Can a woman who got married on the Dragon Boat Festival go back to her parents’ home? What are the traditions of the Dragon Boat Festival?
Can a married woman return to her parents' home to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival? Different regions have different customs. So what is the saying about returning to one's parents' home on the Dragon Boat Festival ? The "Book of Songs" records "The cicadas sing in May". Cicadas are the chirping cicadas. In the fifth month of the lunar calendar, summer cicadas sing, so it is called "Singing Cicadas". If you want to know about the auspiciousness and inauspiciousness of the fifth month of the lunar calendar in 2019, come and have a look at Mr. Shui Mo.Can a woman who got married during the Dragon Boat Festival go back to her parents’ home?The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the "Daughters' Day". "Wanshu Miscellaneous Notes" written by Shen Bang in the Ming Dynasty recorded: "Daughter's Day in May, people should tie a Dragon Boat Festival purse, wear mugwort and five poisonous spirits. The custom in Wan is to dress up little girls from the first to the fifth day of May (the fifth day of May is the Dragon Boat Festival), and try their best to show their beauty. Married daughters also return to their parents' homes. That's why it is called the Daughter's Day."The custom of returning to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival was not only established in the Ming Dynasty. From the Tang Dynasty to the end of the Qing Dynasty, married daughters had to "return home" on the Dragon Boat Festival, that is, go back to their parents' home. Moreover, when the wife returned to her parents' home, the husband had to go to greet her on the sixth day of May. He could not go empty-handed but had to bring gifts for his father-in-law and mother-in-law. Therefore, it is possible to go back to your parents' home to celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival, which is itself one of the ancient customs. The customs of returning to one's parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival in various places:Guangzhou people attach great importance to the Dragon Boat Festival. According to the old custom, people send off their loved ones during the second to fourth day of the fifth lunar month. Young "new brides" (daughters-in-law) use "full boxes" of six or four, filled with rice dumplings, pork, raw chicken, eggs, fruits, wine, etc. to return to their parents' home to congratulate their elders on the festival; girls and children hang sachets, which are woven with five-color silk threads and are generally given by the new brides. On the one hand, they reflect the new bride's virtue, and on the other hand, they reflect her craftsmanship, commonly known as "new bride's craftsmanship."The sachet contains sandalwood, star anise, pepper, and huanghuang, etc. After lunch, every family puts up a "noon talisman". The talisman is made of a strip of yellow paper about an inch wide and nearly a foot long, on which is written in cinnabar the words "Write at noon on May 5th, and all legal troubles, verbal disputes, diseases, snakes, insects, rats and ants will be eliminated." Hang calamus, phoenix tail, mugwort, etc. on the door, and tie a bunch of garlic and apply cinnabar to ward off evil spirits. Some families also post a small couplet written on yellow paper on the door: "Mugwort flags welcome a hundred blessings, cattail swords cut off a thousand evil spirits." At noon, people worship the family gods with fruits and rice dumplings, and burn mugwort to fumigate the corners of the house, which is said to "drive away mosquitoes and evil spirits." Mix cinnabar with realgar wine and put a red dot on the child's forehead, chest, and palm to ward off evil. In Zigui, Hubei, there is a saying among the people that "The Dragon Boat Festival is more important than the Spring Festival, and girls return to their parents' homes." The Dragon Boat Festival is even more grand than the Spring Festival. Married women have to bring their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay homage to their parents. They may walk, ride in sedan chairs, ride on horses, or take boats back to their parents' home to reunite with their family members and celebrate the Dragon Boat Festival. The daughter's parents have to prepare food and wine and invite friends and relatives to spend a happy day together. In old Beijing, married women would return to their parents’ home to visit during the Dragon Boat Festival. When they did so, they would tie colorful silk threads on their arms and wear red velvet flowers on their chests. Skillful wives can also weave colorful rice dumplings (the inner shell is made of cardboard, usually about 2 cm in size, and the outside is wrapped with colorful silk threads and connected into a string) and wear them on their bodies to pray for blessings and longevity. What is the saying about Dragon Boat Festival?1. During the Dragon Boat Festival, poisonous gases can hurt people, so people need to plant mugwort, hang calamus, drink realgar wine, etc. to drive away poison and avoid evil spirits.2. The Dragon Boat Festival is a day to express sadness, so people need to go on an outing with friends or reunite with family to regulate their physical and mental health. 3. The evil and poisonous substances on Dragon Boat Festival can harm the body, so sexual intercourse is strictly prohibited. For women, returning home to visit their parents is the best way to avoid disasters. As the saying goes, "A good fate is not as good as good luck." 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