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Does wearing red in your zodiac year have to be given as a gift?

With the arrival of February, we are one step closer to the Spring Festival. On the Spring Festival, in addition to pasting couplets and eating dumplings and other customs, people who are born in their zodiac year must wear red. So do people who wear red in their zodiac year have to be given as gifts? Who will buy the red color in the animal year? Let’s take a look. Do you have to give someone a gift to wear red in your zodiac year?

Do you have to give someone a gift to wear red in your zodiac year?

In addition, the person who gives you red clothes is also very particular. Red items must be given by family members or friends to attract good luck and avoid misfortune. Buy them yourself. No, but you have to wear red for a whole year, because people born in their zodiac year will have bad luck all year round. Who should buy the red clothes worn in the animal year?

Red clothes worn in the animal year are mostly given by close people, such as family members and friends, especially intimate clothes such as underwear and underwear.

In traditional Chinese folk customs, there has always been a practice and saying that one should wear red or red in the year of one's zodiac year. This custom actually originated from people's fear and awe of the twelve Tai Sui palace stars. As the saying goes, "If Tai Sui sits on the head, there will be disaster if there is no disaster." Therefore, on New Year's Eve, many people wear red underwear or red belts, and some accessories are also hung with red silk ropes to welcome their own year. Why can’t I buy red things in my zodiac year?

The reason why I can’t buy red things in my zodiac year mostly stems from the theory of Feng Shui, which says that buying it yourself is ineffective and cannot remove evil spirits.

In the eyes of our Chinese people, it is easy to fall into Tai Sui in the year of birth and suffer all kinds of misfortunes. In order to prevent themselves from being involved in unlucky events in their animal year, many people will choose some red items or clothing to attract good luck and avoid bad luck. Red is a very auspicious and festive color in our country, and it is also the main color used to ward off evil spirits. Even in normal times, anyone who buys a new car must wear a red ribbon to ward off evil spirits; during the Chinese New Year, the couplets posted on the window grilles are also red, which looks festive and can ward off evil spirits. Wearing red underwear, red hats and scarves, and even red socks and shoes in the year of your birth year is basically to drive away the unhappiness in the upcoming year and usher in a smooth year.