The Dragon Boat Festival, when the sun is at its highest point in the sky for areas south of the Tropic of Cancer. Is it not allowed to cut hair on the Dragon Boat Festival? Want to know more about the Dragon Boat Festival, come to Huayi Network and take a look together.

Can't you cut hair on the Dragon Boat Festival?

Whether or not you can cut hair on the Dragon Boat Festival varies by region.
One, the view that it is allowed
① In Taiwan, it is necessary to cut hair on the Dragon Boat Festival, with the saying "No haircut in May, cutting hair will cause the uncle to die", similar to the saying in January that "no haircut in January".
② In some other regions, there is a taboo against not cutting hair on the Dragon Boat Festival, especially for long hair. Some regions believe that if you don't cut your hair on the Dragon Boat Festival, ghosts will wrap you in long hair like a zongzi, suffocating you and taking you away.
Two, the view that it is not allowed
① Some places believe that it is not appropriate to cut hair on the Dragon Boat Festival. Elder generations say "No haircut on festival days," referring to traditional lunar festivals such as the Dragon Boat Festival, Chongyang Festival, Mid-Autumn Festival, and Zhongyuan Festival.
② Traditional festivals are usually special, either with heavy yang energy or heavy yin energy. If you cut your hair and get a haircut on the Dragon Boat Festival, you might be targeted by "ghosts," who use the cut hair to strangle you and then wrap you in a zongzi to eat.
③ The Dragon Boat Festival falls in the fifth lunar month, which is called the "evil month" in feng shui customs, considered an unlucky month. The fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the Dragon Boat Festival, is known as "Chong Wu", meaning "evil upon evil", the unluckiest day of the month. Therefore, there is a custom of "escaping the noon" on the Dragon Boat Festival, where children under one year old must be sent to their grandmother's house to ward off evil.

What should you pay attention to during the Dragon Boat Festival?

1. Avoid sexual activity
During the Dragon Boat Festival period, it is not advisable to engage in sexual activity, especially during the nine toxic days, as it is easy to be invaded by "poisonous" energy and harm health.
2. Avoid swimming
Some places prohibit swimming on the Dragon Boat Festival, especially in places where people have drowned before. It is believed that on this day, many drowned ghosts return to the world of the living to find substitutes. Therefore, they throw zongzis into the water to share with them so that they won't target you.
3. Avoid the evil month
The fifth lunar month is called the "evil month" in feng shui customs, an unlucky month. The Dragon Boat Festival on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month is also called "Chong Wu", meaning "evil upon evil", the most unlucky day of the month. Therefore, there is a custom of "escaping the noon" on the Dragon Boat Festival, where children under one year old must be sent to their grandmother's house to ward off evil.
4. Avoid losing the incense bag
On the Dragon Boat Festival, children wear incense bags to ward off evil. After the festival, the incense bags worn by children must be burned to remove bad luck. If you lose the incense bag you wore, the child may have an unhappy year.