Today is the second day of the Lunar New Year.
In many places, there is a custom of "going back to your mother's home".
Returning to her mother's home, also known as "going to her mother's house".
It is a very distinctive folk custom.
The day is. The son-in-law greets the "legal day" of the New Year
The married daughter will return to her parents' home.
And with your husband.
So this day is also called.
Son-in-law's Day" or "Aunt's Day".
There is a saying:
An aunt and a half".
this day. Aunts and uncles "went to pay New Year's greetings to their fathers-in-law and mothers-in-law."
It is a good opportunity for "half a child" to meet "my mother".
Due to the busy work on weekdays.
The children are on the go all day.
Return to your "mother's home" during the Spring Festival
It provides a great opportunity for everyone to reunite.
Reminisce about the old days, talk about homely.
Let the family affection be more intense.
It also allows love to have a place to rest.
Traditional customs.
There's a lot more to be said about this day.
Do you know it all?
Let's take a look.
Give New Year's gifts, send "double" and don't send "single".
When a married daughter returns to her parents' home with her husband, she brings a gift called a hand or a companion. However, New Year's gifts are not only exquisite in numbers, but also exquisite in homophony.
The first is to send "doubles" instead of "singles", taking the meaning of "good things come in pairs", which is auspicious. Decorate the heart box or the fruit basket with an even number, four, six or eight.
Secondly, pay attention to the homonym of the New Year's gift, the homonym of some things is "taboo" and should not be given away.
Pay attention to the gift of wine during the New Year's greetings, because "wine" and "long" are homophonic, and have the meaning of "forever".
New Year's dinner. Traditional Chinese customs are that the first day of the Lunar New Year is a day of fasting, and the second day of the Lunar New Year is the first meal of the new year with fish and meat, which means that the coming year will have a good harvest and good weather.
The second day of the first lunar month is called the "beginning of the year", and from this day, people bring various gifts to visit relatives and friends.
In some places, raw chickens are prepared to start the new year, which means full of life. In terms of food customs, the noon meal on the second day of the first lunar month is called "New Year's dinner", and the dishes are diverse, all of which have auspicious meanings.
Most people believe that the beginning of the year and the new year's fortune have a lot to do with it, therefore, the New Year's dinner will also make some well-intentioned dishes, chicken is indispensable, roast meat to take "red skin and red strong" (good health) meaning, fried rice to take the meaning of "show your skills".
Pig belly (tongue) takes the meaning of "big profit", as well as lettuce, takes the meaning of "making money", garlic metaphor can write and calculate, green onion metaphor is smart, leek metaphor is long and long, etc., celery metaphor is hard-working.
Sacrifice to the God of Wealth. In the north, on the second day of the first month, the God of Wealth is sacrificed, and on this day, whether it is a commercial store or an ordinary family, it is necessary to hold a sacrifice to the God of Wealth.
Each family sacrifices to the God of Wealth brought on Chinese New Year's Eve. Fish and mutton were used for sacrificial offerings. In the past, the big merchants in old Beijing would hold a large-scale sacrifice on this day, and the sacrifices would be made with the "five major offerings", that is, whole pigs, whole sheep, whole chickens, whole ducks, red live carp, etc., in the hope of making a fortune.
Today is the second day of the first lunar month.
Looking at the news, I wish you all the best.
The Year of the Dragon is auspicious, and everything is successful!
Well, without further ado.
Presumably the "uncles" are already there.
On the way to see my mother-in-law.
Do you have any tips for "pleasing your mother-in-law"?
Let's talk in the comment area!
Editors: Jin Tong, Cao Qinyu.
Copywriter: Liu Zihan.
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