Can't children have their hair cut in the first month?
The child can't get a haircut in the first month.
In the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, there was a saying among the people that in the first month, you can't shave your head and kill your uncle. Therefore, when giving out red envelopes in the New Year, children will threaten their uncles with this custom. Don't give yourself many red envelopes, just shave your hair. For your own safety, uncles have to give in to their arrogance. Red envelopes are the blessings of elders to children, and the threats promised to children are also to increase the festive atmosphere of the New Year and make children happy.
How about cutting the child's hair in the first month?
You can't cut your baby's hair, which is mainly a folk saying. In fact, as far as the impact on the baby is concerned, the baby's hair cut in the first month will not harm the baby's body, nor will it affect or threaten the baby's relatives, so the baby can cut his hair in the first month.
Cutting your baby's hair really needs to pay attention to the time, but this time has nothing to do with the first month. Babies should pay attention to the time of cutting their hair. Generally speaking, this time means that babies born for three months can't have their hair cut. This is because cutting hair for such a big baby is bound to be infected by viruses or bacteria, so it is not recommended to cut hair within three months of the baby's birth.
In addition, the baby has eczema or dandruff on his head, so you can't cut his hair, especially the part with eczema or dandruff, because eczema will break or dandruff will be destroyed during hair cutting, which will cause baby's head infection or pain. But when the baby's hair is long or perm, you can cut it shorter.
Folk origin of not having a haircut in the first month.
A taboo ballad that has been circulated among the people so far: "If you don't shave your head in the first month, you will die if you shave your head." . Now elderly people still have taboos about this. Some time ago, some media reported that in Changchun, it was very unpleasant because my uncle found my nephew had a haircut. In the uncle's view, this nephew is "too headstrong" and rude. The first month of haircut is undoubtedly a "curse" for him. Finally, under the adjustment of relatives, it was forgotten.
No haircut in the first month is still passed down by word of mouth in many places, especially for children with uncles. Some exquisite parents will be extra careful, fearing that a haircut in the first month will be bad for their uncle. Of course, it seems a little fussy, far-fetched and superstitious.
Why not get a haircut in the first month? "Don't shave your head in the first month" and "Dead Uncle" are two seemingly unrelated things, and the source is a kind of attachment and misinformation. According to "Customs", Volume II of Ye Xianzhi published in the 24th edition of the Republic of China, the mystery of customs is revealed: "It is said that in the first month of the fourth year of Shunzhi, the system of Ming Dynasty changed, and the people missed the old man because of shaving, so it was called" thinking about the old ". After a long time, I mistook it for a' dead uncle'. " It is a kind of "nostalgia" not to shave your head in the first month. That is to say, when the Qing army entered the customs, it forced the Han people to shave their heads and keep braids, but the Han people didn't shave their heads in the first month because they were worried about their homeland to show that they didn't forget it and became "homesick." After a long time, "thinking about the past and thinking about the future" became the homonym of "dead uncle", and finally became the folk taboo of "don't shave your head in the first month, shave your head and die uncle"
"Don't shave your head in the first month" is also related to the ancient Han people's attention to hair. "The Book of Filial Piety" says: "Parents who suffer from skin damage dare not. Filial piety begins. " The ancient Han people thought that "hair" was given by their parents and they had no right to "dispose of" their own hair. Hair was considered as important as their own life, so ancient people often tied their hair in a bun. Only when a person sees through the world of mortals and wants to become a nun will he shave his head to show his determination not to love the world. The ancients did not cut their hair, but also remembered their ancestors. Ancient people thought that the importance of hair was almost equal to that of the head, so "shaving" means "shaving". Nowadays, people call "shaving" a haircut, which means just tidying up your hair. It can be seen that with the changes of the times, the concept of "haircut" has been very different.
From this point of view, "it is not appropriate to have a haircut in the first month" is a semi-traditional concept, which is generally superstition. Today, there is no need to do too much research on the correlation between "haircut in the first month" and "dead uncle" From the point of view of TCM health, it is reasonable not to have a haircut in the first month. "Huangdi Neijing" contains: in March of spring, this is called Chen, heaven and earth are born, everything is glorious, lying at night and getting up early, striding to court, walking slowly, so as to live, live without killing, give without taking, reward without punishment, which is the answer of spring and the way of health preservation. Otherwise, it will hurt the liver, it will be cold in summer and there will be few elders. "That is to say, spring is the season when everything germinates and brings forth the new, and it should not stop the growth of new things. Corresponding to hair, it is to let it hang freely and let it grow freely, but it can't be cut off, which is against the spirit of spring.
There is a folk custom of "shaving the tap" on February 2nd. If you are still jealous of "shaving your head in the first month", you might as well shave your head on this day to make a good start for the new year.