There are many taboos on New Year's Day. Don't touch these six things, respect the old traditions and pay New Year greetings to your family.

New Year's Day, also known as the first day of the first month, is the first day of the Lunar New Year, a new year and a new day. Everyone wants a good sign. There are many customs and taboos in various places, such as eating jiaozi, eating glutinous rice balls, offering sacrifices and paying New Year greetings.

As for taboos, there are different opinions because of different regions.

In this article, the author summarizes six taboos, which basically exist in most areas.

What exactly do these six taboos mean? Everyone will have an answer after reading it.

First, you can't sweep the floor.

On New Year's Day, no matter how dirty the house is, you can't sweep the floor, even if there is a lot of gun paper or more garbage at home because of firecrackers.

According to the folk saying, sweeping the floor is equivalent to sweeping things out of the house. If you sweep the floor on the first day of the new year, you will sweep out the blessings and good luck of the new year at home.

Therefore, in order to avoid the reduction of blessings, you can't sweep the floor on the first day of the New Year's Day.

This taboo still exists around us today. Not only can you not sweep the floor on New Year's Day, but you can only sweep the floor on the third day. After the third day of the first month, you can sweep the floor after the fourth day of the first month.

It is understood that in some other places, you have to wait until the sixth day of the first month to sweep the floor.

Second, you can't wash your hair.

Many friends have the habit of washing their hair in the morning, thinking that washing their hair on the first day of the first month is very energetic, which means that they are more energetic all year round in the new year.

However, according to folk sayings, water represents "wealth". When washing your hair, you will use a lot of water and spill it.

Splashing water also means throwing money.

Therefore, it is not recommended to wash your hair on the first day of the first month.

Considering the actual situation, the weather is cold on the first day of the first month. If you don't blow dry your hair in time in the morning, you will easily get sick. During the Spring Festival, it was originally a happy thing. Once you catch a cold, you will feel very uncomfortable, and you will lose the happy atmosphere of the New Year.

Third, you can't wash clothes.

The reason why you can't wash clothes is similar to the above. Washing clothes is also throwing water out, which means throwing money out. Therefore, you can't wash clothes on New Year's Day.

Today, this taboo is still observed. As far as we are concerned, basically no one washes clothes from the first day of the first month to the fifth day of the first month. After entering the sixth day of the first month, it is the day of opening, and there are more people washing clothes.

Fourth, don't drink porridge.

It is normal to drink porridge at ordinary times, but it is not recommended to drink porridge on New Year's Day.

In ancient times, drinking porridge generally meant that when the family was poor and did not have enough to eat, they would choose to drink porridge to satisfy their hunger.

If you still drink porridge during the New Year, it means that your family's conditions are not good for a whole year and you will be poorer.

So don't drink porridge on the first day, eat jiaozi in the morning, and eat leftovers from New Year's Eve at noon.

Fifth, don't sleep late.

On New Year's Eve, families will have a reunion dinner and watch the Spring Festival Gala. Coupled with the sound of fireworks, people went to bed late.

On the morning of New Year's Day, it's easy to sleep late.

Judging from the actual situation, the morning of New Year's Day is the time to pay New Year greetings to the elders in the village. It starts at 6 o'clock and basically ends at 7 o'clock.

If you sleep late in the morning, you will miss the peak of New Year greetings. If you get up at noon, there is no such thing as a New Year call. So you can't sleep late, you need to get up early to pay New Year's greetings.

From the folk point of view, the first day of the first month is the first day of the Lunar New Year. If you sleep late on the first day, you will be lazy all year. As the saying goes, "Diligence makes people progress, laziness makes people go backwards", so you can't sleep late on the first day of the New Year.

Sixth, don't chop things.

On New Year's Day, there is also a certain emphasis on chopping things. There is a saying that "chopping wood with an axe on the first day of New Year's Day is gone forever", which means that if chopping wood with an axe on the first day of the first month is gone forever.

According to the folk saying, "firewood" and "wealth" are the same sound. If "firewood" is compared to "wealth", if you chop firewood, it is equivalent to chopping away "wealth", so you can't chop firewood on the first day of the first month.

Judging from the actual situation, there is a large population on the first day of the first month, and people who pay New Year greetings will have more families. If you chop wood at home at this time, it is easy to cause danger.

Especially there are many children, which further increases the probability of risk. Therefore, you can't chop things at home on the first day of the first month.

The above six taboos are things that everyone needs to avoid on New Year's Day. In order to make a good start for the new year, my personal opinion is that we should abide by them and inherit some traditional cultures.

Of course, with the continuous development, some friends say that traditional culture needs to be eliminated, and we can do whatever we want during the New Year. There are no taboos.

What do you think of this? In addition, let me ask you again, what are the taboos in your local New Year?