Can't you buy shoes before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day?

You can't buy shoes before and after Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Some people think that Tomb-Sweeping Day should not buy shoes, because "shoes" and "evil" are homophonic, and buying shoes will provoke evil spirits. From a scientific point of view, this is actually just a psychological effect. Buying shoes at this time will not bring you bad luck. Tomb-Sweeping Day is one of the traditional festivals in China and one of the three major ghost festivals. So there are many taboos in Tomb-Sweeping Day, and not buying shoes is one of them.

Not suitable for Tomb-Sweeping Day's birthday, the fruit is ripe. The birth of new life will not change with the days or festivals. However, people born in Tomb-Sweeping Day generally don't celebrate their birthdays on this day, but they will advance or postpone it to avoid the Qingming Festival. Tomb-Sweeping Day has two connotations of nature and humanity, which are both natural solar terms and traditional festivals.

Origin of the festival

The second bucket (or solar calendar reaches 15) is Tomb-Sweeping Day gas, and the time of gas exchange in Tomb-Sweeping Day generally changes from April 4 to 6 in Gregorian calendar, which is not fixed on a certain day, but April 5 is the most common. Qingming, a solar term, is full of vitality, and everything "spits out the old and absorbs the new". The earth presents the image of spring and tranquility, which is a good opportunity for a spring outing and Qingming ceremony in the suburbs. The festival of ancestor worship in Tomb-Sweeping Day is very long, 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10, and 8 days before Tomb-Sweeping Day 10 (at the turn of the middle and late spring).

Tomb-Sweeping Day is a traditional major Spring Festival. It is a fine tradition of the Chinese nation since ancient times to sweep graves and remember our ancestors. It is not only conducive to promoting filial piety, awakening family memories, but also conducive to promoting the cohesion and identity of family members and even the nation. Tomb-Sweeping Day's integration of natural solar terms and humanistic customs is a combination of humanistic and natural conditions, which fully embodies the Chinese ancestors' pursuit of harmony between heaven, earth and people, pays attention to conforming to the right time, place and people, and follows the laws of nature.

Refer to the above content: Baidu Encyclopedia-Tomb-Sweeping Day