Why do you say that you must choose an auspicious day for traveling, and you can't go out on the fifth, fifteenth and 25th of each month?

When traveling abroad, the first important thing is to choose an auspicious day for traveling. In particular, don't leave on the day of "July", but rather postpone it: don't go home on the day of "August", and prefer to stay on the trip for one or two days. As the saying goes, "Don't go out in July, don't go home in August". 13 don't travel far, because "13" and "lost" are homophonic. Avoid going out on Mafia Day, and you can't go out on the 5th, 15th and 25th of every month, let alone stay outside. Some places in Shandong avoid going out for two days, saying "stay and go, 369". If a good day has been set for departure, but something bad happens suddenly, such as a child falling down, crying, accidentally breaking a teacup, etc. It's unlucky to put it off for at least one day.

There are many taboos when eating out, such as don't drink soup first, don't drink soup from a bowl, use a spoon, don't spill the soup, don't throw chopsticks, and don't break the bowl. "Go out a thousand miles, don't eat medlar". Lycium barbarum is a medicine for tonifying kidney and strengthening yang. This taboo proverb implicitly warns men to pay attention to controlling themselves when they go out, and avoid philandering and courting women. Don't sleep with your shoes on, or you will become addicted. Don't stand on the bed when you get up, and don't stand or sit on someone else's threshold at any time, because the host is not happy about it.

Walking on the mountain road, if someone calls his name, he can't promise or look back, thinking it may be a ghost test. A person's name is a part of the human body. If you agree, the soul will be caught by ghosts and people will be in trouble. When I was on the road, I was also afraid of meeting a funeral and thought it was unlucky. At this time, you can take off your coat and hat and pat it a few times, thinking it is cracked. This is called "bad luck". In the mountains, travelers avoid miasma most. From a distance, things like smoke and fog are steaming on the mountain, which is miasma. Smoking leaves is a way to avoid miasma, and other strong-smelling things can also avoid miasma.

It used to be a general taboo not to associate with women when traveling. In ancient China, due to the social atmosphere that men were superior to women, women were often regarded as unclean things and a symbol of disaster. Avoiding women has become an important principle of avoiding evil spirits.

There is a saying in Zhoushan Islands that it is taboo to help women in the same boat: "Women will turn over by boat, and women will be in shortage when they go out to sea." Local fishermen are also particularly taboo to go out to sea with seven men and one woman. It means seven men and one woman go to sea by boat, which is similar to "crossing the sea by the Eight Immortals". I'm afraid I'll upset the sea dragon king and capsize. During the journey, men must not pass under women's crotch, even if women are hanging underpants, they should try to avoid them. If the man lives downstairs, the woman is not allowed to go upstairs. If she must go upstairs, she must signal the other person to avoid, otherwise it will be very unlucky for the man.

There are several reasons for the psychological phenomenon that women are forbidden to avoid traveling. First, it reflects the low status of women in ancient China, which makes men feel disdainful about interacting with women. The second is the fear of women's menstrual blood, which is considered "unclean" and "unlucky". Third, it is the taboo of sexual temptation. Walking with women is easy to cause sexual impulse and bring disaster. Therefore, in order to travel smoothly, we must avoid women.

In the folk, when traveling, people are often warned or consciously remember some aphorisms about travel taboos, and use these aphorisms as a guide to ward off evil spirits during the journey. People believe that as long as we follow the requirements of these maxims, people can avoid disasters on their journey.