Taboos on the first day of the month that you may not know

​(Baonghean.vn) - According to feng shui, the first day of the new year is extremely important. There are many things you should do to bring good luck and fortune in the new year, but there are also taboos that you should not do, otherwise you will encounter great disaster.

1. Avoid eating unlucky foods

On the first day of the year, Vietnamese people do not eat dishes such as duck, silver carp, or dog meat because they believe that these are bad foods for the new year. In addition, some regions do not eat shrimp because they are afraid of... going backwards like shrimp. If you eat them on Tet, your work next year will go backwards instead of forwards.

Duck meat is a taboo dish on the first day of the year. Photo: Internet

2. Don't wake others up

If you are woken up by someone in the morning, it makes you always in a hurry all year round, being rushed by others.

3. Do not give lucky money to people who are sleeping.

Giving lucky money to someone who is still in bed is considered an act for a sick person in bed, not good at all. So wait until they wake up before giving lucky money and lucky money.

4. Avoid fire

On the first day of Tet, people are very afraid of others coming to ask for fire from their house. Because they believe that fire is red and lucky.

Giving red to others on the first day of Tet will mean that the whole year will be filled with bad luck such as business losses, family chaos, and misfortunes when going out.

5. People in mourning should not enter the house first.

Originating from the custom of entering a house first on the first day of the New Year, the first person to enter a house on the first day of the New Year is the one who decides whether to bring luck or bad luck to that family for the whole year.

Therefore, people with “heavy spirits” and who are not compatible with the homeowner’s age should not visit the house on the first day of the year. People in mourning should not visit other people’s houses to avoid bad luck.

6. No medication

On the first day of Tet, you should also avoid taking medicine. Photo: Internet

If it is not a serious illness, then on the first day of Tet you absolutely must not take medicine, even supplements, otherwise you will be sick all year long, taking medicine all year long but the illness will not improve.

7. Don't touch the needle

It is believed that if a pregnant woman touches a needle on the first day, the baby will be born with eyes as small as a needle.

8. No breaking things

Breaking something on the first day of the Lunar New Year is considered bad luck. If you accidentally break something, throw it away after the fifth day of the Lunar New Year.

9. Not picking up trash

The ancients believed that on the 3rd day of the New Year, everything in the house represents the wealth of the whole year. The more trash in the house, the more money will be brought in that year. Therefore, they forbade sweeping the "money" out of the house. If not, the family will be poor all year.

10. Avoid borrowing or repaying debts on the first day of the year.

This taboo comes from the concept that on the first day of spring, people open the door to welcome fortune into their home, but lending or returning it is like "giving" fortune to someone else.

Do not lend or borrow money during Tet because lending or returning is like "giving" fortune to someone else. Photo: Internet

Therefore, in the family, grandparents and parents often teach their children and grandchildren during Tet not to borrow money or borrow things from others, to avoid falling into poverty, debt, and bad luck in work and business all year round.

11. Don't wear black and white clothes

For Vietnamese people, black and white symbolize mourning, so on Tet holiday, people often avoid wearing clothes with a lot of black or white. During Tet, people often wear colorful, youthful clothes to wish for a lucky and happy new year.

13. Don't wash clothes

There is a water god born on the 1st and 2nd. So you should not wash clothes on these two days, at least on the 1st to show respect.

However, the above taboos depend on the individual beliefs and beliefs of each person and each family. However, understanding the customs of Tet will help each person know how to behave tactfully, avoiding misunderstandings and awkwardness in relationships.

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