Why do you need a haircut on the first day of the first month?

Manjusri Bodhisattva in the Gregorian calendar shows that it is a good day to shave your head, which means that shaving your head on this day will have a good meaning and is a folk custom:

Blessed is the first day; Official business the next day; Happy third day; Have money on the fourth day; The fifth day is black.

Incarnate on the sixth day; Kangning in the seventh day; Long life on the eighth day; Smell the law on the ninth day; I don't remember the tenth day.

Be clear at a glance; Twelve hardships; Thirteen is less white; Fourteen gods are determined; Fifteen fortunes.

Sixteen interests; More than 17 diseases; Eighteen thieves; Nineteen Enlightenment; 20 disasters.

2 1 adversity; 22 fear; More than 23 smells; Twenty-four certificates; Twenty-five struggles

Twenty-six auspicious; 27 sores and ringworm; 28 being wronged; Twenty-nine Chang Hui; Thirty wishes.

Hair care, short for haircut, is also called hair care. The common thing is to trim the hair to make the appearance clean and tidy, which has the function of beautifying the appearance and beauty. Hairdressing can be a family life activity, and family and friends help each other.

But hairdressing can also be regarded as one of 72 occupations, which is the occupation of hairdressers in hair salons and barbershops. Hairdressing usually refers to basic hair care, while beautifying hair is called hairdressing. However, in addition to cutting hair, the "haircut package" may also include shampoo, blow-drying, dyeing hair, wearing a shirt, styling, manicure and massage.

Before the Qing dynasty, "haircut" meant bathing and combing your hair, not modern haircut and shaving. Men and women should use combs and grates. Before Manchu entered the customs. Both Han men and women wear their hair in a bun. When they come of age, they should be crowned and tied with ropes. The punishment of criminals, as well as the punishment of removing only the sideburns, requires special "comb workers"

Because of the different methods of cleaning and hygienic treatment of hair in different dynasties, there are different names, such as "grate head" in Ming Dynasty, "shaving head" in Qing Dynasty, and "shaving head" and "pushing head".

Above content reference: Haircut _ Baidu Encyclopedia