When I was a little child, my mother and I went back to my grandmother's home on the second day of Chinese New Year holidays. This is a Chinese custom: A married daughter must return to her mother's home. I like to visit my grandmother because I can see my relatives. We gather together to eat and chat. For me, this is the most happy time.
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【Family reunion】 (Taken from Google Graphics.) |
In ancient times, a woman married with a poor man. Her father died one day. Her mother was lonely, so her mother invited her and her husband to go back home on the Lunar New Year. Later, this activity becomes a tradition. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married daughter and her husband will visit her parents. She must bring gifts to their parents in order to express their filial piety. In the afternoon, parents will prepare a lunch for her daughter and her daughter’s husband. However, the daughter cannot eat the dinner at her parent’s home. Otherwise she will have bad luck and cannot have a child.
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【Returning to the bride’s natal home】 (Taken from Google Graphics.) |
This custom means that although a married daughter leaves her natal home, she cannot forget her parents. She must remember that her parents made a great effort to raise her.
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【On the way back to her mother's home】 (Taken from Google Graphics.) |
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