Chinese New Year is here! Every household will celebrate New Year’s Eve to get rid of the old and welcome the new, hoping to bid farewell to bad luck and seek good luck in the new year. And on New Year’s Eve, what taboos should be avoided, and precautions should be followed? “Lianhe News Network” counts the top 10 taboos on New Year’s Eve, and provides reference and sharing for the public.
1. Avoid drying clothes
It is said that if you wash and dry clothes on New Year’s Eve, ghosts and gods will be attracted, and you will get entangled on the clothes poles for drying clothes, which may bring bad luck.
2. Take a bath and wash your hair before nightfall
On New Year’s Eve, it’s best to take a bath before eating the New Year’s Eve dinner, and you must not take a bath and wash your hair following 12 midnight, so as not to wash away wealth and good luck.
3. Avoid breaking objects
Breaking objects on New Year’s Eve means that there will be “bad luck” and “loss of wealth” this year. If you accidentally break an utensil, you can wrap the pieces in red paper, and silently say auspicious words such as “every year is safe” to resolve the disaster.
4. Avoid taking out garbage and sewage
It is said that if you dump garbage and sewage carelessly, it will splash on the gods, and the gods will bring disasters to themselves and pour out the blessings.
5. Avoid swearing
New Year’s Eve is also the so-called “auspicious night”. Try to say auspicious words on this day, and don’t say bad words, unlucky words or disrespectful words, otherwise you will have bad luck for the year.
6. Don’t eat all the fish in the New Year’s Eve dinner
On New Year’s Eve, you will have a New Year’s Eve dinner with your family. It should be noted that when eating fish, do not eat the head and tail of the fish, which symbolizes “surplus every year”; Only then can it be “long-lasting”.
7. Avoid dropping by
“Treading New Year’s Eve” is also a taboo on New Year’s Eve. During the New Year’s Eve dinner, don’t visit other people’s homes, otherwise it will cause the other’s family to have no peace for the whole year. If you really meet a guest who comes to visit, you can pack a red envelope for the other party, which represents good luck.
8. Avoid turning off the lights
When you go to bed on New Year’s Eve, you cannot turn off the lights. It is best to wait until the first day of the new year to turn off the lights, praying for a bright future in the coming year. If the house is dark, it means that the future is bleak.
9. Avoid going to bed too early
According to the custom, following the New Year’s Eve dinner, one must “watch the year” at night, and should not go to bed too early. The whole family stays up to watch the year together to extend the life of the elders. After 12 o’clock in the morning, they can go to bed.
10. Avoid debts for the New Year
As the saying goes, “If you owe money, don’t owe it to the Chinese New Year.” If you owe money to others, it is best to pay it off before the Chinese New Year. And debt collectors should not ask for money on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Eve, otherwise it will be bad for a whole year.
☛This is a folk saying and does not represent the position of this news website. Do not be overly superstitious.
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