What are the taboos on the first day of the New Year?
The first day of the new year is the first day of the first lunar month. So what are the taboos that cannot be done on the first day of the first lunar month? Let’s find out together. New year, new atmosphere, there are countless topics about the Spring Festival. If you want to know more about the Lunar New Year, please continue to pay attention to the 2019 Chinese New Year special article presented exclusively to you by Shuimoxiansheng.com!What are the taboos on the first day of the new year?1. Avoid eating porridge, meat and medicine for breakfast. In the past, only poor families ate porridge, so you must eat dry rice in the morning of the first day of the new year, which means that the family will be rich throughout the year. The morning of the first day of the new year is called the Grand Gathering of All Gods, which means that all the gods have come out to pay New Year's greetings. Therefore, to show respect, you should not eat meat but should eat vegetarian food. In addition, except for those who have to eat due to serious illness, it is best not to eat general tonic food on the first day of the new year. 2. Avoid taking medicine. It is said that “taking medicine on the first day of the New Year will make you take medicine for the whole year, and no disease can be cured”, so even the most seriously ill patients will not take medicine on the first day of the New Year. 3. Avoid dumping sewage, garbage, and sweeping the floor. Do not do any sweeping or cleaning work during the New Year, as this will easily sweep away the wealth in the house. 4. It is taboo to use knife and scissors. It is said that "if you use knife and scissors on the first day of the new year, quarrels and disputes are inevitable." 5. Do not take a nap during the day. Taking a nap during the day during the Chinese New Year means that you will be lazy for the whole year. The implication is that during the Chinese New Year there are many guests visiting your home to pay New Year’s greetings, and taking a nap would be disrespectful to others. 6. Avoid calling others by their names to wake them up. Do not call others by their names to wake them up in the morning of the first day of the new year, as this means that the other person will need to be urged to do things throughout the year.What's the custom on the first day of the new year?1. Say goodbye to the old year. On the night of the 30th, the family gathers together to eat a sumptuous New Year’s Eve dinner, play together all night, and wait for the clock to strike 12 o’clock in the morning. Before ringing the bell, the younger generations must bow to the elders to thank them for their upbringing and love. The elders will then give the younger generations some instructions to pass on the family tradition. 2. Welcoming the spring and worshiping ancestors: After the New Year bell rings, firecrackers must be set off. Generally, firecrackers of ten thousand rings are set off. At the same time, three bowls of good food, three bowls of good wine, and three incense sticks are prepared to worship the heaven, earth, and ancestors. Starting with the parents and elders in the family, they kowtow and worship in order of seniority, chanting auspicious words to pray for blessings from heaven, earth and ancestors, looking forward to a good start in the coming year, a prosperous money flow, a bumper harvest, prosperity, peace and wealth. 3. New Year’s Greetings After finishing breakfast, you should go out to pay New Year’s greetings. At the same time, your family should also accept New Year’s greetings from distant guests. New Year’s greetings on the first day of the new year are paid to family members and neighbors with the same surname. You should not knock on random doors when paying New Year’s greetings. If other people’s doors are closed, you should shout to open the door for wealth. If other people’s doors do not have couplets or lanterns hung on them, it means that the family is in mourning (someone passed away before the New Year), and you should not knock on the door to pay New Year’s greetings. Remember not to wish a happy new year to someone lying in bed. That would be disrespectful to the person in bed, as if you wish them to be sick and bedridden all year round. If there is a patient who cannot get up from bed, you can only go in to see him and say hello, but you cannot say words of congratulations or blessings. |
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