When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017? Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?
Introduction: Time ticks by like water in the palm of your hand, disappearing in the blink of an eye. In the blink of an eye, the Dragon Boat Festival is here. The Dragon Boat Festival is not unfamiliar to us, but how much do you know about its customs? So when is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017? Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? Let’s follow the editor to find out. The Dragon Boat Festival is also known as the Dragon Boat Festival because of the custom of dragon boat racing during the Dragon Boat Festival since ancient times. The customs of the Dragon Boat Festival vary from place to place, and it contains profound Chinese traditional folk culture.When is the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017?2017 Dragon Boat Festival Date: May 30, 2017, the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, Tuesday. The Dragon Boat Festival falls on the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar every year. According to the "Jingchu Sui Shi Ji", because people climb high places in midsummer when the sun is in the sky, and May is midsummer, its first noon is the day for climbing high places in the sky, so the fifth day of May is also called the "Dragon Boat Festival." In addition, the Dragon Boat Festival is also called "Muri Festival, May Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Bathing Orchid Festival", etc. The Dragon Boat Festival is a traditional cultural festival popular in China and other countries in the Chinese cultural circle.Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival? Can I go back to my parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival?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 called Guining, which means returning 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". Although everyone is going back to their parents' home, the ways of doing so vary from place to place. Beijing: "Wan Shu Miscellaneous Notes" by Chen Bang of the Ming Dynasty recorded the customs of Beijing at that time: from the first to the fifth day of the fifth month of the lunar calendar, people dressed up their little girls to the utmost. Married daughters also return to their parents' home during this period. Suzhou: Women have to bring their children under one year old back to their parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival. This is called "hiding from the Wu", which means letting the children avoid the evil spirits of the Dragon Boat Festival. Hubei: There is a custom that mothers take their children to their grandmother’s house to “hide from the Dragon Boat Festival”. This is an important purpose for women to return to their parents' home, but of course the more important purpose is social interaction. 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. Chengdu: Women also take their children back to their parents’ home. Before leaving, she hung sachets on the children and took gifts from her husband's family with her. After having lunch at her parents’ home, she returns to her husband’s home, taking with her gifts from her parents’ home. In fact, she conducted a gift exchange between her husband's family and her own family. Wuhan: The old custom is to return to one’s parents’ home on the sixth day of May, which is one day later than other places. Shaanxi: Married daughters must return to their parents’ home during the Dragon Boat Festival. The gifts sent back from the mother's home can include summer clothes, fans, summer hats, etc., but the indispensable one is the flowery bellyband embroidered with a toad. Henan: In rural areas, there is a custom of visiting relatives during the Dragon Boat Festival. In Guangshan County and Xin County, a newly married daughter is accompanied by her son-in-law and brings gifts back to her parents' home. The mother's family hosted a banquet in honor of her. Before leaving, the bride's family will give her summer clothes, umbrellas, fans, straw hats and food. In other areas of Henan, there is also the custom of daughters returning to their parents' home during the Dragon Boat Festival, or mothers visiting their daughters. The food given to each other is also the food commonly eaten during the local Dragon Boat Festival, which is various fried foods. Including fried dough sticks, sugar cakes, "crow heads", Sanzi, hemp leaves, etc. Anhui: Before the Dragon Boat Festival, sons will give their parents chicken, fish, meat and wine. The son-in-law should also send holiday gifts to his parents-in-law to show his filial piety. In some places, the daughter's parents will take her home to celebrate the festival. Engaged girls are also taken to their in-laws' homes to celebrate the festival and are given gifts such as straw hats, umbrellas, towels, and fans. In western and southern Anhui, parents of rural primary school students give teachers gifts such as rice dumplings and duck eggs to show their respect for their teachers. In Langxi, girls visit relatives and married women return home to visit their parents. In Feixi County, people would bring their daughters and sons-in-law home to celebrate the festival on this day. The father-in-law would buy a straw hat and towel for his son-in-law and a parasol for his daughter. Rich families would also buy a new set of clothes for their daughters and sons-in-law. Summary: Through the above article, we know the specific time of the Dragon Boat Festival in 2017 and the customs of returning to one’s parents’ home in different places during the Dragon Boat Festival. I hope you will like it. I wish you all a wonderful Dragon Boat Festival holiday! |
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