Why can't I wash the quilt for the New Year?

It is not used to washing quilts in the first month. It is said that washing quilts will wash away this year's good luck, and that washing children will catch more colds. But in fact, this is just a traditional custom. The thinking of the older generation is so stubborn that it won't change for a while. Those are superstitions. It is always good to pay attention to hygiene, but if you think it is better not to wash it, you can put it in February.

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What can't I do in the first month?

1 You can't shave your head in the first month, but your uncle will die in the first month.

The custom of not having a haircut in the first month originated from the Qing army entering the customs. It is said that in order to "flatten the periphery and stay in the Central Plains", the rulers of the Qing Dynasty practiced a strange hairstyle: all the hair from the front to the top of the head was shaved off, and then all the hairline around it was shaved off, leaving only a concentrated hair, which was coiled into a long big braid, which was a typical hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty.

Cann't get married in the first month

First, it is unlucky. In ancient times, there was a saying that men and women got married in the first month, which was too old for their children and grandchildren, so few new people got married in the first month.

Second, it is not festive.

Third, it is not conducive to the happiness of families and members.

Fourthly, there is a folk saying that mice get married on the third day of the first month, and Zhong Kui also married her sister to Du Ping on New Year's Eve.