What are the taboos on New Year’s Eve?
New Year’s Eve is often called New Year’s Eve. This day is a very important festival for our people. It entrusts people's thoughts and expectations, and is a happy moment for families to get together and drink and talk. There are many things to pay attention to on this day, and many things cannot be done according to our temperament. After all, posting Spring Festival couplets, inviting the God of Wealth, and worshiping ancestors are all done on this day, so we still have to listen to the taboos often mentioned by the elderly.
Every New Year’s Eve afternoon in our place, men will post couplets and then go to the graves with paper money to pay homage to their ancestors. Women will make dumplings at home. When the men come back, the real "Spring Festival" will come. , from this moment on the following things cannot be done under any circumstances. ★ Don’t say some unlucky words
Everyone must have heard the saying “Misfortune comes from the mouth”. Normally, everyone doesn’t pay too much attention to it, and they don’t pay too much attention to it when they speak, but when it comes On New Year's Eve, you must strictly keep your mouth shut and cannot say any unlucky words.
Words such as "die", "unlucky", "take medicine", etc. cannot be said under any circumstances. Young people may sneer at this, but old people care about it very much. Because New Year's Eve is the last day of the year, it also represents the beginning of the new year. If you violate this taboo, it will make the coming year unfavorable or even cause some bad things. Therefore, when New Year's Eve is approaching, the elderly will tell their children in advance not to talk nonsense, but to try to say nice things and say things that are pleasant to the ears. ★ Don’t go to the barber shop to get your hair cut
From New Year’s Eve until February, you are not allowed to get your hair cut. If a child gets his hair cut, the elderly will definitely get angry when they see it. If you are unhappy, you may even get angry. The specific reason seems to be related to your uncle. It is said that cutting your hair will "kill" your uncle, which will make the whole family unhappy. It may even directly destroy the feng shui of the family and make the blessings disappear with the hair forever. .
So every time when the Chinese New Year is approaching, the elderly will let the children have their hair cut and cleaned up in advance. In the next month, they are not allowed to go to the barber shop under any circumstances. When I was a child, I wondered why the barber shop was so busy as soon as I entered the Twelve Moon Gate. Now I finally understand that it has something to do with this particularity. ★ Don’t eat dumplings without bottoming out
In our place, dumplings are basically the main food on New Year’s Eve, the first day of the lunar month, and the second day of the lunar month. Every time when eating, everyone will hold a bowl of dumplings and silently eat them. Eat as much as you can, and try not to talk nonsense while eating. The most important taboo is that you cannot finish a bowl of dumplings at one time. When there are three dumplings left in the bowl, you have to fill it up again, and you must not bottom it out.
Because the word "more than every year" is very important in the eyes of people. If there are three dumplings in the bowl at all times, it means that there will be more to eat and use in the new year, which is auspicious. symbol. If you eat all the dumplings in the bowl at once, the old man will definitely be unhappy and wait until after the Spring Festival to "settle the score" with you. ★ Don’t go to other people’s homes to borrow money or ask for debts
The two words "pay back debts and borrow money to recycle" are completely invalid on New Year's Eve, no matter how much money others owe you, no matter how difficult it is for you , as long as the Spring Festival couplets are posted on New Year’s Eve, you can no longer go to other people’s homes to ask for money. Even if you go to someone else's house to borrow money or ask for a debt, they will not give it to you, and it will also arouse their resentment, and even scold you in public, saying that you are ignorant and careless.
Because in the eyes of the elderly, just entering the New Year's Eve is equivalent to officially entering the New Year. Money must be placed in the piggy bank and cannot be taken out. Once it is taken out and given to others, then the entire year will be Everyone will not be able to save money, which is why the so-called "money is not exposed" comes from this. ★ Don’t sweep the floor on New Year’s Eve night
If you pay attention, you will find that people who usually love cleanliness will become dirty after New Year’s Eve, and the garbage on the ground will pile up into mountains. It is as if it is invisible. In fact, it is not the owner who has become lazy, but local customs.
In the eyes of the elderly, sweeping the floor will sweep away all the blessings and luck of the year. The cleaner the sweep, the more impoverished the family is. Therefore, when the New Year is approaching, the elderly will clean everything inside and outside the house in advance. The dust on the walls will be wiped clean with a cloth. They will stop cleaning after the New Year. They will not clean properly until the third day of the Lunar New Year.
In fact, there are many taboos about New Year's Eve in rural areas, including not turning off the lights when sleeping at night, trying not to take medicine, etc.
Although these taboos have no scientific basis, they represent the elderly’s yearning and expectation for a better life. Sometimes in order to please the elderly, it is best not to do the above things. After all, the purpose of the New Year is to have the whole family happy. What other taboos do you have there?