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Can I take a bath for 30 nights?

Must take a bath.

On New Year's Eve, you must take a bath and put on clean clothes. It means that one year's dirty air should be washed away and can't be carried to the next year. Stupidity is good, but it is not good. In our family, taking a bath for 30 nights is called "washing thieves".

1, you must take a shower and put on clean clothes on New Year's Eve. It means that one year's dirty air should be washed away and can't be carried to the next year. Stupidity is good, but it is not good. In our family, taking a bath for 30 nights is called "washing thieves".

You can't turn off the lights on New Year's Eve. It heralds the bright end of the year and the bright arrival of the new year. And the countryside has the habit of keeping warm. The fire can't be put out for 30 nights. The stronger the fire, the more prosperous the New Year will be. It's best for the whole family to chat around the stove until twelve o'clock. It's called shou sui. Set off firecrackers on time at 0: 00 and call the party.

3, the first day of the first month can't go out, can't say unlucky words. And within the third day, all the domestic garbage can't be taken out. You can't sweep the floor or sweep from the gate, otherwise you won't make a fortune in the new year.

4. I started visiting relatives and friends the next day, and went out for the first time. According to the old calendar, everything went well in the year.

5. The most important thing to note is that you can't visit relatives and friends on the seventh day. In rural areas, it is very taboo to be recognized by the public as the seventh day of the year of worshipping the dead. Not only can you not go to other people's homes to pay New Year's greetings, but you can't say Happy New Year when you meet them.

6. If the fifteenth day of the first month has not passed, it is not the end of the year. So you can't get a haircut for fifteen days. Because the countryside calls a haircut a haircut, and "shaving" means shaving, which means shaving foolishly. A haircut before the fifteenth day of the first month means that there will be no fortune in the new year and it will be confiscated.

Spring Festival (called China New Year in rural areas) is a particularly grand and festive festival. While celebrating this important festival in the countryside, there are also many taboos. From these taboos, we can see that rural people attach importance to the New Year. China has a vast territory and abundant resources, a long history and rich folk culture. Local customs and cultural practices are slightly different. In northern Hubei, there are also many taboos about Chinese New Year.