Text/Themi Mama (original article, welcome to share and forward personally)
Hello everyone, I'm Themi's mother~
As the saying goes: the first month is the year.
The mainland has a long history and culture of thousands of years, just for the New Year, from the day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, all kinds of New Year and folk customs will emerge in an endless stream.
Some of them are handed down by word of mouth by the older generation of the population, and some of them are subtly influenced by the overall cultural atmosphere.
Of course, there are also some exquisite and folk customs, which everyone thinks is very strange and incomprehensible.
For example, "you can't shave your head in the first month", the folk saying is that if you cut your hair in the first month, it will be detrimental to your uncle, so it seems that not cutting your hair in the first month has become a tacit understanding.
But then again, is cutting your hair in the first month really like everyone says, and may have a bad impact on your uncle?
In this regard, I specifically looked up relevant information, and also asked some older people, which is what I know, which may be different from what everyone says.
01. If you don't cut your hair in the first month, what the hell is going on?
From childhood to adulthood, our parents would always warn us that we should not cut our hair during the first month, otherwise it would be bad for our uncle.
Although we are all half-convinced, but looking at serious parents, we can only obediently do it.
However, the so-called can't cut your hair during the first month, in fact, it really doesn't have much to do with your uncle.
It is said that when the Qing army entered the customs, in order to consolidate the ruling position of the Qing Dynasty, it issued many decrees, one of which was the "shaving order".
In order to make all Han people shave their heads to verify whether Han people are loyal, but the body hair is given to their parents, many people are reluctant to do this.
Even in order to resist such a decree, he said such a bold statement as "I would rather be a hair-binding ghost than a shaved head".
Later, the policy of the Qing army became more and more severe, and many people had no choice but to shave their heads, but in order to express their loyalty to the previous dynasty and their nostalgia for the past culture and customs, posterity thought about the past with "no shaving of the head" in the first month.
Therefore, the correct statement should be "do not shave your head in the first month, think about the old", but everyone slowly said and said, which became another meaning, forming the current version.
So now everyone should know it, not shaving your head in the first month, in fact, it has nothing to do with your uncle.
But then again, for children, should they cut their hair in the first month? As a parent, you should also understand it.
02. Should I cut my child's hair during the first month?
Although it is said that cutting hair in the first month is not as divine as folk legends, in fact, for small babies, it is best not to cut hair during the first month.
First of all, the weather in the first month is not stable, the child's own immunity and resistance is not yet perfect, whether it is going out to cut hair, or cutting hair at home, it is possible for children to suddenly feel unsuitable, and even have a cold and cold.
Therefore, if it is a slightly younger baby, it is still not too late to cut your hair after the temperature rises.
Secondly, there are also some sayings in Chinese medicine that spring is the season when everything sprouts and innovates, so at this time, the growth of new things should not be prevented.
Then this statement corresponds to the hair, that is to say, to try to let the hair spread out and let it grow freely, rather than cutting it off, against the spring atmosphere.
Therefore, if it is not too necessary, then it is still after the first month, and the weather is warm, then cut the child's hair.
03. Mother Themi's Spring Festival Message:
In fact, the New Year period is the best educational period, parents and children can be together every day, and there will be a lot of traditional culture, which will also appear during this period.
As parents, we must transmit the correct cultural direction to our children, so that children must not only know what they are, but also know why they are so.
This process, in fact, is also a process of edutainment, parents and children while enjoying the comfort and happiness of the Spring Festival, on the other hand, can also through continuous communication and communication, let the child's temperament and vision, get sublimated and broadened.
Finally, I also hope that every parent can take advantage of the Spring Festival period to bring a unique cultural feast to their children, so that children can enjoy it and benefit endlessly.