Recently, CCTV's "Society and Law" channel's popular column "Law Lecture" showed the audience a controversial civil dispute case. The core of the case actually revolves around a widely circulated folk saying - "Uncle dies with a haircut in the first month". In this unusual case, a nephew was accused of "intentional homicide" by his aunt for going to get a haircut on the second day of the first lunar month, and demanded compensation of up to 1 million yuan.
It is understood that Liu Bing, the protagonist of this case, grew up in a special family environment. Due to the divorce of his parents at an early age, Liu Bing has always been dependent on his mother. The uncle, as a worker engaged in truck transportation, often disciplined Liu Bing strictly out of concern and responsibility for his nephew's future. However, the uncle's parenting methods often seem simple and crude, lacking communication and understanding, which makes the relationship between the two gradually strained.
On the day of the incident, it was the Spring Festival, and my uncle came to my sister's house to pay New Year's greetings. As soon as he entered the door, he saw the image of Liu Bing with unkempt hair and his head bowed playing with his mobile phone, and immediately frowned. The uncle's reproach and dissatisfaction instantly ignited the anger that had been buried between the two for a long time. Emotional, his uncle even accused Liu Bing's New Year's image of affecting his fortune. And Liu Bing seemed indifferent to his uncle's accusations and preaching, which angered his uncle even more.
However, that same night, my uncle unfortunately died in a car accident. This sudden tragedy plunged the family into great grief. And my aunt, in addition to grief, actually pointed the finger at Liu Bing, thinking that it was his New Year's haircut behavior that led to his uncle's death. She firmly believed in the saying "Uncle dies by haircut in the first month", and on this basis, she filed a lawsuit with the court, demanding that Liu Bing compensate for huge losses.
Faced with this rare civil dispute case, the court conducted an in-depth trial. The judges carefully analyzed the ins and outs of the case, as well as the aunt's statement that "the uncle died of a haircut in the first month". After careful study, the court found that this statement actually originated from the Han people's longing for the Ming Dynasty during the Qing Dynasty, and gradually evolved from the custom of not cutting their hair during the New Year. This is a historical misunderstanding and misinformation that has no scientific basis.
The court further pointed out that folk customs are an important part of traditional culture, but they should be taken from the essence and eliminated from the dross, and customs that are in line with social development and progress should be promoted. For those customs that have no scientific basis and may even cause social contradictions, they should be viewed rationally and not blindly superstitious. It is also impossible to blame the misfortune of an individual on the innocent actions of others, and to elevate it to a moral level to kidnap.
In the end, the court rejected my aunt's lawsuit in accordance with the law. This fair ruling not only upholds the dignity and authority of the law, but also promotes the social trend of rationally looking at folk customs. At the same time, this case has also triggered people's in-depth thinking about family education methods, parent-child relationships, and the inheritance of folk customs.