What is the name of the lunch eaten on the second day of the first lunar month? What festival is on the second day of the first lunar month?

In our country, there are many customs during the Chinese New Year. Breakfast on the second day of the first lunar month is also very particular. So what is the lunch on the second day of the first lunar month called? What festival is on the second day of the first lunar month?

What is the name of the lunch eaten on the second day of the first lunar month?

New Year's Eve dinner;
The second day of the first lunar month is usually the day when sons-in-law and daughters return to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. The feet, heads, claws and other parts of chicken, duck and fish left over from the New Year's Eve dinner can continue to be eaten on this day, indicating that the new year will have a beginning and an end.

In traditional customs, the second day of the first lunar month is generally called the beginning of the year. Some regions have special customs on this day. From this day on, people visit relatives and friends with gifts such as three kinds of animals, glutinous rice cakes, and fried dumplings. In the Shatian area of ​​Shaoguan, people kill chickens to start the new year, which means full of vitality. In terms of food customs, the lunch on the second day of the first lunar month is called the "New Year's Eve Dinner". There are various dishes, all of which have auspicious meanings. Chicken is indispensable, roast pork means "red skin and strong" (good health), fried rice means "showing off one's skills"; pork tongue means "big profit", and lettuce means "making money", garlic means being able to write and calculate, onion means cleverness, and leek means waiting for a long time. Qin means hard work.

What festival is on the second day of the first lunar month?

The second day of the first lunar month is also called the day of welcoming the son-in-law or the day of the dog.

On the second day of the first lunar month, married daughters bring their husbands and children back to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. When a daughter returns to her parents' home, she must bring a big bag of biscuits and candies, which her mother will distribute to neighbors and relatives, just like during the Chinese New Year. If there are multiple daughters in the family and they do not return on the same day, then the gifts will be shared one by one. The gifts are quite small, just four cookies. However, the affection it reflects is very strong, and it is truly "the gift is small but the sentiment is great", and it expresses the girl's deep longing for her fellow villagers.