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Chinese people believe that sweeping your house on the Lunar New Year’s Day is like sweeping good luck out of your house. It is believed that you will be difficult and tired from work all year.
Chinese people will avoid talking about death, illness, poverty, or devilish spirits because this is considered not auspicious and it is believed that it will bring bad luck to yourself and your loved ones.
In the past, rice porridge or boiled rice was a food for the poor. Thus, Chinese people believe that eating rice porridge on New Year’s Day will make you have a hard time and poor throughout the year. The reason why meat is prohibited on New Year’s day is because they believe that gods that have come down to earth on New Year’s Day are vegetarian.
The word ‘hair’ is pronounced similar to ‘wealth’ in Chinese, so it is believed that cutting your hair or washing your hair on Lunar New Year’s is like cutting off your good luck.
The Water God’s birthday falls on Lunar New Year’s Day, so it is considered disrespectful to the Water God if we wash clothes on that day. Moreover, ‘Water’ symbolizes wealth. Thus, pouring out water is like pouring out wealth.
It is believed that those who ‘sew’ on Chinese New Year will encounter only obstacles and difficulties throughout the year.
Using scissors during Lunar New Year will cause family members tน quarrel. This belief comes from the sharp end of scissors that are like when we fight and accidentally use strong words that cut deep into the listener’s heart. In addition, using sharp objects is like cutting our luck.
Numbers are another important thing in Chinese culture. Most Chinese love even numbers because they believe that “good things often come in pairs.” However, not all even numbers bring you luck. For example, the number 4 must be avoided because it is pronounced like “death” in Chinese. Therefore, the amount of 44, 400, or 4,000 is not appropriate. If anyone wants to be rich, the recommended number is 8 because they believe it will bring prosperity to the giver and the receiver.
It is believed that ‘breaking’ of containers such as glasses, vases, plates or bowls can lead to bad luck, loss, and conflict within the family. Therefore, you should be very careful during the Chinese New Year. If you are careful but still accidentally break a glass, you can solve the sprain by wrapping a piece of glass with red paper or cloth and saying “Sui Su Ping An”, which means “May all life be happy with happiness and peace”.
Lending money during the Chinese New Year is one thing that should not be done because people will be borrowing money all year until financial problems arise. If you borrow the money, you should pay it back before Chinese New Year or you’ll be in debt for the rest of the year.
The gift that we intend to give may become a curse to the recipient without knowing. For example, “Shoes” is prohibited because the Chinese word “Shoes” is pronounced similarly to the words “Devil” and “Unfortunate”, making it like cursing only bad things for the recipient. Therefore, check the meaning of the presents before giving them.
White and black shirts are often worn to mourn, contrary to auspicious events such as New Year’s Day. Therefore, wearing colorful clothes is best suited to the Chinese New Year. The red color will add to wealth throughout the year.
It is believed that waking others up during the Chinese New Year will annoy us all year round.
Of course, fighting is a bad thing anyway, and the more you fight on Chinese New Year’s Day, the bigger it is because those who quarrel during this period are believed to quarrel throughout the year.
If you cry on a good day like this, it will result in crying and regret all year round. The more a little child cries the more bad luck.
What is your opinion on these 15 things you mustn’t do on Chinese New Year? Have you ever done one of these prohibitions before? All of these are personal beliefs. Everyone needs to be considerate in their behavior and don’t live recklessly. Finally, ACU PAY wishes everyone a happy Chinese New Year with good fortune and wealth throughout the year.
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