Why is Baoding, Hebei Province not engaged in the first month and the twelfth month?

Avoid red weddings in the first month.

In ancient times, few men and women got married in the first month. In ancient times, there was a saying that men and women got married in the first month, which was too old for future generations. Therefore, few new people get married in the first month. The first month is a ghost wedding season in the old calendar, because the first month in the underworld is the same as the dead, so everything in the underworld can come to the dead. So, when you see a wedding in the wild, don't stop to watch it. It means this is a dead wedding. If there is no one around, only you, or people around you don't respond when they see the wedding procession, you'd better turn around and run, because it is very likely that they will come to pick you up.

You can't get married in the first month and get engaged in the twelfth month, otherwise the husband and wife can't grow old together.

Marriage is rarely in the first month of the lunar calendar, and engagement is rarely in the twelfth month. Because marrying a daughter-in-law in the first month will hinder her in-laws' affairs, and getting engaged in the twelfth month will defeat her in-laws' affairs, there is a proverb: "Just don't marry, don't order." But whenever you get married, you must choose a good day. Moreover, a few days before the date is chosen, the man must invite the matchmaker to the woman's house to inquire about the girl's "little life." That is, the date of the monthly letter falls in the first half or the second half, so as to choose an auspicious day. It is said that if the bride writes every month at the time of marriage, there is a saying that "the red horse goes to bed and the family is ruined", so everyone attaches great importance to it. If the groom is young, his parents must earnestly warn him not to cross the festival before entering the bridal chamber, lest the bride get pregnant on the wedding night, then the child born is called "Maimenzi", which is unlucky. So "choosing a day" is very important.