Can I get a haircut on the fifth day of the first lunar month in 2019? Didn’t ancient people cut their hair?

Can I get a haircut on the fifth day of the first lunar month in 2019? Didn’t ancient people cut their hair?
Can I get a haircut on the fifth day of the first lunar month in 2019? When the first month of the lunar year arrives, every household is filled with joy. What are the customs of the first month of the lunar year? What other festivals are there besides the first day of the Spring Festival? Just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com’s special topic for the first month of the lunar calendar in 2019 and you will know!

Can I get a haircut on the fifth day of the first lunar month in 2019?

Lunar calendar: the fifth day of the first lunar month of 2019
Gregorian calendar: Saturday, February 9, 2019 Aquarius
Auspicious gods to follow: Tiande, Bujiang, Quxing, Sixiang, Tianyi, Xushi
Evil spirits to avoid: Eight Winds, White Tiger, Earth Thief, Return Taboo, Earth Symbol, Five Voids, Blood Taboo, Blood Branch, Moon Evil
【Today’s lunar calendar is suitable】
Pray for blessings, get married, receive wealth, open business, set up bed, build stove, accept marriage proposal, recruit son-in-law, offer sacrifice, seek heir, release, bury, take office, raise beam, plant, seek medical treatment, perform funeral, seal grave, and make indenture
[Today’s taboos in the almanac]
Building a house, moving, settling down, repairing, breaking ground, returning home, traveling, buying property, breaking ground, building dams, releasing water, opening warehouses, acupuncture, raising livestock, and erecting pillars. Judging from the lunar calendar alone, today is suitable for getting a haircut. But because today is the fifth day of the first lunar month, you cannot cut your hair during the first lunar month. So, it is not recommended to get a haircut today.

Did ancient people really not cut their hair?

Actually, it’s not. Although ancient people emphasized filial piety and often expressed it in various forms, they always adhered to the view that "one's body and hair are given by one's parents, and one should not damage them." But the ancients did not ignore their hair for their entire lives. Even Confucius would trim his hair from time to time. The ancients' emphasis on filial piety was not as pedantic and rigid as we imagine today. During the Tang Dynasty, people's minds were more tolerant and open, so people could even cut their hair to create a hairstyle, use wigs to connect their hair, or shave their eyebrows and draw on them, which were all common things. Especially when a baby is just born, it is necessary to shave off the baby's hair. The ancients believed that children needed to be raised in a humble manner, so they liked to shave their hair and dress them up like "barbarians" to show their humbleness so that the King of Hell would not accept them. As for adult men, if their hair is waist-length, it also needs to be trimmed. However, in ancient times, getting a haircut was a big deal and one had to choose an auspicious day to get it trimmed. The cut hair had to be stored or burned to prevent people with ulterior motives from using it to do bad things.

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