What does the rural saying "avoid the tail in the twelfth lunar month and the head in the first month" mean?

During the Spring Festival in China, traditional culture is very rich, and many places have their own local characteristics. At the end of the year and the beginning of the year, many places have the custom of "avoiding the head in the first month and the tail in the twelfth month". Because the twelfth month and the first month are the last month of a year and the first month of the next year, people will set some taboo habits in the twelfth month and the first month to pray for good luck in the coming year.

The first point is that you can't cook new rice. The first day of the first month should be the New Year's Eve dinner, which means that last year's food can't be finished, and there are still some left this year. Because food in rural areas was not particularly rich in the past, they certainly hope to have enough food in the coming year. This is also to get a good meaning. This is the same as the annual surplus.

The second point is that you can't use white things, because in customs, white represents unlucky things, so if you really need to use white things, you can use other things instead, such as brown sugar when eating white sugar.

The third point is that you can't take a nap during the day from the first day to the fifth day. If you take a nap these days, that person will become lazy in the coming year. Although this is not credible from a superstitious point of view, it is true that there are many relatives in the family from the first day to the fifth day. If you have been sleeping, you will feel lazy.

These are just some local customs. Each place has its own unique customs, but there are some similarities in general taboos.