Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? Do I have to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? Do I have to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?
The Dragon Boat Festival, also known as the Duanyang Festival, the Double Fifth Festival, the Mid-day Festival, the Dragon Boat Festival, the Zhengyang Festival, the Orchid Bathing Festival, the Tianzhong Festival, etc. Can I go back to my parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival? Do I have to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? The earthly branch of the fifth month in the lunar calendar is Wu, which represents Yang Fire, so it is also called the Wu month. The fifth month in the lunar calendar is the time when summer insects chirp and midsummer is fragrant. For more information on the do’s and don’ts of the fifth month in the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo’s website!

Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?

In ancient times, after a daughter got married, she would live in her husband's home for a long time and rarely saw her parents. From the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, there was a custom of returning to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival, commonly known as "Returning to the Parents' Home." In many places in our country, people believe that one should return to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. One of the customs of the Dragon Boat Festival is to return to one’s parents’ home. In ancient times, after a daughter got married, she would live in her husband's home for a long time and rarely saw her parents. The Dragon Boat Festival is her chance to go home and visit her parents. So people also call the Dragon Boat Festival "Daughters' Day".

Do I have to go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?

Nowadays, the festive atmosphere in various places is not as particular as before, and there is no strict rule on whether to go back to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. A married daughter who is going home does not need to follow the old custom and prepare too many things, as long as she shows her thoughtfulness. In some places, it is not allowed to go back to your mother's home during the Dragon Boat Festival. In Shandong area, there is a saying that you cannot go back to your parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival, and you are not allowed to see lanterns on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month and you must "hide from lanterns." Because in Shandong there has always been a horrifying proverb circulating among the people: "If you eat the Dragon Boat Festival rice dumplings from your mother's home, the whole family will die without a single member left."
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