How much do you know about Spring Festival taboos?

 

How much do you know about Spring Festival taboos?

 

There are many Chinese folk customs and taboos during the Spring Festival. How much do you know?

The essence of taboos is to choose good luck and avoid bad luck, that is, to prohibit contact between "holy" and "unclean" objects. In fact, this is also a manifestation of psychological auspiciousness and happiness. ​

Legend has it that the three corpse gods are always at odds with the people and create all kinds of trouble during the Spring Festival. During the Spring Festival, according to Chinese folklore, people, gods, and ghosts all gather together. Therefore, there are many taboos on the interactions between people, people and ghosts, and people and gods. If you are not careful, you will be punished. There are different opinions on various taboos.

The first day of the first lunar month is the beginning of the new year, and this day has the most taboos.

On this day, it is forbidden to use knives, scissors, axes and other utensils, and it is forbidden to carry water, work in the fields, borrow fire, collect debts, shop, do needlework, kill animals, and cry;

On this day, it is taboo to say bad words and unlucky words, such as: damage, destruction, death, light, ghost, steal, lose, poverty, end, end, back time, illness, faint...

On this day, it is taboo to sweep the floor, take out garbage, or splash sewage, otherwise wealth and luck will be swept away and thrown away.

It is said that the first day of the first lunar month is the broom's birthday. You cannot use a broom on this day, otherwise it will sweep away luck, lose money, and attract the "broom star", which will bring bad luck. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep from the outside to the inside.

It is also not allowed to pour water or take out garbage outside on this day, for fear of losing money. Many places still retain this custom of cleaning up on New Year's Eve. On New Year's Day, no brooms are taken out, no garbage is taken out, and a large bucket is prepared to hold waste water, and no spilling is allowed on that day.

On this day, it is forbidden to cook raw food. Staple food should be cooked before the Lunar New Year. Only twice-cooked food can be eaten during the Chinese New Year. Cooking is good, and raw is bad. It is most taboo to wash rice with soup.

On this day, it is forbidden to eat without fish after midnight on New Year's Eve and on the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, and it is forbidden to eat without chicken during the New Year's Eve dinner. When there are fish and chicken, avoid eating them all. This is called having more than enough (fish) every year,

Good luck (rooster). When eating food with bones, avoid saying "bones" and say "Caixi Tuo" instead.

This day is the day when gods, ghosts, and ghosts from the upper realm come down to the lower realm. Therefore, sacrifices are made to ghosts and gods. Therefore, it is taboo to talk about ghosts, death, and killing...

During the Chinese New Year in the old days, women encountered more taboos:

From the first to the fifth day of the lunar month, it is forbidden for women to visit homes, visit relatives, or visit friends. It is commonly known that women should not go out in the first month, otherwise it is considered unlucky;

Married women are not allowed to celebrate the New Year at their parents’ home from their thirties to the first day of the Lunar New Year;

Single widows are not allowed to stay in their natal home, otherwise their families will consider it unlucky;

Married women are called Guining when they return to their parents' home on the second day of the first lunar month, but they must stay at their husband's house at night. This is called not having an empty house in the first lunar month. The ban can only be lifted until the second day of the second lunar month, otherwise it will be against the husband's family.

During the Spring Festival, there are many taboos when paying New Year greetings:

Those who keep filial piety should not go out to pay New Year greetings.

It is taboo to worship in front of the bed of a bedridden person, otherwise it will be very unlucky for the person being worshiped.

When paying New Year greetings, one should first pay homage to the ancestors and then to the owner of the house.

During the Spring Festival, if an obituary notice comes to the home of a relative or friend, you must first tear a corner of the obituary notice to show bad luck.

Death is most taboo on the first day of the first lunar month. If someone dies of illness, it must be claimed that it was the second day of the lunar month.

It is considered very unlucky to encounter a funeral on the road when you go out for the first time in the new year.

During the Spring Festival, it is taboo to do dishes, swear, and defecate in public...

In short, as the saying goes: when entering the country, ask about the taboos, when entering the country, ask about the customs, and when entering the country, ask about the taboos.

There are differences in the Spring Festival in different parts of China due to different ethnic groups and regions, but they are similar but have differences. Most of the taboos include the above words and actions.

Whether it is forbidden or taboo depends on the person, the time, the place, and the belief.