0 1 From the first day of the first lunar month to the first day of the second lunar month, you can't shave your head and get a haircut until the second day of February. It is circulated in most parts of China. In fact, this is just a misinformation. From the point of view of traditional Chinese medicine, the first month is not to lower one's head to avoid going against the spring.

In the first month, the yang between heaven and earth gradually rises, and everything begins to grow outward. People should also conform to nature, go to bed early and get up early, wear loose clothes, let their hair hang freely over their shoulders and let it grow freely. You shouldn't cut your hair, and you shouldn't tie it too tightly, which will hinder and restrict the vitality of the human body. Therefore, it is best not to shave your hair in the first month and let your hair grow naturally. It's best to conform to the four seasons.

03 ? If you don't shave your head in the first month, will you shave your head and die? This custom originated around 1644, when the Qing court issued a haircut order. In fact, this custom belongs to misinformation. What do you mean you didn't cut your hair then? Nostalgia? This custom began to spread in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties. In the Qing dynasty, the government ordered all people to shave their heads, and some people missed the old dynasty, so they didn't cut their hair in the first month to commemorate it? Nostalgia? It means to miss the past history. But it was impossible to openly confront the imperial court at that time, so it was derived? Beheaded in the first month? This custom is still misinformed.

The custom of having a haircut in the first month is from the perspective of Chinese medicine health preservation. It is reasonable not to have a haircut in the first month. Huangdi Neijing? "Continued Question" contains: In March of spring, it is said that Chen Sheng, heaven and earth are born, everything is glorious, lying at night and getting up early, striding to court, being slowed down, so as to make life, living without killing, giving without taking, rewarding 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. In other words, spring is the season when everything germinates and brings forth the new, and it should not hinder 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.