are forbidden to use needles and scissors on this day, because the black dragon will look up at the world on this day, and using things with needles and sharp edges will stab longan. When a woman gets up, she usually says, "On February 2nd, the dragon looks up, but if the dragon doesn't look up, I will look up".
(4) Avoid saying "jealousy"
In the dialects of the central plains provinces in China, because "jealousy" is regarded as the meaning of "jealousy", February 2 is called "jealousy" because the festival itself is festive and people are afraid that narrow-minded people will affect Geely.