Is the 2018 Spring Festival going well? What are the taboos during the Spring Festival?

Is the 2018 Spring Festival going well? What are the taboos during the Spring Festival?
The Spring Festival is the most important festival in China and it also represents the beginning of the new year. Therefore, there are various considerations for the Spring Festival in China. So, are the 2018 Spring Festivals good? The Fortune Teller website provides you with more information related to the first month of the lunar calendar in 2018. You are welcome to learn more about it!

Is the 2018 Spring Festival going well?

The first day of the first lunar month of the year 2018 (Lunar calendar)
Aquarius (Friday, February 16, 2018)

【Today’s Recommendation】
Breaking ground, drilling, repairing graves, recruiting sons-in-law, taking up posts, building, praying for blessings, fasting and offering sacrifices, receiving wealth and seeking heirs, erecting pillars, planting, building houses, offering sacrifices, traveling, raising livestock, seeking wealth and seeking medical treatment, lifting and opening ceremonies [taboos today]
Marriage, relocation, burial, livestock settlement, separation, marriage proposal, lucky gods: no guarding tomb, no general, great brightness, official day, auspicious period, heaven’s grace, jade sky, God of Wealth, God of Happiness: Northeast, God of Fortune: Due South, God of Wealth: Due North

What are the taboos during the Spring Festival?

(1) On the first day of the Lunar New Year, avoid calling someone by their name to wake them up, as this will cause them to be urged to do things throughout the year. On the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, you should not eat porridge, meat or medicine. In ancient times, only the poor could not afford rice and had to eat porridge. Eating porridge on the first day of the Lunar New Year will lead to poverty for the whole year. In addition, it is forbidden to kill on the first day of the Lunar New Year, so it is not suitable to eat meat. Therefore, there is a Taiwanese saying "Eating vegetables early on the first day of the Lunar New Year is like eating vegetarian food for a year." Try not to take medicine on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Unless you are seriously ill, it is not suitable for healthy people to take tonics on this day.
(2) People do not cook new rice on the first day of the Lunar New Year. Instead, they eat the rice left over from New Year’s Eve. It means that if you can’t finish eating last year’s food, there will be some left this year. It is taboo to take a nap on the first day of the Lunar New Year. According to the ancient saying "no daytime naps" people are advised not to be lazy. Taking a nap on the first day of the Lunar New Year will affect your career luck. Do not wash clothes on the first and second days of the Lunar New Year. Legend has it that these two days are the birthdays of the water god, so do not wash clothes. (3) Do not use a broom on the first day of the Lunar New Year, otherwise it will sweep away your luck and cause you to lose money. If you must sweep the floor, you must sweep from the outside to the inside. To this day, many places still preserve the custom of cleaning up before New Year's Eve, not using a broom or taking out the garbage on New Year's Day, and preparing a large bucket for waste water which is not poured out on that day. You are not allowed to break furniture during the New Year. Doing so is a sign of bankruptcy. You have to quickly say “May you have a peaceful new year” or “May you be rich and prosperous.”

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