Why can't you wake up by calling your name on the first day of the Chinese New Year? Top 10 taboos on the first day of the Chinese New Year

Why can’t we wake up by calling our names on New Year’s Day? Have a happy New Year, it’s better to believe in some taboos! Many long-standing traditional customs contain the wisdom of our ancestors. Although we should not be overly superstitious, if they can help us avoid misfortune and bring good luck, we might as well use them to pray for everything to go well in the new year. During the Spring Festival, the first day of the New Year has the most taboos.

Why can't we wake up by calling our names on New Year's Day?

You cannot wake anyone up on the morning of New Year's Day. This is because being woken up during the New Year means that you will be urged to do things throughout the whole year. In order to avoid this, you should not wake anyone up on this day. It is best for people to sleep until they wake up naturally on the first day of the Lunar New Year. But you must not sleep in too much. Taking a nap during the day will make you lazy for the whole year and it will also affect your career luck.

Top 10 taboos on the first day of the Chinese New Year

1. Don’t call people by their names to wake them up: Don’t call people by their names to wake them up on New Year’s Day, otherwise they will be urged to do things throughout the whole year.

2. Don’t wish a happy new year to someone who is still sleeping: If the other person is still sleeping, don’t wish a happy new year to him, otherwise it will affect his health fortune for the whole year.

3. Don’t wash your hair or take a bath in the morning: According to legend, the first and second days of the Chinese New Year are the birthdays of the Water God. If you wash your hair or take a bath, your wealth will be washed away.

4. Do not eat porridge and meat: In ancient times, poor people could not afford rice and ate porridge. Eating porridge on the first day of the Lunar New Year would lead to poverty for the whole year. On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is forbidden to kill any animals or eat any meat. As a proverb goes, "Eating vegetables early on the first day of the Lunar New Year is equivalent to eating vegetarian food for the whole year.

5. Don’t take a nap during the day: If you take a nap during the day, you will be lazy all year round and it will also affect your career luck.

6. Avoid taking medicine: Unless you have a serious illness and have to take medicine, it is best not to take medicine on this day, including tonics and supplements. Otherwise, it means you will have to take medicine all year round, which will affect your health.

7. Avoid cleaning: Do not take out the garbage or sweep the floor, otherwise it will drive away your wealth. Let’s not do housework today and let everyone have a rest.

8. Don’t borrow money: As the saying goes, if you borrow money from others on the first day of the new year, you will rely on external aid all the year round; if you lend money to others on the first day of the new year, your property will flow out for the whole year.

9. Avoid using knives: knives are dangerous weapons and carry ominous meanings.

10. No swearing, beating or scolding: If a child is scolded on the first day of the new year, he will be scolded for the whole year. But children are not allowed to say obscene words. If they accidentally say them, adults must immediately say, "Children's words are not restrained." The extended meaning is that during the Chinese New Year, people should be harmonious and happy, and avoid quarrels and fights.