Most domestic residents visit relatives and friends in the morning and return in the afternoon. The main guests are mainly lunch, and a few return after dinner. In case of major festivals or reception of distinguished guests (new son-in-law), it is customary to hold banquets.
Second, holiday customs.
Spring Festival: The first day of the first lunar month is the Spring Festival, which is the most solemn traditional festival among the people.
Breaking the fifth day: the fifth day of the first month, collectively referred to as "breaking the fifth day." Before the traditional fifth day, women were not allowed to go out to visit relatives, sew with knives and rulers, and cook with uncooked rice or noodles. After this day, it is no longer taboo, so it is called "breaking five".
Lantern Festival: The fifteenth day of the first lunar month is the Lantern Festival, commonly known as "off-year" or "Lantern Festival". Eating Yuanxiao is popular among urban residents, and it symbolizes family reunion. In rural areas, people drink, eat jiaozi and enjoy family reunion. Among the traditional entertainment programs, "Dragon Lantern" and "Lion Dance" are the most exciting.
February 2: The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar, which is called Dragon Head Rise Day by the people, or "Qinglong Festival" and "Spring Dragon Festival".
Tomb-Sweeping Day: The day before in Tomb-Sweeping Day was the "Cold Food Festival". On this day in Tomb-Sweeping Day, in rural areas, every household inserts willow branches on both sides of doorframes, windows and beams in the early hours of the morning, which is called "willow branches". As the old saying goes, "A beautiful girl becomes a bright eye without willow branches in Qingming". Tomb-Sweeping Day is also a day to visit graves and worship ancestors, so people also call Tomb-Sweeping Day "Ghost Festival" and "Ghost Festival".
There are also Dragon Boat Festival, Summer Solstice Festival, Half Year, June 6th, Chinese Valentine's Day, Mid-Autumn Festival, Winter Solstice Festival, Laba Festival, Magnetic Stove Festival and so on.
Third, etiquette and customs.
marry
Engagement: There are many free lovers in urban and rural areas, but most of them still need matchmakers to make up. Then set the engagement date and ceremony. On the day of engagement, the man brought a large sum of money and gifts to the woman's house, and the woman's house hosted a banquet to entertain the guests, which was called "engagement". The elders of the male family gave a "meeting gift".
Congratulations: before getting married, give a wedding gift to the woman who is going to get married, which is called "boxed" or "boxed" The man prepared a banquet to celebrate the day before his wedding.
Wedding Ceremony: At the appointed time, the man will drive to the woman's house to get married. China also has the custom of robbing marriage. That is, if there are more than one married person in the same village at the same time, it is considered that whoever takes the lead will be lucky. So the time to get married is mostly before dawn.
Stay in Japan to see in-laws: On the third day after marriage, the bride goes back to her parents' home for two days and says "stay in Japan", or the daughter sends a post to pick up her daughter and invite her son-in-law. The bride and groom go to Yue's home together, which is called "returning home" or "recognizing relatives" (commonly known as "receiving for three days"). The woman's family hosted a banquet for her son-in-law, commonly known as "inviting her son-in-law".