The customs of the second day of the first month of the lunar calendar are:

1. Going back to the mother's home:

The most widely known traditional custom on this day is to "go back to the mother's home".

On this day, daughters returning home must carry some gifts and red envelopes to distribute to the children in their mother's home, and the number of gifts should be in even numbers. The son-in-law must also make elaborate preparations to go back to his mother's house to pay his respects.

In front of the mother's family, it is also considered a year-end assessment, the mother's family will be "difficult" son-in-law, figure a lively scene, behind this, reflecting the Chinese people's long-standing concept of the family family, the family will also choose to take a picture of the family on this day.

2, the God of Fortune:

North in the first two days of the first month of the God of Fortune, the day you have to eat wontons at noon, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup", sacrificial offerings with fish and mutton. Old Beijing's big business, in this day are held in the festival, offerings with "five big for", that is, the whole pig, the whole goat, the whole chicken, the whole duck, red live carp, etc., and hope that this year's big fortune.

3, eat New Year's dinner:

The second day of the first month of the year is called "New Year's", from this day onwards, people with three animals, patties, fried piles and other gifts, visiting friends and relatives, will also kill the chicken to start the New Year, to take the meaning of the full of life. In terms of food and drink, the second day of the first month of the midday meal called "New Year's dinner", a variety of dishes, all to take the auspicious meaning.

4, eat noodles:

Folk saying: the first dumplings, the second noodles. So the second day of the New Year to eat noodles, the second day of the noodle to pay attention to a lot, to use the first day of the dumplings to do, and this noodle shall be cold soup, that is, after the noodles are cooked with cold water soaked, known as cold soup. Nowadays, people usually make a marinade or fry some sauce to make noodles with marinade or fried sauce, but remember to soak them in cold water to preserve the custom of "the second day of the month".

5, food day day:

Daughters return home, must have a large bag of cookies, sweets, distributed by the mother of the neighbors, as in the New Year. If there are more than one daughter at home, and these daughters do not return on the same day, then, it is necessary to come to a share once, the gift is quite thin, four cookies only, but expresses the girl's thoughts on the townspeople.

If there are nephews in the family, when the aunt must again out of pocket, although in the first day of the year to give the new year's money has been sent, but this time the significance is different.