What are the taboos of Grain in Ear? Can’t I get a haircut during Grain in Ear Festival?

What are the taboos of Grain in Ear? Can’t I get a haircut during Grain in Ear Festival?
China is a country that is particularly particular about traditions. In daily life, people often avoid touching certain taboos in order not to ruin their good luck. So what are the taboos of Grain in Ear? Let’s find out together. The beauty of April on earth has faded, and the peach blossoms in the mountain temple are beginning to bloom. The beautiful fourth month of the lunar calendar is coming, and the fortune teller website will help you understand the fourth month of the lunar calendar in 2018.

What are the taboos of Grain in Ear?

In some places, people are not allowed to have their hair cut during Grain in Ear Festival.
As the most important festival during the Grain in Ear period, the Dragon Boat Festival has different festival taboos in different places. For example, in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, people cannot go out on the Dragon Boat Festival, which is called "hiding from the Dragon Boat Festival." People in Hechuan, Sichuan also stay indoors at noon.
It is commonly believed that at this time the five plagues will descend upon the world and one should close the door to avoid them. In Keelung, Taiwan, getting a haircut is a must on this day. Otherwise, the rice dumplings will be taken away by ghosts. Women are not allowed to sleep with their hair untied. Otherwise you will be captured by the ghost.
There are also some climate-related taboos during the Grain in Ear solar term. In some places, the north wind is taboo. It is believed that if the north wind blows during Grain in Ear, there will be drought in the summer. In some places, it is taboo not to have thunder. It is believed that if there is no thunder during the Grain in Ear season, there will be no good harvest that year.

Is the lunar calendar for Grain in Ear in 2018 good or bad?

April 23, 2018 (Wednesday)
[What to do today] [Do not use it on days when you are about to die]
Offering sacrifices, praying for blessings, accepting marriage proposals, seeking heirs, resolving burials, accepting wealth, raising beams, planting, pardons, filling graves, and signing contracts [today's taboos] [do not use on days when death is a major event]
Accept livestock, build, start construction, buy property, break ground, build embankments, release water, set up beds, take up posts, travel, move, move into new homes, erect pillars, build houses

Auspicious gods to follow: Fuhou, Longde, Sixiang, Wangri, Yueen. Unlucky gods to avoid: Bucheng, Gouchen, Shousi, Tufu, Yangcha.

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