Does "returning home" on Dragon Boat Festival mean going back to one's parents' home? What kind of gift should one give to one's parents' home on Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: The Dragon Boat Festival has many traditional customs. Does "returning home" on the Dragon Boat Festival mean going back to one's parents' home? What kind of gift should one give to one's parents' home on the Dragon Boat Festival? Midsummer is the time when pomegranate flowers are bright in May and fruits can be seen on the branches. If you want to know more about the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, please pay attention to Mr. Shui Mo's website!Does “returning home” during the Dragon Boat Festival mean going back 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. 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."The "Wan Shu Miscellaneous Notes" written by Shen Bang in the Ming Dynasty recorded: "On the Daughter's Day in May, people should wear a Dragon Boat Festival purse, mugwort and five poisonous spirit talismans. The custom in Wandi is to dress up the little girl and show her beauty to the utmost from the first to the fifth day of May (the fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival). Married daughters also returned to their parents' homes. Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Daughter's Day". What gift should I give to my parents when I go back to their hometown for Dragon Boat Festival?Dragon Boat Festival Gifts for My Mother’s Family: Hubei ProvinceIn Hubei region, there is a saying among the people that "Dragon Boat Festival is more important than New Year's Day, and girls return to their parents' homes." Therefore, the Dragon Boat Festival is even more grand than the Spring Festival. Not only do people buy new clothes and shoes for their parents , but they also prepare a variety of Dragon Boat Festival delicacies. An indispensable custom is to boil the duck eggs, peel them, and then cut them into different colors before returning to her parents' home. Dragon Boat Festival gifts for my parents: Guangdong People in Guangdong attach great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival. According to the old custom, people send gifts to the festival from the second to the fourth day of the fifth lunar month. Generally, when returning to one's parents' home, one must use six or four "full boxes" filled with rice dumplings, pork, raw chicken, eggs, fruits, wine, etc. to congratulate the elders . A new bride who has just gotten married must weave hanging bags and sachets with five-colored silk threads in advance and give them to her underage children at her parents' home. On the one hand, it reflects the new bride's virtue, and on the other hand, it reflects her craftsmanship, commonly known as "new bride's craftsmanship." Dragon Boat Festival Gifts for Returning to Parents' Home: Beijing Area In Beijing, daughters who have become nuns must dress themselves up beautifully when they return to their parents' home. When visiting relatives, they would tie colorful silk threads on their arms and wear red velvet flowers on their chests . The skillful daughters-in-law can also weave colorful rice dumplings . Some of the colorful rice dumplings contain Chinese herbal medicine, which has the meaning of blessing birthdays, preventing diseases, avoiding plagues and poisons, and hoping for good luck and beauty. They are given to parents to pray for blessings and longevity. Dragon Boat Festival Gifts for Returning to Mother's Home: Shaanxi Province On the morning of the Dragon Boat Festival in Shaanxi Province, people usually eat eggs, rice dumplings, fried cakes, and twisted dough sticks, and eat臊子面 at noon. Before a married daughter returns to her parents' home before the Dragon Boat Festival, skillful women in each household will sew various purses with colorful cloth and silk. The gifts sent back by her parents' home usually include summer clothes, fans, straw hats, etc., but the indispensable one is the flowered bellyband embroidered with a toad to bless the health of the children. Dragon Boat Festival gifts for my parents: Anhui Province In Anhui Province, in addition to preparing rice dumplings as festival gifts, people also give their parents chicken, fish, meat and wine . Parents of primary school students in rural areas are required to give teachers gifts such as rice dumplings and duck eggs to show their respect for them. When the son-in-law comes home for the holidays, the father-in-law will buy a straw hat and towel for his son-in-law, and a parasol for his daughter. The daughter and son-in-law who return to her parents' home will watch the folk performance - Zhong Kui Dance - together with their family on the Dragon Boat Festival. The dance symbolizes the elimination of the five poisons, removing harm and bringing blessings, peace in all seasons, and longevity. 2019 is the year of Tai Sui for those born in the Year of the Pig. How can we resolve the problem of offending Tai Sui and make 2019 smoother and safer? 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