Can I wash my hair next year?

Yes, shaving and bathing is a custom in off-year life.

Off-year originated from the folk custom of offering sacrifices to stoves in ancient China.

According to legend, Kitchen God was originally a civilian, Zhang Sheng. After marriage, he spent all his time drinking, losing everything and begging in the streets. One day, he begged at his ex-wife Guo Dingxiang's house, ashamed and burned to death under the stove.

When the Jade Emperor knew about it, he thought that Zhang Sheng would change his mind, and it wouldn't be bad in the end. Because he died at the bottom of the pot, he was named the kitchen god. Every year, he went to heaven on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month and returned to the bottom of the stove on the New Year's Eve. In order to make the kitchen god "say good things in the sky and auspicious things in the ground", people sacrifice sugar to make the kitchen god "sweet", so there is a folk "off-year" to sacrifice stoves on the 23rd and 24th of the twelfth lunar month to pray for peace and good luck in the coming year.

South and North Small Year Time 202 1

In the north, off-year is 202 1. February 4th is New Year's Eve, that is, the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month.

In the south, off-year is 202 1, and February 5th is off-year New Year's Eve, that is, the 24th of the twelfth lunar month.

Introduction to off-year customs

1, Kitchen God

The kitchen god is also called the kitchen god, and the gods are often attached to the kitchen table. In this small year, we should change idols, worship the kitchen god, worship sugar and burn incense, and pray for peace.

2. Dust removal

Dust removal means cleaning, yard cleaning, dust removal, sweeping the floor and windows, cleaning all parts of the house and corners, sweeping away the dust and troubles of the past year and welcoming the new year cleanly.

Step 3 buy new year's goods

After the new year, it means that it is not far from the New Year's Eve, and you can start preparing for the New Year's Eve. At this time, the market has a strong flavor of the year, and there are jubilant people everywhere. Spring Festival couplets, blessings and all kinds of new year's goods can be prepared.

Step 4 eat stove candy

As the saying goes, "Twenty-three, kitchen candy sticks", on this day, children can eat kitchen candy, and adults worship the kitchen god with kitchen candy, praying for the kitchen god to speak well and ensure peace and harmony in the coming year.

Step 5 Eat jiaozi.

Twenty-three, little reunion. Since it is a reunion, many places also have the custom of eating jiaozi in off-year, which means reunion.

Step 6 shave your head and take a shower

Shaving one's head and taking a bath in the off-year is mainly to clean one's body and remove one's own dust, which means to get rid of the disappointment of the old year, greet the new year with a brand-new look and ensure good luck in the coming year.

It can be known that off-year does not refer to a certain day, and the days called off-year vary from place to place due to different customs.