Why do you wear red clothes in the natal year? 1

The new year is coming, so in the new year, everyone should wear red clothes when they are happy, and more importantly, many people have such a custom in their natal year, that is, they must wear red clothes. Natal Year Feng Shui Red Good Luck Ward Off Evil Spirits.

The "taboo" has a wide influence on the folk, and in the folk customs of the north and south, there is a tradition of hanging red in the natal year to avoid evil and avoid disasters. Therefore, people have a special love for red in their natal year. The red color of the natal year should be derived from the worship of red in the traditional culture of the Han Chinese nation.

Red wards off evil spirits, red auspiciousness, this concept has existed as early as in primitive society, red is the color of the sun, is the color of blood, is the color of fire. With the change of the times, this kind of red thinking has not changed, the New Year's sticker red couplet, the old-style wedding of the Han nationality in the newlywed red wedding dress, red hijab, red candles, the red list of the new department, etc., no matter when and where, people have to use red to add festivity. The Han people regard red as a symbol of joy, success, loyalty and justice, and especially believe that red has the effect of warding off evil spirits and protecting oneself.

Therefore, in the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve, people wear red underwear or red belts early, and some of the ornaments they wear are also tied with red silk ropes to welcome their natal year. It is believed that in this way we can avoid evil and avoid disasters. These red things that ward off evil spirits in the natal year are what is often said to be "natal red".

People also have the custom of worshiping the "natal god" in the natal year in order to prolong their lives. The statement of the natal god is ** Taoism. Taoism absorbs the popular folk theory of "natal life" and puts forward the theories of "natal star", "natal year" and "natal day".

If the year of one's birth is in the year of sixty Jiazi Ganzhi, it is called the natal life. Yuanchen is also called the natal year. As a native religion of China, Taoism naturally has a natural affinity with the heavenly stems, earthly branches, and zodiac signs.

For the natal god, some places are called "natal guardian star king", and some are called "natal yuanchen", collectively known as the sixty Jiazi gods. Beginning with the year of Jiazi, people born in different years within 60 years can find their own natal deity. For example, the national hero Yue Fei was born in 1103 A.D., in the year of the Xia calendar, and his natal star monarch was "the second general of Wei Ren".

According to Taoism, the cultivation of truth must be dedicated to the natal yuanchen, and worshipping the natal yuan chen in the natal year or ordinary year will eliminate disasters and obtain blessings, and it has become a custom that has been passed down to this day.

The saying about the "natal year" is not unique to the Han nationality, in fact, there are similar sayings among some ethnic minorities in China. According to the old Tibetan saying, everyone has a bad day and an auspicious day, which is calculated according to the birthday. Therefore, when everyone is 13 years old, 25 years old, 37 years old (and so on), it is forbidden to go out and contact with fellow students, and only to recite more sutras and give more alms in order to avoid disasters.

For the Khitan ethnic minorities in China, the custom of celebrating the "natal year" was originally a custom for the Khitan people to celebrate their birth. In the Liao Dynasty, the "natal year" is also known as the rebirth ceremony or the rebirth ceremony, because the Liao Dynasty has used 12 zodiac years, every 12 years of the zodiac reincarnation, to belong to each person born in the zodiac this year, to hold a ceremony to commemorate their first birth, to repay the mother's nurturing grace.