Why can't I wash my hair and wash clothes on the first day of the first month?

On New Year's Eve, after New Year's Eve, my mother began to urge everyone to wash their hair, feet and faces quickly, in order to get a "new atmosphere for the New Year" and win a good start for the New Year by virtue of their cleanliness. Little nephew is naughty and doesn't want to wash his hair and feet. My mother forced him to wash it. As for washing clothes, my mother urged the adults and children at home to change their dirty clothes, put on new clothes and wash all the old clothes. We pay attention to "dirty clothes won't last a year" here.

There are many similar taboos. This morning, we "danced" here, that is, we lit firecrackers after getting up at four or five in the morning, and then paid New Year greetings to the elders at home. After the firecrackers rang, red paper was littered in the yard, but we must never clean it on the first day of the New Year, just like we can't splash water, move scissors or do heavy work on the first day of the New Year. In fact, they are all people's expectations for the new year and new atmosphere.

Moreover, on the first day of the first month, the whole country is different, and different regions and people are different.

My object is southerners, where there is not so much pressure on the first day of the first month, and washing clothes and washing hair is rarely done on the first day of the first month, because most people survive the New Year's Eve, and there is a big New Year's greeting on the first day of the first month, and then they just catch up on sleep, so they don't have time to wash their hair and wash clothes. Moreover, after a busy year, people are generally willing to rest on the festive day of the first day of the first month.

My object is a doctor. Sometimes she will be on duty in the hospital on New Year's Day. Washing hands and washing clothes in the hospital is an indispensable job every day, and New Year's Day is no exception. Doctors put patients' health first, and it is inevitable that they should pay attention to personal hygiene.

Our home is in the north. Generally, we never wash our hair and clothes on New Year's Day, because all these jobs are done a few days before New Year's Day. Everyone usually takes a break after paying homage to the New Year on the morning of the first day of New Year's Day. Some people catch up on sleep at home, some people get together to have a New Year's wine to catch up, and some people play mahjong at home to relax. In short, washing your hair and clothes on New Year's Day is basically not allowed.

So I want to say that there are many exquisite things and taboos in the countryside. However, with the progress of the times and the liberation of people's minds, people have gradually paid less attention to many exquisite things and taboos in the New Year. For example, on New Year's Day, my mother would sweep up the sundries we ate, such as melon seeds, peanut shells and candy paper, and put them in the trash can. If it is too much, it will be thrown away. And these old traditional stresses and taboos will only be passed down as a custom, but they will not be deliberately concerned.