Can I have my hair cut on March 3rd? The old man said there would be no haircut in March.

The third day of the third lunar month is Shangsi Festival, which is a traditional festival of the Han nationality and a folk ghost festival. Since ancient times, in the third month of the lunar calendar, there are always some taboos among the people, such as not washing quilts and not getting married. Among them, the older generation will tell you that there is no haircut in March of the lunar calendar. Is it true?/You don't say. Let's have a look.

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There is a folk saying that "if you can't get a haircut in March, you will have a peach blossom robbery if you shave your head." Peach blossom robbery is a numerology term, also known as peach blossom evil spirit. The word "peach blossom" comes from the peach blossom star in Ziping's traditional fate, also known as Xianchi Star. In another kind of fatalism, there are four stars representing marriage and love: Hongluan, Tianxi, Tianyao and Xianchi.

We often hear about who went to the peach blossom, but we don't know that there are good peach blossoms and rotten peach blossoms. Good peach blossoms can be popular, or they can meet their favorite objects, while bad peach blossoms will meet villains or have bad feelings, and even become peach blossoms.

Peach blossom luck, you can meet the opposite sex, such as getting married (whether real or imaginary), but it won't bring you bad luck. Peach Blossom Robbery, although it is also to meet the opposite sex, will eventually bring you bad luck, mental or physical harm.

However, according to folklore experts, from a modern point of view, it is obviously unscientific not to have a haircut in March and break the traditional taboo of peach blossom. With the continuous progress and development of the times, some "old traditions" seem to lag behind the times more and more and should be constantly improved, but now many young people don't care much about this custom.