What are the taboos in the first month of the lunar year?

What's the significance of the first month of the lunar year? The first month of the lunar calendar refers to the first month of each year. Since the first month of the new year happens to be the first month of the new year, there are many related considerations. Next, let’s take a look at the etiquette and taboos related to the first month of the year.

What is the significance of the first month

Pay attention to one

On the first day of the first lunar month, you cannot say unlucky words such as "death", "disease", "poverty", "kill all", "no", "don't want", "bad luck", "beheading", "disaster", "rotten", etc. Also, don't say words with similar pronunciations.

Pay attention to the second

On the first day of the first lunar month, people are forbidden to sweep the floor or splash water outside, as it is a sign that wealth will not be washed away with water. And the knives must be hidden on this day, so food must be prepared in advance during the first month of the year, because kitchen knives and scissors are considered weapons and it is unlucky to use them during the Spring Festival.

Pay attention to three

In some places, there is a tradition that you cannot wash clothes on the first and second days of the first lunar month. It is said that these two days are the birthdays of the water god. Washing clothes with water on the first and second days of the first lunar month will easily cause your wealth to flow away.

Pay attention to four

The fourth day of the Lunar New Year is the day to worship the God of Wealth. In the past, if a boss wanted to fire someone, he would not invite that person to worship the gods on this day. The other person would then know what was going on and would pack up and leave. There is also a legend that the Kitchen God will come to check the household registration on this day, so it is not advisable to travel far.

Pay attention to five

The fifth day of the first lunar month is commonly known as Po Wu, and it is a day to "drive away the five poverty", including "poverty of wisdom, poverty of learning, poverty of literature, poverty of life, and poverty of social relations". People get up at dawn, set off firecrackers and clean the place. Firecrackers are set off from inside to outside, and people walk toward the door while setting them off, in the belief that they are blowing away all the unlucky things.

Six

There are many taboo days in the first month of the lunar calendar. The following zodiac signs should avoid moving, getting married, and other major events during these days:
On the fourth day of the first lunar month, at the hours of Mao and Si, people of the Dragon sign should avoid it.
On the fifth day of the first lunar month, people of the snake sign should avoid the hours of Yin, Chen, Wu and Wei.
On the sixth day of the first lunar month, at the hours of Yin, Mao, and Si, people born in the year of the horse should avoid it.
On the twelfth day of the first lunar month, at the hours of Mao, Si and Wei, it is taboo for those who were born in the Year of the Rat.