Can I visit relatives on New Year’s Day? Is it okay to visit relatives on New Year’s Day?
Introduction: New Year's Day is the first day of the Spring Festival. On this day, people in some places will visit relatives to pay New Year's greetings, while in other places people should not visit relatives. So can we visit relatives on New Year’s Day? Is it okay to visit relatives on New Year’s Day? New Year, New Atmosphere. If you want to know more about the Lunar New Year, please pay attention to the 2018 Spring Festival special article exclusively presented to you by Fortune Teller.com!Can't visit relatives on New Year's Day?The custom of not visiting relatives on the first day of the New Year has its basis in folk customs, which cannot be explained by science. The custom of visiting relatives lasts from the second day to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. During this period, almost every family is immersed in wine and fragrance, enjoying the fun of life and the happiness of family affection. In the past, people would not go out until after the Lunar New Year had passed, and there was a saying that "on the third day, visit grandmother, on the fourth day, visit aunt, and on the fifth and sixth day, visit mother-in-law"; now on the second day of the first lunar month, when the New Year atmosphere is strong, people in Jiaodong start visiting relatives, and most of them "visit father-in-law first, then uncle, and aunts and uncles come last"; judging from this evolution, the pace of life is accelerating and the status of women is improving. On the second and third days of the first lunar month, married daughters bring their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay New Year's greetings.Why do we visit relatives during the Spring Festival?Visiting relatives is an ancient folk culture of the Han nationality, an activity for relatives to exchange feelings during the Spring Festival. Visiting relatives and returning to one’s parents’ home during the Spring Festival is a custom passed down from generation to generation for the Chinese people. It is a great exchange of family affection for relatives to keep in touch and express condolences to each other.The custom of visiting relatives lasts from the second day to the sixteenth day of the first lunar month. During this period, almost every family is immersed in wine and fragrance, enjoying the fun of life and the happiness of family affection. In the past, people could only go out after sending off the New Year, and there was a saying that "on the third day, visit grandmother, on the fourth day, visit aunt, and on the fifth and sixth day, visit mother-in-law"; nowadays, on the second day of the first lunar month, when the New Year atmosphere is strong, people start visiting relatives, and most of the time, "first visit father-in-law, then uncle, and finally aunts and uncles"; judging from this evolution, the pace of life is accelerating and the status of women is improving. On the second and third days of the first lunar month, married daughters bring their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay New Year's greetings. As a Han folk culture, visiting relatives requires bringing gifts, and the gifts have their own characteristics in different periods. In the 1960s and 1970s, the usual gifts were steamed buns, dumplings, pastries, meat, eggs, and liquor; in the late 1980s, the usual gifts were peach cakes, canned food, sugar, persimmon cakes, sesame cakes, cakes, fine wine, honey, etc.; in the 1990s, in addition to liquor, fish, meat, and milk powder also became popular; in the 21st century, the usual gifts are fruits, milk, tea, etc.; the more elegant ones also include flowers, books, music records, etc. Summary: The above content is about [Can I visit relatives on New Year’s Day? Is it okay to visit relatives on New Year’s Day? 】Problem analysis, hope it can help everyone! |
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