Can young girls go back to their parents’ home? What are the taboos on New Year’s Eve?

Can young girls go back to their parents’ home? What are the taboos on New Year’s Eve?
It is said that a daughter who is married off is like spilled water, so in some rural areas there are certain rules for women to return to their parents' home. So, if a woman wants to go back to her parents' home during the Little New Year, is that okay? Shuimoxiansheng.com has carefully compiled detailed information about the twelfth lunar month of 2018. If you want to know the auspicious and inauspicious days in the twelfth lunar month, just visit Shuimoxiansheng.com.

Can young girls go back to their parents’ home?

cannot. According to the traditional Chinese understanding of family formation, when a woman gets married, she immediately becomes a formal member of the man’s family. My former mother’s family has become just “relatives” to me. When a woman officially becomes a member of the man's family, it is impossible for her to be too casual when visiting her "relatives", let alone on the days when the family reunites on New Year's Eve or New Year's Eve. In feudal society, married women who often returned to their parents’ home would not only be scolded by their parents-in-law, but also by their own family members. You will also be gossiped about by people around you, saying that you are a traitor. Therefore, married women cannot return to their parents’ home during the Little New Year’s Eve.

Are there any other ways to celebrate the Little New Year by going back to one’s parents’ home?

1. According to superstitious beliefs, the deceased ancestors will return home from heaven at the end of the year (some say it is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, some say it is the 29th or 30th day) to receive offerings. According to superstitious beliefs, the deceased ancestors will return home from heaven at the end of the year (some say it is the 28th day of the twelfth lunar month, some say it is the 29th or 30th day) to receive offerings. 2. After enjoying the offerings, the ancestor will return to heaven on the first (or second) night of the new year, and the daughter can go home.

What are the taboos on New Year's Eve?

1. Avoid pounding garlic: In some areas, it is believed that if you crush garlic at home on this day, the family will become poor, so you should not crush garlic on this day. 2. Avoid pounding rice: The 24th is generally known as the "day of sending off the gods". On this day, the God of Wind will ascend to heaven. If you pound rice, there is a risk of knocking the God of Wind down, causing more wind disasters in the coming year. 3. Avoid slaughtering animals. According to legend, in some areas of Hubei, it is forbidden to slaughter animals on the Little New Year.

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