On the second day of the first lunar month, a married daughter will return to her parents’ home, and her husband will accompany her, so it is commonly known as [Sister-in-law Welcoming Day]. When you go home, you should bring gifts, which are called [bringing hands] or [accompanying hands] ★The second day of the Lunar New Year On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married daughters will take their husbands and children back to their parents' homes to pay New Year greetings. On this day, the daughter who returns to her natal family must bring some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to the children of her natal family, and have lunch at her natal family. Not only that, in the past, families would also choose this day to take a family photo. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, children would carry carp lanterns to ask for good wishes. The first day of the Lunar New Year is the beginning of the fourth year. People regard early morning as the most important thing, as they will achieve something early and take the lead in everything. After people get up early, they set off firecrackers early, open the door of good fortune early, welcome the God of Wealth and Joy early, and go out early to pray for the New Year. After the "fourth day" day, people no longer pay attention to the word "morning", so there is a saying that "the fifth watch is on the first day of the new year, and the sun is red on the second day of the new year". The custom of returning to one's parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year provides an opportunity for sisters to gather together and allow sisters who have not seen each other for a long time to reminisce about old times and talk about family matters. Edit this paragraph The second day of the Lunar New Year On the second day of the Lunar New Year, married daughters will take their husbands and children back to their parents’ homes to pay New Year greetings. On this day, the daughter who returns to her natal family must bring some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to the children of her natal family, and have lunch at her natal family. Not only that, in the past, families would also choose this day to take a family photo. On the second day of the Lunar New Year, children would carry carp lanterns to ask for good wishes. The first day of the Lunar New Year is the beginning of the fourth year. People regard early morning as the most important thing, as they will achieve something early and take the lead in everything. After people get up early, they set off firecrackers early, open the door of good fortune early, welcome the God of Wealth and Joy early, and go out early to pray for the New Year. After the "fourth day" day, people no longer pay attention to the word "morning", so there is a saying that "the fifth watch is on the first day of the new year, and the sun is red on the second day of the new year". The custom of returning to one's parents' home on the second day of the Lunar New Year provides an opportunity for sisters to gather together and allow sisters who have not seen each other for a long time to reminisce about old times and talk about family matters. Edit this paragraph Overview of the second grade of junior high school in Fu'an On the second day of the lunar new year, according to the folk customs in Fu'an, you basically don't go to the homes of relatives and friends. If you must go, you must check in on the first day of the first grade before going the next day. Many friends from other places don’t know this folk custom. If you take the liberty to go to a friend’s house in Fu’an on the second day of the Lunar New Year, although you won’t be rejected, the host’s face will lack the enthusiasm for the New Year and the hospitable nature of Fu’an people, which will always make you feel uncomfortable. Foreign friends find it strange (among the six counties, two cities and two districts in eastern Fujian, only Fu'an is like this, and it has never been heard of in other places across the country). However, this folk custom has existed for four to five hundred years! The folk custom of "Don't go shopping on the second day of the new year" is said to have been passed down from the late Ming Dynasty, and it is actually related to the Japanese invaders! Legend The complete legend in my memory is: During the Ming Dynasty, Japanese pirates caused chaos and repeatedly violated the borders of Fujian and Zhejiang, so there are allusions to Qi Jiguang's fight against the Japanese. One New Year's Eve, Japanese pirates took advantage of the people in Fu'an City Gate to celebrate the New Year and neglected to take precautions. They cooperated inside and outside and invaded the city. They massacred and caused heavy casualties. Most of the families in the city were killed. Because the next day is the first day of the Lunar New Year, according to the custom, it should be a lively New Year celebration, but there is a death in the family and there is a funeral. What should we do? Everyone makes an appointment to put aside the funeral the next day (the first day of the Lunar New Year). Wait until the second day of the new year (that is, the second day of the Lunar New Year) to hold the funeral. So on the first day of the Lunar New Year, everyone went to the homes of relatives and friends as usual to pay New Year greetings. The next day (the second day of the Lunar New Year), they held funerals behind closed doors. Those who did not have funerals at home did not go out to avoid collisions. Three days later, on the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the body was collected, the rituals were completed, and then it was buried on the mountain. Therefore, the custom of people in Fu'an not visiting each other's houses to pay New Year greetings on the second and fifth day of the Lunar New Year was formed and strictly followed. Some cultural and historical materials simply state that "Fu'an's Second Day" is the only folk commemoration day of the Japanese invaders' invasion of China so far in the country. Its appearance is only a description of "no visits to each other". It is too simple. Dear comrades and foreigners, Friends still know very little. Customs In fact, in Fu'an, on the second day of the Lunar New Year, in addition to relatives and friends not visiting each other's houses, there are also some customs: first, every household does not set off firecrackers; second, no incense is lit; third, no ritual music is played; fourth, Businesses are closing down...and so on. Anyway, all the etiquette similar to the ancient "national mourning" are fully reflected on the second day of the Lunar New Year in Fu'an every year.
Moreover, after more than 400 years of interpretation, it can be found in various Tongshu (various versions of Tongshu can also be bought on the streets of Fu'an, most of which are written by Mr. Feng Shui and Yin Yang from other places), and in most of the first month's books. The days are the same, although the second day of the Lunar New Year is a good day, "good for doing everything". However, people in Fu'an turn a blind eye and regard the second day of the Lunar New Year as the first-class anniversary of death. "Everything is not appropriate." Not only are happy and important events not related to this day, but also on this day, every household stays behind closed doors. Therefore, friends from other places will be very surprised if they go to a friend’s house in Fu’an to celebrate the New Year: from New Year’s Eve to the first day of the Lunar New Year, Fu’an, like all over the country, puts up Spring Festival couplets, performs dragon and lion dances, lights up lanterns, sets off firecrackers, and has a big banquet Relatives and friends, but on the second day of the Lunar New Year, the whole city was silent, like another world (it would be even quieter if it was a rainy, snowy and cold day like this year). Friends from out of town will definitely think that the time of the whole city seems to have stopped on the night of the first day of the Lunar New Year, because when I got up early on the second day of the Lunar New Year, I didn’t hear the usual sound of firecrackers, and yesterday’s hustle and bustle seemed to have disappeared without a trace. Every household stayed at home watching TV and playing mahjong, rarely going out. Anyway, when they went out, the streets were deserted, but the temples and monasteries became much livelier because of this. After all, some people couldn't bear the loneliness at home and went to the temples to eat. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the whole city returned to the atmosphere of the first Lunar New Year. As usual, there were firecrackers and banquets (Fu'an people usually hold birthday banquets on the third and sixth days of the Lunar New Year). The streets were once again bustling with people and new models. The trendy group of cars... "Fu'an County Chronicles" Based on the limited literary and historical data on hand, but let's summarize: "Fu'an County Chronicles" (depressing! At present, the earliest existing version of "Fu'an County Chronicles" Offsetting the base numbers of normal population deaths and births, the population of the former two is just over 3,000 more than the latter! In addition to the impact of plagues and disasters, the development of all nations in the world is on an upward trend. In the nearly 200 years from Hongwu to Jiajing, Fu'an had good weather and did not encounter major plagues or natural disasters. The population should have been The population continues to increase unabated, but nearly 200 years later, the population has plummeted by 3,000. This can only be a military disaster! It can only be caused by Japanese disaster! This proves that during the Japanese disaster in the 38th year of Jiajing period, the exact number of people in Fu'an Chengguan massacred by the Japanese pirates was 3,000. 3,000 people, what is this concept? In the county town, which has only about 25,000 people in the city, 3,000 people died! From the total number exceeding one-tenth, the number of households involved should be between one-third and one-half! What a disaster! The heavy damage caused to the people The invasion of Japanese pirates not only destroyed the property and body of the people of Fu'an, but also caused heavy damage to the people of Fu'an mentally. According to the record of "Rebuilding the County City": "The people in the ruins of the city have also dispersed... The city has not been repaired, and the old family members are still awe-inspiring and dare not live peacefully." After this disaster and the collapse of the city wall, few people dared to stay in the city. Living in the city, the Japanese pirates will cause great harm. Until this year, "in the eleventh month of winter, Lu Zhongdian (who was then transferred to Fu'an County) was transferred here. He could really treat his people as sons, and the people also regarded him as their parents. The people who were repatriated brought their wives to live in the city." Of course, the people of Fu'an, who have always been upright and brave, did not just retreat and tolerate the vicious Japanese pirates, but fought back and drove the Japanese pirates into the sea. The records in the seventh volume of "Fu'an County Chronicles" provide strong circumstantial evidence of the Japanese invasion and mass killings as well as the heroic resistance of the people of Fu'an to the enemy: Excerpts 1 and 2 from the "Personal Chronicles" of Volume 7 of "Fu'an County Chronicles": Guo Dake The character is gradually a deer fighting a man. Itching. He is liberal and generous, he is willing to donate money and help others, and he has always done righteous deeds. Those who are grievances among the villagers are ashamed to ask for help. In the late 38th year of Jiajing's reign (the 38th year of Jiajing's reign), Japanese pirates invaded the city. They donated money to recruit poisonous archers. When the city fell, the thieves who resisted were killed. Zhan Hao was born in Dewu, Linsheng. The city fell, but Jie Ran was not deterred. The thieves tied the door with words, beat and cursed with fists, and cut him to death. Chen Dawei, named Mingfen, was born in Shanghang. During the Japanese rebellion, Xie's mother went out of the city. The thieves wanted to kill her, so she covered herself with her body and injured her left arm. The thieves fell into the ditch, but the mother was able to escape. In addition to filial piety and chastity, the seventh volume of the Chronicles of Fu'an County contains many stories about women who committed suicide or were killed during the Japanese invasion (how similar this is to the Nanjing Massacre!). Here are excerpts of one or two: Zhao family is from Jitou. The student's wife, Chen Shi, is twenty-seven years old. When the Japanese entered the city, they could not escape, and their righteousness was not stained. They took their two sons to the fire and died. When the thieves left, the remains of their mother and son were still found in the ashes. Yang Zhouniang was born in the twenty-eighth capital. Ruan Chengzu's wife. When Japanese invaders invade, men go to the city to defend themselves, while women collect hairpins as a means of escaping. Zhou Niang had a one-sleeved razor, and her sister-in-law laughed and said, "Why do you want to take this thing?" Zhou Niang said, "This thing must be useful." When the city fell, she committed suicide with the knife. Liu Jinniang is from Su Yang. Student Chen Jiusi’s wife. Li is a foreigner. Guo Shouyuan's wife. Guo Li's ten wives were of a certain surname. The above three wives were all in their prime years. The Japanese trapped him and claimed that he was captured. He resisted and scolded him, and was killed by the thieves. Guo's wife is Chen Guozhi, a native of Dongmen. The widow had no time to guard, and the Japanese were able to clean themselves uprightly. They untied their belts and died in a tree.