Folk taboo stories, folk customs handed down from generation to generation over the years, are not groundless, you can not believe them, but you have to respect them. Folk taboos have a long history and have long regulated people's thoughts, morals and behaviors. Now let me share some stories about folk taboos.

Folk taboo stories 1 burning paper money

There will be a whirlwind when burning paper, that is, relatives come to collect money. Burning paper outside the circle scratched on the ground and drifted away. This is a lonely ghost taking money, because it is not correct, so it can't spin the wind. If the paper outside the circle is also floating, it is a ghost, and your relatives can't hold back their money. Everyone is waiting outside the circle, and they will grab it when they get out of the circle.

Seven-member group

Gluttony, greed, laziness, pride, desire, anger and jealousy are Catholic classifications of human evil. In the east, it is said that every Thursday in August, after 10 o'clock in the middle of the night, seven people will appear in the street. They are like blind people, who carry the former, wearing black hemp fibers and hats. Anyone who sees them commit the other seven evils will be taken away by them as body double until you can find the next one.

Ghost collection

In the middle of the night on the fifteenth day of every month in the lunar calendar, take a small round mirror and go to the cemetery to find a corner. Keep your left eye closed, your right eye slightly open, the mirror facing your face and your back to the cemetery. Look at the mirror with your right eye. If you find a vague shadow moving, you can follow it backwards. When you see a lot of vague shadows in the round mirror, it means that you have reached the ghost market. At this time, turn around and turn the mirror to the front, and you can see the ghosts trading in the market.

Deja vu in previous lives

According to legend, people don't drink "Meng Po Tang" after death because they don't want to forget the people they love in this life, so Meng Po will leave a mark on them: 1. Dimple. 2. Zhu Shazhi is in the chest. 3. Keeping the palace sand, the ancients often point a bright red mole on a woman's arm, symbolizing chastity. 4. There is a mole behind the neck. People with the above characteristics are often prone to meet people who have "deja vu" or "love at first sight" in marriage and love.

ghost

After death, in the "first seven days" (the seventh day after death), ghosts want to go home to visit, and the keeper can't stop them. Only on this day can the soul go back, then it can't stay on earth, and then it can report to the underworld. If you hide in the reed mat on this day, you can see the soul through the gap, but you can't let the soul know, let alone make any noise, otherwise the ghost will knock over the reed mat and arrest you to report to the underworld.

Folk taboo story 2 has to start with the custom story of "no haircut in the first month", which is actually a typical misinformation, or even a mispronounced word of mouth. The custom of not having a haircut in the first month originated from the Qing army entering the customs. It is said that in order to "flatten the periphery and stay in the Central Plains", the rulers of the Qing Dynasty practiced a strange hairstyle: all the hair from the front to the top of the head was shaved off, and then all the hairline around it was shaved off, leaving only a concentrated hair, which was coiled into a long big braid, which was a typical hairstyle of the Qing Dynasty.

Later, this hairstyle spread among Han people, and the person who promoted this hairstyle was the barber at that time. The Qing government also called all the barbers in the country together and gave everyone a "flagpole" with an imperial edict on it. These hairdressers are proud of this and easily cut people's hair one by one.

The Han people have experienced countless dynasties. Who became the emperor did not attract attention, but the change of hairstyle angered some people. The Qing dynasty also made a slogan, that is, "leave your head hairless, leave your hair headless." Unexpectedly, this tough Mao revolution was opposed by the people in the south of the Yangtze River. Some people think that shaving their hair is a great insult to their personality, so they rebel, hoping to make the Manchu people converge through the power of resistance.

However, the Qing emperor will naturally not be weakened by this. Just finding a quarrel will lead to tragedies such as "Yangzhou Top Ten" and "Jiading Three Slaughters". There is no way out, people have to stop shouting the slogan of "don't shave their heads", but use "don't shave their heads in the first month" to express their yearning for the Ming Dynasty, which means "thinking about the past and thinking about the future". In order to hide people's eyes and ears, they were misinformed as "dead uncle".

The original "homesickness" was slowly misrepresented as "dead uncle". So, after the first month, no one dared to shave their heads again.

In addition, the custom of not having a haircut in the first month also originated from an interesting saying. It is said that there was a poor barber in ancient times. He loves his uncle very much, but he doesn't have the money to buy him a decent gift during the Spring Festival, which makes him worry about having a barber. On the day of greeting my uncle, the barber had a brainwave and rushed to my uncle's house with a razor pole. When my uncle appeared at the party, friends and relatives praised the barber's nephew for his superb skills and said that his uncle was many years younger. My uncle is also very happy to say to my nephew that he will shave his head in the first month of every year.

After my uncle died, the barber cried every January when he shaved his head. His heart was broken because he could no longer be filial to his uncle. Later, the saying of "missing my uncle" here was passed down as "dead uncle".

In essence, no matter "homesickness", "homesick uncle" or "uncle's death", these statements are just folklore. In the sense of human health, the phrase "live without killing" still has its roots. There is a passage in "Spring March" in "Four Qi Tunes the Spirit" in Huangdi Neijing: "If you are delayed, you will be born, don't kill, give without taking away, reward without punishment, and this spring qi should be the way to preserve your health; On the contrary, it hurts the liver, it is cold and cold in summer, and there are few elders. "

This statement in Huangdi Neijing is specific to haircut, which means that in the three months of spring, the human body should let the hair grow freely and should not cut it off; You should let your hair hang loosely over your shoulders and don't tie it too tightly. People who violate this rule will hurt their lungs. However, if people don't get a haircut all spring and March, people really can't stand the trouble of long hair, so some smart people have thought of a way, which is the so-called "no haircut in the first month"

In this way, the reason why people don't have their hair cut in the first month is naturally enlightened, and people should have their hair trimmed before the Spring Festival. It is a must for everyone to get a haircut before the Spring Festival. From a practical point of view, a good haircut before the Spring Festival is beneficial to people. When the new year comes, it is refreshing and memorable to dress yourself up with a new image. Moreover, during the Spring Festival, you will see more relatives and friends. Specialized hair care can also make others shine. More importantly, there is a folk saying that "no haircut in the first month". When you cut your hair years ago, you won't let it grow too "crazy" in the first month. Over time, the custom of having a haircut years ago or not having a haircut in the first month is indeed the embodiment of the wisdom of our ancestors.