The eleventh day of the first lunar month is one of the traditional festivals in our country, "please son-in-law". That is the day when the parents-in-law warmly invite their son-in-law and daughter back to their parents' home to share a good time. There are also a variety of local customs such as the "Cannon Dragon Festival", through which the good expectations for the new year are expressed, and the family and career are prosperous, and the Year of the Dragon is auspicious.
But when inviting a son-in-law, you should also pay attention to some rules, including details such as please, avoidance, cooking, and eating. This set of customs and regulations is intended to bring good luck and auspiciousness for the new year.
1 please. On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, if you invite a son-in-law, according to traditional customs, if you have a son-in-law at home, your parents-in-law will naturally prepare carefully and warmly welcome your son-in-law or daughter back to her parents' home. At this time, they will put the food prepared during the Chinese New Year and festival on the table and arrange it carefully.
This not only enhances the relationship between parents and daughters, but also promotes the intimate relationship between daughters and sons-in-law, bringing harmony and happiness to the family.
2 taboos. According to traditional customs, the eleventh day of the first lunar month is a good day for parents-in-law to invite their son-in-law to the door, and husbands and wives should return to their parents' homes together for a happy reunion. At such a moment, the dispute between husband and wife is not only a sign of ignorance, but also an act of lack of filial piety, which may make the father-in-law and mother-in-law feel unhappy.
Therefore, on this beautiful day, couples should avoid quarrels and work together to create a harmonious and pleasant atmosphere to add joy to the parents-in-law.
Instead of going to your father-in-law's house empty-handed, bring a gift that you have chosen with you. In our traditional culture, visiting relatives and friends is generally not allowed to go empty-handed, especially during the Chinese New Year. At this time of family warmth and tradition, the son-in-law should bring some gifts when he goes to his father-in-law's house.
What's more, it is the father-in-law who invites the son-in-law, and on such an important festival, the son-in-law goes to the father-in-law's house for dinner, and it is not strange that many people have a courtesy. Don't forget to bring some delicious food that your parents-in-law love to eat and drink, or exquisite gifts, which will add warmth and cordiality to this visit.
3 do. If the son-in-law is unable to return home due to work or other affairs, he should take the initiative to call his father-in-law to express his sincere wishes and wishes. It's not like the old days, when most people had jobs or other things after the beginning of the year.
Therefore, on such a traditional day, if the son-in-law cannot go to the father-in-law's house, especially in a place where there are such traditional customs. In order to promote filial piety, the son-in-law should take the initiative to give his father-in-law ** and express his wishes and sincere blessings.
If you have time, it is best to go back to visit him in person, which can not only reassure the elderly, but also respect and inherit traditional culture.
As a son-in-law, he was invited to dinner by his father-in-law, and he was a guest at his father-in-law's house, so he should actively participate in the warm atmosphere of the family. Sons-in-law can try to help with cooking and show off their cooking skills, even if they are not good at cooking, they can help with the fire, plating, or serving the food.
This not only reflects the son-in-law's diligence and carefulness, which makes the father-in-law and mother-in-law feel happy, but also conveys the image of the son-in-law as sensible and filial. This helps to promote the deepening of family relationships and make the whole family happier and more harmonious.
At the exciting moment of "welcoming the lantern", we are happily welcoming the upcoming Lantern Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month. In some places, this day is known as "Shangcai Day", and the unique lantern celebration custom is eye-catching, implying a good wish to welcome the spring and be blessed.
In addition, due to the homonym of "lamp" and "ding", the mother's family sent lanterns to the newlywed daughters, conveying the good wishes of "sending ding", hoping that they would have children and add ding as soon as possible, and bless the healthy and happy growth of future generations.
4. Eat. In terms of tasting food, whether it is a leek box or a meat-filled box, eating a box in this traditional festival contains beautiful meanings such as harmony between husband and wife and family harmony.
The box "homonym" and "and", implying that in the new year, everything is prosperous, and harmony is smooth. In the production process, the action of chopping the stuffing symbolizes chopping the villain, and pinching the box has the meaning of "pinching the villain's mouth", expressing the expectation that the New Year will not be calculated by the villain and everything will be good.
During this festival, eating fish has become a must-have on the dinner table of every household. This is not only because the fish is delicious and nutritious, but also contains the beautiful meaning of "more than every year". Therefore, enjoying a delicious fish meal is not only a gastronomic experience, but also a good wish for happiness and prosperity in the year ahead.
Because "chicken" and "auspicious" are homophonic, the choice to taste chicken on the eleventh day of the first lunar month means that there will be good luck in the new year, which is full of beautiful symbols of welcoming Ji Nafu. Therefore, this day is indispensable to taste delicious chicken dishes to bring good luck and joy in the new year.
In addition, eating spring cakes is also a custom at this time. Spring cake is a very thin cake made with flour, which can be rolled with shredded green onions, shredded onions, shredded potatoes, shredded radish, shredded chili peppers, bean sprouts and other shredded vegetables, and eaten with a thick sauce.
In the folk, eating spring cakes has its own unique etiquette, rolling various ingredients in the cake, eating from beginning to end, known as "having a head and tail", symbolizing a beautiful auspicious meaning. Around the beginning of the Spring Festival around the 11th day of the first lunar month, eating spring cakes symbolizes the beautiful vision of welcoming the arrival of spring and praying for a good harvest in the coming year.
To sum up, in this traditional festival, it is necessary to pay attention to etiquette: one must be respectful, the second must be cautious, the third must be enthusiastic, and the fourth must be carefully tasted. This is not only a respect for food, but also a sustenance for a beautiful vision of family harmony, career prosperity, and happiness in the new year.