Source of red belt: In traditional customs, the Year of the Animal is often considered as an unlucky year. "In this animal year, you are putting yourself in the lion's den.

The official "no blessing and no disaster" is the best portrayal of this unlucky year. Therefore, people usually refer to the "animal year" as the "threshold year".

In other words, spending the animal year is like stepping into a threshold. So on the thirtieth day of the twelfth lunar month, from sunset to sunrise the next day,

Everyone should wear a red belt and red clothes to ward off evil spirits and pray for good luck. Now people still wear red clothes according to the Year of the Animal.

The habit of wearing a red belt. Every animal year, all people in the northern part of the Han nationality, regardless of adults and children, have to buy a red belt, commonly known as "tying red".

Children should also wear red vests and underwear, thinking that only in this way can they make money and avoid disaster. This custom is still popular everywhere today.

During the Spring Festival, there are red and yellow ribbons selling "auspicious ribbons" and "auspicious knots" everywhere in the market. People in the animal year can tie them around their waists and wrists to eliminate disasters.

Turn evil into good. There is a legend that every animal year, the Yuan God of the zodiac will report to the Jade Emperor in heaven, so the protection of people in this zodiac will be weakened.

Before you ascend to heaven, the Yuan God of the Chinese Zodiac will repeatedly urge you to wear a red belt to avoid the entanglement of demons. Wearing red underwear can also ward off evil spirits.