What's the point of getting a haircut in the New Year?

There is a saying that you can't get a haircut in the first month.

According to the folk saying, "If you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die." According to the research of folklore experts, this tradition originated from the "tonsure policy" imposed on Han people in the early Qing Dynasty. Han people pinned their nostalgia for the Ming Dynasty by not having their hair cut in the first month, and were later misrepresented as "dead uncle". Chang Sixin said that this is also a typical example of the evolution of industry customs to national customs.

The ancients naturally thought that New Year's Eve began with "head", which made the hairdressers in the twelfth lunar month very busy. In order to get a rest and visit relatives and friends in the first month, the barber industry gradually formed the rule of "no haircut in the first month" and finally formed a national custom. However, this custom has begun to fade. Young people don't care much about this custom because of time.

New Year custom

1, the 23rd day of the twelfth lunar month: commonly known as "off-year" and "the day when the kitchen god goes to heaven".

2, the twelfth lunar month: dust and sweep the house, sweep the sun.

3. New Year's Day: The golden rooster announces the dawn. The younger generation pays New Year greetings to the elders, and the elders give lucky money.

4. New Year's Day: golden spring. Family members go to New Year's greetings, the host stays for dinner, and western families arrange banquets.

5. New Year's Day: Fat Pig Arch. Son-in-law and daughter go back to their parents' home to pay New Year greetings.

6. New Year's Eve: Spring in Niu Geng. Five roads lead to the god of wealth, east and west, north and south, and wealth is led by five roads.

7. Lunar New Year's Day: Jade Emperor's birthday. The supreme god rules the universe, and people will hold festivals to celebrate.

8, the fifteenth day of the first month: luminous silkworm (God). Judging the year's abundance and sorrow by observing the color, it evolved into the Lantern Festival.