There are many folk customs during the Spring Festival, and the eleventh day of the first month is a traditional folk festival during the Chinese Spring Festival - Son-in-law's Day.
On the second or third day of the Chinese New Year, the son-in-law and daughter will take gifts back to their mother's house to visit their parents. Chinese attaches importance to the exchange of courtesies, as a parent is no exception, father-in-law, mother-in-law should also show something, but father-in-law and mother-in-law are elders, can not go to the door to visit the New Year, so on the eleventh day of the first month of the "son-in-law day", they will feast on the son-in-law and daughter as a thank you.
Different from the return to the mother's home in the second and third grades of the first year, this day back to the mother's home does not need to bring a lot of gifts, in the past feudal society married out of the daughter can not easily return to the mother's home, "son-in-law day" is also for the ancient daughter married out can return to the mother's home, and find an "excuse" for the family reunion, so that she has the opportunity to have more contact with the mother's family and enhance the feelings between relatives.
1. Entertain the son-in-law
As the saying goes, "come and go without being rude", the eleventh day of the first month is the day of the son-in-law, according to the old tradition, the father-in-law and mother-in-law's family will invite the son-in-law and the daughter to come to dinner, as a thank you gift for the daughter and son-in-law to return to the door of the second year, and the brother or brother of the mother's family needs to be greeted in advance at the door to show the respect and importance of the mother-in-law's family to the son-in-law.
However, on this day, the mother's family's thanksgiving ceremony is more special, not to make a special table of food, but to use the food celebrated on the ninth day of the first month of the "Tiangong" birthday, that is, the food dedicated to the Jade Emperor, on the eleventh day of the first month, the remaining offerings have not been eaten, and they are used to entertain the daughter and son-in-law. Eating "leftovers" is not to look down on the son-in-law, but to celebrate the birthday of the Jade Emperor is not a dish that everyone is entitled to eat, "offering" is only for their own family to eat, to give the daughter and son-in-law to eat, it means that they are not taken as outsiders, but also means home and everything.
2. Worship the old age
After the tenth day of the first month of the first month, people's lives have basically entered the right track, and the taste of the new year is getting lighter and lighter, but according to traditional customs, the fifteenth lantern festival of the first month is still in the Spring Festival stage, and at the same time, in the traditional culture of the mainland, it is believed that "ten" is the meaning of harmony and perfection, and there is also the meaning of the cycle, so in the eleventh day represents a new beginning, so the eleventh day of the first month has the custom of worshiping the old age. On this day, the father-in-law and mother-in-law will invite the son-in-law to go home for dinner, and after the son-in-law sees the father-in-law and mother-in-law, he still has to say "Happy New Year", and the number of etiquette should not be forgotten. In addition to the father-in-law and mother-in-law, who had not been able to give other relatives and friends a New Year's greeting for various reasons, they should also take advantage of this day to give them a "new year".
3. Eat zygotes
In the traditional concept, "ten" is the meaning of perfection, and eleven is the meaning of the cycle of repetition, the eleventh day of the first month is a new beginning, and at the same time, on the day of the son-in-law, the son-in-law and daughter will also eat at the mother's house, in addition to eating the "leftovers" of the heavenly father-in-law, the mother-in-law will also burn some of the children, let the whole family eat, implying the future days and harmony, happiness and health.
4. Send lights
From the first day of the Chinese New Year to the fifteenth day of the first month, basically every day is a festival, and even two festivals on the same day, like the eleventh day of the first month is both the day of the son-in-law and the "day of the harvest". Shangcai Day is a small festival before the Lantern Festival, in the past, various celebrations of the Lantern Festival kicked off on this day, which can also be said to be the "opening ceremony" of the Lantern Festival. According to traditional customs, on the day of the Shangcai Festival, every household will light a lamp to celebrate, and the streets are brightly lit, which has the meaning of welcoming spring and blessing. As a grandfather and grandmother, I want to buy flower lanterns for my grandchildren and granddaughters, hoping that my children can thrive and be safe and happy.
There is also a saying that the uncle should send lamps to the nephew and niece, because the children of each family will carry lanterns to celebrate during the Lantern Festival, and the uncle's family will send lamps to the nephew or niece, "according to the uncle" harmonic sound "as usual", hoping that the affection between relatives can be as strong as before, and to maintain a long time. At the same time, it is also full of good wishes from the uncle to his nephew and niece, and hopes that the child will be prosperous, healthy and happy in the new year.
5. Please Zigu
Zigu is the name of a goddess in mainland mythology and legend, and in many parts of the continent there is a custom of worshipping Zigu on the eleventh day of the first lunar month. According to legend, Zigu was originally a concubine of a rich family, and her cleverness and wisdom were deeply loved by the officials, but she was jealous of the original wife, who killed her in the toilet, and Heaven took pity on Zigu and named her a toilet god.
In fact, people worship Zigu on the eleventh day of the first month, not because she is a toilet god, but because Zigu represents the oppressed women of ancient feudal society, and people hope that after she canonize the gods, she can protect weak women and no longer be bullied by various forces, so there is a custom of worshiping Zigu.
——Lao Jing said——
There are also some areas, on the eleventh day of the first month, there are customs of He Tianding and dancing cannons and dragons, no matter which custom is an old tradition that has lasted for thousands of years, is a symbol of mainland culture, is the crystallization of ritual culture, respect these old traditions, passed down from generation to generation, can also add some festive atmosphere to the gradually fading year. #这就是年味儿 #
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