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03-04-2014, 11:57 AM
Fringe benefits: Children undergo traditional ‘lucky haircuts’ in China (but don’t seem too happy about it!)
China celebrated Er Yue Er, the start of the second lunar month, on March 2
Good luck to cut hair for vigorous start to the spring season
First cut for weeks as it is believed your uncle will die if you trim in February
By MIA DE GRAAF
PUBLISHED: 18:13 GMT, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 19:29 GMT, 3 March 2014
Tis the season to be trimmed - in China anyway.
Yesterday the nation celebrated the second lunar month, when it is good luck to get a haircut.
Also known as 'the day the dragon raises its head', it is widely believed you should have your own one refashioned in tribute.
But the tradition does not seem to have gone down well with this group of children.
Whereas adults and barbers took to the streets with scissors and smiles, their sons and daughters can be seen screaming and crying as they go under the razor.
Some entire families get a number one, much to the infants' distaste.
Others, however, use the day as a chance for a restyled trim, demonstrated by one little tear-soaked boy getting a fresh bowl cut.
The distraught toddlers seem unconcerned with the notion that this is a luxury - for if you shave in February, your maternal uncle will die.
According to folklore experts, the superstition stems from a misunderstanding.
In a well-known Chinese legend, a poor barber could not afford a decent new year's gift for his uncle, so he gave him a haircut.
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Tradition: Your maternal uncle will die if you cut your hair in February, they say, so the trim is celebratory
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This little boy looks frightened and unsure as he leans away from the razor-armed hairdresser
His uncle said it was the best gift he had ever had and wanted to make it a yearly tradition.
After his uncle died, the barber cried every new year thinking of him.
But 'thinking of his uncle' was mistaken for 'death of his uncle' because in Chinese their pronunciations are almost the same.
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China celebrated Er Yue Er, the start of the second lunar month, on March 2
Good luck to cut hair for vigorous start to the spring season
First cut for weeks as it is believed your uncle will die if you trim in February
By MIA DE GRAAF
PUBLISHED: 18:13 GMT, 3 March 2014 | UPDATED: 19:29 GMT, 3 March 2014
Tis the season to be trimmed - in China anyway.
Yesterday the nation celebrated the second lunar month, when it is good luck to get a haircut.
Also known as 'the day the dragon raises its head', it is widely believed you should have your own one refashioned in tribute.
But the tradition does not seem to have gone down well with this group of children.
Whereas adults and barbers took to the streets with scissors and smiles, their sons and daughters can be seen screaming and crying as they go under the razor.
Some entire families get a number one, much to the infants' distaste.
Others, however, use the day as a chance for a restyled trim, demonstrated by one little tear-soaked boy getting a fresh bowl cut.
The distraught toddlers seem unconcerned with the notion that this is a luxury - for if you shave in February, your maternal uncle will die.
According to folklore experts, the superstition stems from a misunderstanding.
In a well-known Chinese legend, a poor barber could not afford a decent new year's gift for his uncle, so he gave him a haircut.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-2572289-1BFEF54400000578-8_634x425.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-2572289-1BFEF4B700000578-704_634x420.jpg
Tradition: Your maternal uncle will die if you cut your hair in February, they say, so the trim is celebratory
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-2572289-1BFEF57500000578-55_634x441.jpg
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This little boy looks frightened and unsure as he leans away from the razor-armed hairdresser
His uncle said it was the best gift he had ever had and wanted to make it a yearly tradition.
After his uncle died, the barber cried every new year thinking of him.
But 'thinking of his uncle' was mistaken for 'death of his uncle' because in Chinese their pronunciations are almost the same.
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-2572289-1BFEF57900000578-920_634x421.jpg
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/03/03/article-2572289-1BFEF4CA00000578-731_634x703.jpg