Can I go back to my parents' home during the Double Ninth Festival? The customs vary from place to place.

Can I go back to my parents’ home on Double Ninth Festival? The Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Double Ninth Festival. There are many related etiquette and taboos on this day. Next, let’s take a look at what are the special customs for returning to one’s parents’ home on Double Ninth Festival.

Can I go back to my parents' home during the Double Ninth Festival?

Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Double Ninth Festival? In fact, the customs vary from place to place, because in some places it is taboo to go back to one's parents' home on the Double Ninth Festival, and there is a saying that going back to one's parents' home on the Double Ninth Festival will bring disaster to the mother-in-law. But the girl’s family is afraid that her daughter will be bullied by her husband’s family, so they have the custom of sending flower cakes. However, there is no such taboo in some places. For example, in Guangxi, many married daughters will return home to visit the mountains and "sweep the tombs" on the Double Ninth Festival to pray for happiness and peace for the family.

Of course, as time goes by, more and more young people don’t care much about this. In addition, the Double Ninth Festival is also known as the Elderly Day, and it is a day to send blessings and show filial piety to the elderly. Therefore, if you don’t have the tradition of not going back to your parents’ home on Double Ninth Festival, you must go back to visit your parents, help the elderly with their work, and show your filial piety.

Other days when I can't go back to my parents' home

new year

In some rural areas, a married girl must live at her husband's house on the first day of the New Year and cannot celebrate the New Year at her parents' house. She can only go back when her parents' house calls her on the second day. It is said that it would be bad for a married girl to spend the New Year at her parents' home.

The 15th day of the first lunar month

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is particularly lively in rural areas. It is the time for people in the village to enjoy lanterns and get rid of diseases. You cannot go back to your mother’s home on this day, and there is a saying that “after seeing the lights at your mother’s home, you lose your roots at your mother’s home.” People in rural areas avoid this. In fact, it is not that weird. It is just the thinking that is playing tricks on us.

February 2

You cannot go back to your parents' home when the Dragon Raises its Head on the Second Day of the Second Month. This custom was originally intended to encourage daughters-in-law to go back to their husband's home earlier, and later it became a popular custom. The husband's family will also pick up the daughter-in-law and bring her home on the second day of the second lunar month, which is also called picking up the aunt. In fact, people start working in the fields after February 2nd, and the wife also needs to take charge of household affairs.

Qingming Festival

Qingming Festival is one of China's traditional sacrificial festivals and is taken very seriously in rural areas. Moreover, a married girl is not allowed to return to her parents’ home to visit the graves. It is said that her parents are afraid of gossip and think that there is no one at home.