You are good at being a wooden snake, and you don't avoid fire
[ Animal year taboo]-
It has a wide influence among the people, and there is a tradition of hanging red in this animal year to avoid evil spirits and disasters in the north and south folk customs. Therefore, people especially love red every animal year. The emphasis on red in the animal year should originate from the worship of red in the traditional culture of Han nationality in China. The concept of red to ward off evil spirits and auspicious red has existed since the primitive society. Red is the color of the sun, blood and fire. With the changes of the times, this thought of respecting red has not changed. Red couplets are posted in the New Year, red wedding dresses, red hijabs, red candles, and the red list of new families in the old weddings of the Han nationality, and so on. Whenever and wherever, people should use red to add joy. The Han nationality regards red as a symbol of happiness, success, loyalty and justice, especially that it has the function of exorcising evil spirits and protecting the body. Therefore, on New Year's Eve, people put on red underwear early, or wear red belts, and some accessories they wear with red silk ropes to welcome their birth year. It is believed that only in this way can we avoid misfortune and eliminate disasters. These red things that ward off evil spirits in this animal year are what is often called "this life is red".