Why is there a saying that you can't cut your hair in the first month? What happens if you cut it?

In the first month of the lunar calendar, the custom of "not shaving your head in the first month, shaving your uncle to death" and "shaving your head in the first month, damaging your uncle" spread in many areas. So why is there a saying that you can't cut your hair in the first month? Let's have a look.

In the first month, it was said that hair was a person's own hair, which was highly valued by the ancients. According to legend, when Manchu entered the customs, in order to keep the central plains flat, Chinese people were required to shave their heads and leave braids in the middle, which caused great dissatisfaction among Chinese people.

It is a folk myth that you can't cut your hair in the first month. There is no such thing, but there is a reason. According to research, in the late Ming and Qing dynasties, the Qing dynasty stipulated that people should shave their heads before braids, but some old people missed the previous dynasty and were unwilling to shave their heads.

Therefore, in the first month, in order not to shave my head, I said that I shaved my "dead uncle's head" and hinted that "dead uncle's" thought for a long time "actually missed the former dynasty, that is, the Ming Dynasty! So it is superstition, so it is a folk custom that has been passed down to this day.

There is a saying here that you can't wash your hair on the fifteenth day of the first day. Generally young people will ignore these things, but old people will pay special attention to them. I didn't know all this before, and I didn't feel anything after I knew it. When you want to wash your hair, you should wash it whether it is the first day or the fifteenth day. Not taboo at all.

Just came back from the Spring Festival, I heard not only that I can't cut my hair before the 15th day of the first month, but also that I can't cut my hair before the 2nd day of the second lunar month. These two different opinions should belong to the difference between the north and the south.

The folk proverb says, "On February 2nd, the dragon looked up." The custom of haircut is popular on this day. People think that people who shave their heads on February 2 will wake up from hibernation like dragons and start activities. Therefore, people attach great importance to "February 2, scraping the faucet" and want to make a good sign.

There is a saying in the theory of "Four Qi Regulating the Spirit" in Huangdi Neijing that you should be mentally retarded, so that you can live, not kill, not take away, not punish. This is the reaction of spring and the way to keep fit.

Otherwise, the liver will be damaged, it will get cold in summer, and there will be few elders. Specifically, in the three months of spring, hair should be allowed to grow freely, not cut off. You should let your hair hang loosely over your shoulders and don't tie it too tightly.

If you violate this rule, you will hurt your lungs. But if you don't get a haircut all spring and March, people really can't stand the trouble of long hair, so some smart people start not to get a haircut for the first month.

In today's era of scientific development, such statements and taboos are superstitious, but if we can reassure the elderly according to their statements, it is also a kind of filial piety. Why not?

What do you think of the saying that you can't cut your hair on February 2? Did you get a haircut on February 2nd?