What does it mean to avoid the head in the first month and the tail in the twelfth month?
What does it mean to avoid the head in the first month and the tail in the twelfth month?
The so-called "avoiding the tail in the twelfth lunar month" refers to the twelfth lunar month at the end of a year. In order to welcome the new year, people will avoid doing many things in order to have good luck and signs in the new year.
The twelfth lunar month is the last month of every year, and many people also call it "the end of the year". In this month of special significance, people will naturally have some special concerns. People believe that with these attentions, the old year will be safely sent away and the new year will come smoothly.
The so-called "avoid the head in the first month" means that at the beginning of the new year, everyone should be taboo when talking or doing things. People think that in order to be happy and healthy in the new year, we must avoid saying unlucky things and doing disrespectful things in the first month of the new year; On the contrary, we should say more words of hope and good luck and hope that the new year will be more prosperous.
Taboos in December of the lunar calendar
move
Old people say that at this time, everyone has been busy for a year and should rest in the twelfth lunar month. If they are still busy at this time, they are bound to be busy for another year in the future. Moreover, the old people told us that we can't lend money easily in the twelfth lunar month, and lending it means the outflow of money. At the same time, we can't move easily at this time, because it is not suitable for dealing with others in such cold weather.
In rural areas, entering the twelfth lunar month also means that the New Year is coming. Old people are very taboo to move at this time. As the saying goes, "the poor don't move, the rich don't move their graves", and there is even a saying that "people move to the poor and the fire goes out", which shows that it is unlucky to move in the twelfth month. However, according to scientific theory, the new house has just been completed or has been idle for a long time, and the humidity is too high to be used in the twelfth lunar month. In addition, it is freezing in December, and moving is a big project that consumes manpower and material resources. Moving in a hurry is easy to catch a cold and affect your mood.
make a touch
Working hard in the countryside, the twelfth lunar month is a critical period for all walks of life to settle accounts and collect debts. Many people are wondering how much money they will get this year. They don't know how much money they will get. If you earn a lot of money this year, you will have a prosperous year. If you don't earn much, you can live a simple and elegant year with peace of mind. In rural areas, it is very taboo to lend money to others in the twelfth lunar month, because it is easy to think of bad omens such as financial ruin, fleeting time and bad luck. Of course, if you have no money, it is taboo to borrow money from others. After all, whether you have money or not, you have to celebrate the New Year.
Taboo in the first month
On New Year's Day, it is the first day of the first month. At this time, many things can't be done, just like you can't wear rags. After all, there must be something new in the new year. In the past, we often said that "my uncle died in the first month", but now this sentence is actually an old idea and no longer applies.
Don't clean up on the first day of the new year.
On this day in the countryside, many relatives and friends will come to pay New Year greetings, and there will be a mess of cups and plates after dinner. In particular, many children especially like peels, melon seeds and fireworks everywhere. Even if this will produce a lot of garbage, the elderly are not allowed to clean up the garbage. It is said that these are the "wealth" and "luck" of the new year. If someone sweeps them out, it means sweeping away all the wealth and luck. The correct way to open the garbage is to sweep the garbage into the stacking door, from the outside to the inside, and then clean it up after the third day.
No haircut for the first month
As for not being able to get a haircut, I only heard that the haircut day is "February 2nd, the dragon looks up". As for the statement that you can't get a haircut in the first month, there is no exact statement. Some people say that it originated from the Qing army entering the customs and issuing a haircut order. The Han people didn't want to give up their long braids, so they made up an excuse of "shaving their heads and breaking their uncle's life in the first month", which was later handed down and became the first month.