Lunar New Year refers to the second day of the first lunar month. Sacrificing the god of wealth and returning to parents' home are very distinctive customs in China. On this day, China folk married daughters will go back to their parents' homes, and their husbands will go with them, so it is commonly known as "Wedding Day". Take a present when you go home. This is called holding hands or accompanying hands.
In Henan, in addition to the above-mentioned taboo of going back to your mother's house to watch lights on the fifteenth day of the first month, you should also avoid offering sacrifices to stoves and going back to your mother's house on the first day of the first month. Because women don't sacrifice stoves, they don't ask their daughters to go back to their parents' homes on the day of sacrifice. The first day of the first month is the beginning of a year, and the water spilled by the married daughter is married to her husband's family. On New Year's Day, it is naturally inconvenient for the whole family to get together and go back to their parents' home.
The fifteenth day of the first month is also the first full moon day of the year, fearing that the daughter-in-law will not be reunited with her family when she returns home. So it's usually the second day of the first month and the sixteenth day of the first month. In order to take care of the reunion and celebration of both parties to the marriage. Luyi county has a saying that "please come on the 16th of the first month and deliver it on the 2nd of February, and don't get sick".
Generally, after one month of marriage, in-laws can contact freely. When returning to China, the bride can stay with her parents. The number of days to stay is very particular. Some areas in Henan have the custom of staying for a few days. As the saying goes, "eight to eight, twenty cents" and "nine to nine, two ends". In other words, those who return to their parents' home on the eighth day of the eighth month can stay at their parents' home for eight days, and those who return to their parents' home on the ninth day can stay at their parents' home for nine days. In this way, the most time is to stay for one month.