Recently, "Nephew Zhengyue's barber uncle died and became a defendant" has been on the hot search. This also sparked a lot of netizens to discuss: How did the saying "shaved his head and killed his uncle" come about? Can you get a haircut in New Year?
The reporter learned in the interview that experts believe that "the first month of the year shaved the head and killed the uncle" is a statement without scientific basis, and its ** is likely to be caused by false rumors. Moreover, the excellent parts of traditional customs should be inherited; It is necessary to resolutely discard the parts that are obviously dross.
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Where does this claim come from?
Where did the saying "New Year's Month shaved his head and killed his uncle" or "New Year's haircut killed his uncle" came about?
In this regard, Tang Zhiqiang, secretary general of the 24 solar terms protection and inheritance alliance, explained that there is a point of view that after the Qing army entered the customs, the Qing ** issued an edict of "shaving hair", which aroused strong opposition from some people and was unwilling to shave their hair.
Such interpretations have a strong historical undertone. Meng Lingfa, an associate professor at the School of Law and Sociology at Chongqing Technology and Business University, said that the reason why "thinking of the old" is falsely rumored to be "dead uncle" and spreading widely may be related to the different understandings of ordinary people in ancient daily life.
In the traditional concept of ethics, people often think that 'the mother and uncle are big', and with the passage of time, the saying that 'the first month of the year shaved the head and killed the uncle' was valued by people, so it became more and more widespread. He said.
As the saying goes, "Laba is the New Year", at this time, there are a series of folk customs to remove the old and welcome the new, such as haircuts before the New Year (in the lunar month), hoping to welcome the arrival of the New Year with a new look. In addition, the folk believe that you can't move scissors during the New Year, otherwise you will keep talking.
On the whole, Meng Lingfa mentioned that according to the relevant statement of the "Yellow Emperor's Neijing", the first lunar month is just when the yang energy rises and everything recovers. The ancients believed that it is necessary to go with nature, go to bed early and get up early, and let the hair grow freely. Perhaps this is also the reason for the formation of the saying "you can't get a haircut in the first month".
In addition, Tang Zhiqiang introduced that there is a folk saying that the original "New Year's shaved head" was "Uncle Si", expressing respect and longing for his uncle, and later due to factors such as homophony and false rumors, "Uncle Si" slowly evolved into "Uncle Death", and haircuts became taboo.
He believes that there is no scientific basis for the saying that "the first month shaves his head and dies his uncle", and he still needs a haircut. Some of the traditional customs reflect the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and the experience accumulated by the ancestors in the process of dealing with nature should be inherited; Some things are dross and must be resolutely discarded.
In ancient times, there were some "taboos" in the first month, Meng Lingfa introduced, such as not saying unlucky words during the Spring Festival, the seventh day of the first month is the day of the first month, and parents generally cannot teach children and so on. With the changes of the times and the development of science and technology, more and more "taboos" have been actively or unconsciously eliminated by people.
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Why "February 2nd, shave the faucet"?
In fact, the folk are known as "February 2, the dragon raises its head", as the so-called "February 2 shaving the dragon's head", people pay attention to the day of haircut, a good omen throughout the year.
There is a view that the "dragon raises its head" originated from the observation and imagination of the ancients in astronomy. Ancient ancestors have long determined the agricultural time by observing celestial phenomena, and "dragon raising its head" is one of the seasonal celestial phenomena.
Tang Zhiqiang explained, "February 2" and the stunning solar term in time is relatively close, ancient China is an agrarian society, people attach great importance to spring ploughing, the dragon has an auspicious and beautiful meaning in traditional culture, its appearance means that the rainy season is coming, you can cultivate and produce.
According to the concept of the unity of nature and man, at this time, all things grow, and people in the past were more willing to get a haircut on this day, echoing the changes of nature, hoping to have good luck. He said that this also reflects the concept of harmony between man and nature.
*: China News Network).