Can I get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019? Is it a good idea to get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Can I get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019? Is it a good idea to get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival?
From the perspective of folk customs, some areas believe that you can't get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival. So, can you get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019 ? Is it a good time to get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival? The Chinese people believe that the fifth month of the lunar calendar is the poisonous month, and the Dragon Boat Festival is the first of the nine poisonous days. For more relevant knowledge about the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please visit Mr. Shui Mo's website!

Can I get a haircut during the Dragon Boat Festival in 2019?

Gregorian calendar time: Friday, June 7, 2019 Gemini (Gregorian calendar)
Lunar calendar time: May 5, 2019 (Lunar calendar)
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
[Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events]
Pray for blessings, get married, set up beds, build stoves, take in brides, recruit sons-in-law, fast and offer sacrifices, pray for offspring, seek wealth, build meridians, build houses, dig wells, plant, put up beams and erect pillars, catch fish [Taoism in the old almanac today]
[Do not use Yang Gong’s death anniversary for important events]
Opening the market, setting up securities, collecting money, shipping, collecting livestock, moving, separation, fire, traveling, breaking ground, funeral, burial, incense, opening warehouses, Peng Zu's 100 taboos: Yi does not plant, Hai does not marry, conflicting: Pig day conflict (Ji Si) Snake
June 7, 2019, the Dragon Boat Festival is Yang Gong’s death anniversary, and all things are not suitable, so it is not a suitable day for a haircut . The editor thinks it is better to choose other days.

Is it a good idea to have a hair cut on Dragon Boat Festival?

The customs and practices of each region are different, and the opinions vary. Some regions believe that people must cut their hair on the Dragon Boat Festival, while some regions believe that people cannot cut their hair on the Dragon Boat Festival.
Myth 1: People should cut their hair on Dragon Boat Festival, especially children and girls.
Legend has it that if you don’t get a haircut before the holidays, “ghosts” will pull out your long hair and use it as string to wrap rice dumplings. When we were little, adults always used this method to scare us who were afraid of getting a haircut.
The "festival" that people in my hometown refer to is the Dragon Boat Festival. Traditional festivals such as the Mid-Autumn Festival and the Double Ninth Festival are not called "festivals" in my hometown.
Having a haircut during every festival shows that people in my hometown attach as much importance to the Dragon Boat Festival as the Spring Festival.
The second theory: There is a folk saying that you cannot shave your head in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, as it will cause your uncle to die.
Legend has it that one year after a violent storm, a python spirit appeared in the Yellow Mud Cave on Pagoda Mountain, ten miles east of Linmen. The python often transformed into a human and came out of the cave to do evil. People within a ten-mile radius were terrified and would close their doors and windows early every day before the sun set. Some people even fled with their children to seek refuge in other places.
One evening, the python spirit transformed into a human form, went down the mountain and kidnapped a girl named Huijuan to be its fifth wife. Huijuan is not only beautiful but also smart. In order to get rid of this monster, she is submissive on the surface but looks for opportunities secretly. One day, when the python spirit was in high spirits, she sighed, "My husband, you are a god and I am a mortal. I want to live forever in the world like you. How happy I would be!" The python spirit was so happy that he forgot everything else and hugged Huijuan and whispered, "Although I am a god, I also have shortcomings. If you pull out a hair from my nephew and strangle me with it, I will die."
On the fifth day of the fifth lunar month of that year, the python spirit invited his nephew to Huangni Cave to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. After eating and drinking, he went to bed. Late at night, Huijuan pulled a hair from the python spirit's nephew's head and strangled the python spirit's neck. The spirit's head fell off and he died immediately.
The next day, people from the four townships and eighteen villages were delighted to hear that the python spirit was dead! To relieve their hatred, people started a big fire and threw the python spirit's head into the fire. Unexpectedly, in the fifth month of the lunar calendar that year, for some unknown reason, every time a child had a shaved head, my uncle would fall ill and die three days later. People speculated that although the python spirit turned into ashes, May became a poisonous month. So from then on, the saying "If you don't shave your head in May, your uncle will die" spread among the people. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." A person's destiny is already determined, and the only thing that can be controlled is his or her "luck." Unexpected changes in the world may happen at any time, so use Mr. Shui Mo's [Premium Calculation] function to learn more about your fortune in 2019!

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