Is there any saying about planting willows on Qingming Festival? Can I get a haircut on the second day of Qingming Festival in 2020?

Is there any saying about planting willows on Qingming Festival? Can I get a haircut on the second day of Qingming Festival in 2020?
Introduction: In addition to the custom of ancestor worship during the Qingming Festival, planting willows is also one of the customs. So is there any saying about planting willows during the Qingming Festival? Can I get a haircut on the second day of the Qingming Festival in 2020? It’s March again, the season of colorful flowers and green willows. All things come back to life, presenting a beautiful scene of vitality. Shuimoxiansheng.com has compiled detailed information for you about the third month of the lunar calendar in 2020!

Is there any saying about planting willows on Qingming Festival?

The first statement about planting willows on Qingming Festival: to commemorate "Shennong".
Some experts believe that the custom of planting willows is to commemorate Shennong, the ancestor of agriculture who "taught people how to farm."
In some places, people insert willow branches under the eaves to predict the weather. There is an old saying that goes "When the willow branches are green, it will rain; when the willow branches are dry, the sky will be sunny."
Willows have strong vitality. As the saying goes, "If you plant flowers with care, they may not grow, but if you plant willows without care, they may grow into shade trees."
Willow branches will grow wherever they are planted in the soil. If you plant willow branches every year, there will be shade everywhere.
The second explanation about planting willows during the Qingming Festival: to drive away ghosts and evil spirits
In some places in northern my country, Qingming Festival, Zhongyuan Festival and Cold Clothes Festival are collectively referred to as the "Three Major Ghost Festivals."
Influenced by the Buddhist image of Guanyin holding a willow branch and dipping it in water to save all living beings, many people believe that willow twigs have the effect of exorcising ghosts and evil spirits, and call willow branches "ghost-fearing wood."
In the "Qimin Yaoshu" by Jia Sixie of the Northern Wei Dynasty, it is written: "Put willow branches on the door, and all ghosts will not enter the house." Since Qingming is the Ghost Festival, when willow branches sprout, people would plant willow branches and wear willow branches to ward off evil spirits.
The third explanation about planting willows on Qingming Festival: to commemorate Jie Zitui
Jie Zitui burned himself under a big willow tree to show his loyalty and chastity, which made Duke Wen of Jin and his ministers and people very sad.
The next year, when Duke Wen of Jin led his ministers to climb the mountain to pay tribute to Jie Zitui, they discovered that the old willow tree that had been burned that year had come back to life.
Duke Wen of Jin immediately named the old willow tree "Qingming Willow" and broke off a few willow branches on the spot and wore them on his head to express his remembrance.
From then on, officials and common people followed suit and it became a trend. Planting willow trees and wearing willow trees on Qingming Festival became a symbol of commemorating Jie Zitui.

Can I have a haircut on the second day of Qingming Festival in 2020?

Lunar calendar: March 13, 2020 Gregorian calendar: April 5, 2020, Sunday, Aries [Today's old almanac is suitable] Start drilling, repairing graves, marrying, marrying a son-in-law, seeking an heir, setting up beds, seeking medical treatment, taking office, resolving lawsuits, pardons, offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, mourning, building houses, traveling, signing certificates, attending school, collecting wealth, planting, opening warehouses [Today's old almanac is unsuitable] Entering the house, installing doors, opening the market, building acupuncture, getting married, sailing, burying, breaking ground, seeking wealth
Based on the above contents of the lunar calendar, we can know that seeking medical treatment [i.e. haircut] today is suitable according to the lunar calendar, so you can get a haircut on the second day of Qingming Festival in 2020!

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