Introduction: The second day of the first lunar month is also one of the important festivals of the Chinese New Year. So [what is the name of the meal eaten on the second day of the first lunar month and what are the customs on the second day of the first lunar month] follow the editor to find out. Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the first month of 2021. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the first month of the year, just go to Shuimoxiansheng.com.What is the meal eaten on the second day of the first lunar month called?The second day of the New Year is the New Year's Eve dinner. According to traditional Chinese customs, the first day of the New Year is a vegetarian day. The second day of the New Year is the first meal with fish and meat at the beginning of the new year. It is also a dish that symbolizes abundance every year to bring a good omen for the new year.(Note: It is not necessary for family members to eat together. The New Year's Eve dinner can also be shared with colleagues or friends at work.) Also, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, daughters (and sons-in-law) return to their parents' home to pay New Year's greetings. Generally, we must eat the things left over from New Year’s Eve, such as chicken. For the New Year’s Eve dinner, we must keep the head, wings, feet and tail, but we can eat them on the second day of the New Year. In addition, you need to cook more New Year’s Eve dinner and leave some for eating on the second day of the New Year. There must be bacon, sausage, fish and noodles. What are the customs on the second day of the first lunar month?Customs on the second day of the first lunar month: Return to the mother's home"Returning to the mother's home" is also called "returning home". In the old days, "a married girl is like spilled water", and people believed that a married daughter could not return to her parents' home on New Year's Eve and the first day of the New Year, as returning would bankrupt her parents' home. Only after the second day of the New Year could she return to her parents' home with her husband and children. The closest relationship among Chinese people is blood relationship. A son-in-law is "half the work of a son". As the saying goes, "a son-in-law is half a son". On the second day of the Lunar New Year, the son-in-law is in high spirits, dressed in new clothes, and brings generous gifts to visit his father-in-law and mother-in-law. It is the once-a-year opportunity for the "half son" to see his "real mother" and to express condolences to the "two elders". In some places, the new son-in-law is called a "jiaoke". The parents-in-law always treat the "distinguished guests" warmly when they come to pay New Year's greetings, and hope that the son-in-law will take good care of their daughter. The custom of returning to one's parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year provides married daughters with an opportunity to gather with sisters who have not seen each other for a long time to reminisce and talk about family matters. On this day, the old and the young reunite, and in the old days some families would choose this day to take a "family portrait" photo. Customs on the second day of the first lunar month: worshipping the God of Wealth <br /> In the north, worshipping the God of Wealth on the second day of the first lunar month, whether it is a commercial store or an ordinary family, activities to worship the God of Wealth are held on this day. Every family offers sacrifice to the God of Wealth welcomed on New Year's Eve. At noon on this day, people eat wontons, commonly known as "yuanbao soup". The sacrificial offerings were fish and mutton. The big businesses in old Beijing all held large-scale sacrificial activities on this day. The sacrifices had to be the "five major offerings", namely a whole pig, a whole sheep, a whole chicken, a whole duck, and a live red carp, in the hope of making a fortune. The meaning of the second day of the first lunar monthOn 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. |
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