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What are the taboos of Chinese New Year?

New Year's time, we can not say unlucky words, whether you curse others, or others curse you, as long as you first curse others, that may make you a year of bad luck, and is not good for your health, we all know that New Year's Day is a most important holiday, that why can not be peaceful Spring Festival, the so-called peace and prosperity. It also includes not hitting children, quarrel, no cursing, cursing or swearing, breaking things, sick, dead, injured or disabled, and other words even disaster loss, as long as it is inauspicious words, behavior in the New Year's period must not say and do. This will ensure a happy and smooth New Year, the new year can have a good start, good luck will be with you. The God of Fortune and others will not patronize such a doorway, so this is very important, and I hope you will pay attention and be happy in the New Year!

2, it is best not to sweep the floor or dump the garbage, otherwise it may sweep away all your good fortune, if you really want to clean the room, sweeping the floor from the outside to the inside sweeping, the garbage, etc. wrapped up, the first five years after the disposal or dumping can be.

3, there is the first morning of the first day of the year do not take a bath, do not say laundry, so as not to wash away the fortune.

4, the first day of the year when the daughter can not go back to her mother's home, or the mother's family is not favorable, because the daughter married in the husband's family should be in the New Year, if the first day of the New Year back to the mother's home, said that the marriage may be out of the question before needing to return to the mother's home for help.

5, in some areas, before the fifth day of the New Year can not fry kuey teow, because frying kuey teow will be red, that will be scattered wealth.

6, before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year can not take needles, knives, sharp instruments, the intention is to make a year of hard work of the hostess can take a good rest. Another

There is a custom that says you can't eat the head or feet of a chicken before the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, which means that the New Year can have a head and a tail.

8. You must not look at the evaporated kueh, otherwise the hair kueh can not be evaporated, which will affect the fortunes of the whole family. You can't give away kueh, because it's bad luck to give away kueh.

9, pay attention to the New Year's period can not be crying (except in special circumstances), so as to avoid the new year often encounter bad things.

10, the New Year's period is best not to injection, surgery, or medical treatment, in fact, the purpose is very clear, is to pray for blessings, in order to pray for a new year of good health.

11, before the fifth day of the New Year can not be debt collection, which is also in order to allow others to rest assured that the New Year, no matter what time to talk about it after the year, and others will be with their own side, more sympathetic to others.

12, the Chinese New Year, it is best not to break the glass, ceramic objects, so as not to break the fortune and luck, which is a well-known taboo, such as accidentally broken, should immediately say broken (years and years) peace.