Introduction: In our country’s tradition, many important festivals have a lot of etiquette. So why can’t we go back to our parents’ home on the Double Ninth Festival? Is it really a bad thing to go back to our parents’ home on the Double Ninth Festival? The ninth month of the lunar calendar this year is the Renxu month, which belongs to the Year of the Dog and the Na Yin element is Da Hai Shui. If you want to see more content about the ninth month of the lunar calendar in 2018, come to Mr. Shui Mo!Why can’t we go back to our parents’ home on Double Ninth Festival?Because in some places, there is a folk saying: "If you go home to celebrate Double Ninth Festival, your mother-in-law will die." In the Teng County area, daughters can come back home, but married girls within three years cannot return to their parents' home, especially on this day. Three years later, you can go back to your parents' home on the Double Ninth Festival every year, but you cannot go back on this day within the next three years. This is just a local custom.Is it really bad to go back to my parents’ home on Double Ninth Festival?It depends on the region. In some places it is taboo to go back to one's parents' home on the Double Ninth Festival, while in other places there is no such taboo. However, sometimes there is no way to adapt to local customs.If there is no such taboo, you can go back to your parents' home, help the elderly with work, and show your filial piety. The Double Ninth Festival is the Elderly Day. Going back to your parents’ home can provide comfort to your elderly parents. However, the custom in some places is that you cannot go back to your parents' home on Double Ninth Festival. On the Double Ninth Festival, it is taboo for a daughter who has been married for less than three years to return to her parents' home, otherwise it will bring disaster to her mother-in-law. It is said: If she goes home to celebrate Double Ninth Festival, her mother-in-law will die. What is Double Ninth Festival?The Double Ninth Festival, which falls on the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar every year, is a traditional Chinese festival. "Double Ninth Festival" is also called "Double Nine" because "nine" is defined as a yang number in the "Book of Changes". September 9th is the same as the previous day, and two nines are repeated, so it is called "Double Ninth Festival". The ancients believed that Double Ninth Festival was an auspicious day worthy of celebration. Celebrating the Double Ninth Festival generally includes traveling to enjoy the autumn scenery, climbing high places to have a distant view, admiring chrysanthemums, planting dogwood branches everywhere, eating Double Ninth Cakes, and drinking chrysanthemum wine.The Double Ninth Festival was formed as early as the Warring States Period. Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the atmosphere of the Double Ninth Festival has become increasingly strong and has been sung by literati and poets of all generations. In the Tang Dynasty, it was officially designated as a folk festival and has been passed down from dynasty to dynasty since then. On the Double Ninth Festival and the third day of March, families go out for spring outings together. On the Double Ninth Festival, all relatives have to climb high places together to avoid disasters. In 1989, September 9th of the lunar calendar was designated as Senior Citizens' Day, advocating that the whole society establish a culture of respecting, honoring, loving and helping the elderly. On May 20, 2006, the Double Ninth Festival was included in the first batch of national intangible cultural heritage list by the State Council. |
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