Not being able to celebrate the New Year at your parents’ home is a feudal superstition and has no scientific basis. This view mainly stems from the traditional concept of married daughters in ancient times. It is believed that a married daughter is difficult to accept and is no longer a member of the family. Returning to her natal family for the New Year will violate Feng Shui taboos and bring bad influence to her natal family. There are three specific theories:
1. Violating the Feng Shui taboo of having to pay back the family: If a married daughter returns to her natal family to celebrate the New Year, it is considered that she has violated the Feng Shui taboo of returning to the family and will make her family poor. This statement obviously has no scientific basis, and modern society is no longer bound by this concept.
2. Influence the natal family to respect ghosts and gods: During the Chinese New Year, every family needs to respect ghosts and gods. If a woman goes back to her parents' home to celebrate the New Year, it will also have a bad impact when she worships ghosts and gods. Because the married woman is already a member of another family, and when worshiping ghosts and gods, the natal family worships the ghosts and gods of their own family, which has nothing to do with the woman. This situation will generally affect the entire family of the natal family throughout the year. bad luck, so avoid it.
3. The husband’s family is left without anyone: In ancient times, when a married daughter wanted to return to her natal family, she could not go home alone. If you go home alone, you will be considered to be despised and unloved in your husband's house. Therefore, ancient women usually went home with their husbands. However, if a couple returns to their parents' home on New Year's Eve, the husband's parents will be left unaccompanied. This was a very rebellious practice in ancient times. Therefore, traditional customs have been passed down to this day, and many women will not take their husbands back to their parents' homes on New Year's Eve. With the development of the times and changes in society, people's concepts should also be appropriately adjusted. In modern society, many families no longer follow these feudal superstitions. After their daughters get married, they can still celebrate the New Year in their natal family.