Can I go back to my parents' home on the first day of the first lunar month? What are the etiquette and taboos on the first day of the first lunar month?

With the ringing of the New Year’s bell, we also ushered in the first day of the New Year, the first day of the first lunar month. As the beginning of the new year, there are naturally many etiquettes and taboos. So can I go back to my parents’ home on the first day of the Lunar New Year? What are the etiquette and taboos on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

Can I go back to my parents' home on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

You cannot go back to your parents’ home on the first day of the first lunar month;
You are not allowed to go back to your parents' home on the first day of the first lunar month. The only day to go back to your parents' home during the Chinese New Year is the second day of the first lunar month, which is called "welcoming the son-in-law day." In the old society, especially in rural areas, it was very strict. In the new society, although people do not believe in the old feudal thinking, they still abide by it relatively strictly. It is not allowed to go back to your parents' home for dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year. If a married daughter goes back to her parents' home on the first day of the Lunar New Year, it means that she will eat her parents into poverty. But the implication is that a married daughter is already the daughter-in-law of someone else's family. During the Chinese New Year, many people from her husband's family will come to pay New Year's greetings, and the daughter-in-law will have to help serve tea, so she cannot go back to her parents' home on the first day of the New Year.

What are the etiquette and taboos on the first day of the Lunar New Year?

1. Avoid taking medicine <br/>On the first day of the Lunar New Year, it is best not to take medicine unless you have a serious illness and have to take medicine.
2. You cannot borrow money or collect debts on the first day of the Lunar New Year . During the Spring Festival, people who are being asked to pay back debts or who lend money to others will be unlucky for the whole year. Remember to pay off your debts before the New Year. You cannot go to the door to collect debts from the first to the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, otherwise you will be unlucky for the whole year.
There is a saying: If you borrow money from others on the first day of the new year, you will rely on external aid all year round; before you lend money to others on the first day of the new year, your property will flow out for a whole year.
3. Avoid eating porridge, meat and medicine for breakfast . <br/>It is said that in ancient times, poor people had no food to eat and only ate porridge. Therefore, you must not eat porridge in the morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year, which means that your family will be rich throughout the year. The morning of the first day of the Lunar New Year is called the "Grand Gathering of All Gods". All the gods will come out to pay New Year's greetings. Remember not to eat vegetarian food and try to eat vegetarian food.
4. Married daughters cannot return to their parents’ home .<br/>There is a folk custom that if a married daughter returns to her parents’ home on the first day of the New Year, she will bankrupt her parents’ home, so she can only return to her parents’ home on the second day.
5. Don’t wish happy new year to someone who is sleeping .<br/>When wishing happy new year on the first day of the Lunar New Year, if the other person is still sleeping, remember not to wish him happy new year. It is said that this will make the person stay in bed for the whole year.