Many people will have their hair cut on February 2nd, and dragons will raise their heads to have their hair cut on February 2nd. What did you say?/Sorry?

Many people won't answer why they have their hair cut when the dragon looks up on the second day of the second lunar month. In fact, this is a custom handed down from a long time ago. People who cut their hair on the Dragon Head Festival will be blessed with good luck. Who wants to miss such a good blessing?

On the second day of the second lunar month, the dragon heads up, which is a traditional folk festival in China, also called "Dragon Head-raising Festival". On this day, people of all ages, men and women, go to the barber shop to get their hair cut. Why did the dragon look up for a haircut? It is generally believed that shaving one's head on this day will bring good luck. Therefore, the folk proverb says, "Blowing the tap on February 2nd will make you feel refreshed all year round." On February 2, every barber shop was full of customers and the business was booming.

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and cut his hair:

1, the lucky stars shine high and the stars are lucky.

It is generally believed that shaving one's head on this day will bring good luck. Therefore, the folk proverb says, "Blowing the tap on February 2nd will make you feel refreshed all year round." On February 2, every barber shop was full of customers and the business was booming.

It has become a custom to bring good luck.

On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and everyone shaved his head. In the old days, there was a saying in Huai 'an that "people who have money but no money shave their heads for the New Year". It's more than a month before the Spring Festival, so it's time for a haircut. On February 2nd, the dragon looked up, which was an auspicious day. After a long time, the custom of shaving on February 2 was formed. "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up and every child shaved his head". For good luck, the word "dragon" was added in the middle of the haircut, which was called "shaving tap" to distinguish it from other haircuts. Some girls also chose this day to get their ears pierced. In addition, parents choose this day to send their children to school.

Why is this day a haircut day?

On the second day of the second lunar month, spring returns to the earth, which is the season of planting crops, and the earth is eager for rain. In China culture, the dragon is an auspicious thing that dominates the wind and rain. As the saying goes, it doesn't rain until the dragon looks up, so the dragon looks up as a symbol of recovery and auspiciousness. In folk customs, people choose to shave their heads on this day in order to look forward to good luck.

On February 2, the dragon looked up and cut his hair;

In the old society, there were many taboos in folk customs, such as "No shaving in the first month". "I shaved my head in the first month and died." What a terrible responsibility. My uncle's safety depends on his nephew's head. It was not until the second day of February in the summer calendar that the boy was free to shave his head. It is said that shaving your head on this day will bring good luck and good luck. Many young parents come prepared and take their baby to the barber shop for a haircut, hoping to win a good prize and pin their love on their children.

In addition to good luck, there are also taboo reasons. Mr. Liu, a Harbin native who works in a barber shop in Shanghai, said that he used to work in the hairdressing industry in Beijing and Hebei. There is a custom of not shaving in the first month, so the business is extremely hot at the end of the twelfth month, and employees are busy from morning till night. There were few guests in the first month. Some bosses simply give their employees a holiday and close their doors. On the first day of the first month, especially on the second day of February, the guests are full. However, when he came to Shanghai, he found that there was no big difference between the changes of passenger flow in the previous year or so.

Regarding haircuts, the saying that "my uncle died in the first month" is widely circulated in the northern region. However, Liu Zhenchao, vice president of Liaoning Folklore Society, said that this is actually a misinformation, and "dead uncle" is a homonym of "nostalgia". In the early Qing Dynasty, the Han people missed the Ming Dynasty because they didn't shave their heads in the first month, but they didn't dare to openly confront the Qing government that issued the "haircut order", so they made the above statement. According to the reporter, northerners don't shave their heads in the first month, mostly for fear of "death". People without uncles have no such scruples, but with the development of society, more and more people shave their heads in January.

Shanghai folklorist Xue said that there is no such thing as not shaving your head in the first month in Shanghai. Just to welcome the new year, most people will choose to have their hair cut at the end of the twelfth lunar month, so that there are obviously fewer people who have their hair cut in the first month, but there is no restriction that they can't have their hair cut in the first month.