Customs on the second day of the first month of the lunar calendar include eating the New Year's Day meal, receiving the God of Fortune, eating noodles, and going back to one's mother's house. The first two days of the first month of the new year is called the "New Year's dinner", a variety of dishes, all of which are taken from the auspicious symbolism. The second day of the first month is the day when the God of Fortune descends, and every family should receive the God of Fortune. Stores, in particular, must receive the God of Wealth to bless them with prosperity. As the old saying goes, "Dumplings on the first day of the month and noodles on the second day of the month", the noodles should be made with the leftover noodles from the first day of the month when the dumplings are wrapped, and after the noodles are boiled, they should be "plucked" with cold water and then topped with fried sauce, which means "long, long, long, long! The meaning is "long-lasting". Folk say the second day for the "Aunt Festival" or "son-in-law day", is the married daughter back to her family's day.

1, back to the bride's home

"Back to the bride's home" is also known as "homecoming". On the second day of the Lunar New Year, daughters return to their mother's home, you must do a large bag of cookies, candies, distributed by the mother of the neighboring townspeople, as the New Year's scene. The gift is quite thin, but it reflects the sentiment is very strong, truly is "light gifts, heavy feelings", expressed the girl on the townspeople's keen thoughts. The girl returned home, if there is a nephew at home, when the aunt must again out of pocket, although in the first day of the new year's money has been sent, but this time the meaning is different.

This custom, the Chaoshan people called "eclipse day". As the name suggests, it's just a midday meal, and daughters must get back to their in-laws before dinner.

2, the God of Wealth

North in the second day of the first month of the God of Wealth, this day, whether it is a trade store, or ordinary families, will be held to worship the God of Wealth activities. Each family to the New Year's Eve to pick up the God of Fortune sacrifice. In fact, it is the incineration of the rough printed materials bought for the ritual. On this day, wontons are eaten at noon, commonly known as "Yuanbao soup". Fish and mutton were used as offerings. Old Beijing's big business firms, this day are large-scale sacrificial activities, offerings to be "five big for", that is, the whole pig, the whole sheep, the whole chicken, the whole duck, red live carp, etc., and hope that this year to make a fortune.

3, the first day of the dumplings on the second day of the noodle

Listening to friends in the north, the second day of the noodles made on the day must be used the day before to make dumplings the remaining noodles to do, which contains the meaning of "rich". At the same time in folklore, there is "dumplings out of the door noodles," the saying, and in the second day is to start going out to pay tribute to the New Year, married daughters have to go back to their families, since we have to go out to pay tribute to the New Year, that in the morning to do the noodles in the morning to be simple and quick, and secondly, is to eat pasta is also easy to digest, so that the long way to go will not be easy to digest and bloating and abdominal pain.

Taboo on the second day of the first month of the year:

1, welcome son-in-law day to go to the mother's home, husband when the same industry, back to the door can not be unarmed, and bring the mother's family gifts, be sure to be an even number, the odd number is unlucky.

2, the second day of the New Year is the birth of the god of water, so to avoid washing clothes.

3, women are not allowed to wear short pants and short shirts to worship.

4, worship God of Wealth taboo language.

5, so when there are visits to sell the God of Fortune statue, do not want to buy, only respond to the existing, avoiding that do not have to, in order to avoid ominous signs.

6, daytime can not nap, or the whole year will be very lazy, in which the moral is due to the New Year's period there are a lot of customers to the home to pay tribute to the New Year, if the nap to the words of the people is very rude.