On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the new daughter-in-law hides the lights. What does it mean to hide the lights?
During the New Year, because the days are very auspicious, many people get married at this time, and there are many taboos about marriage and the New Year, so if these two things are put together, there will be more Many taboos.On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, new daughter-in-laws have a custom of hiding lights.Let’s go and see what the specific saying is.
The origin of hidden lights on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month
Hiding lanterns is a unique custom on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, which has different customs in different places.Hiding the lights is actually because people have more restrictions on women’s behavior.In traditional folk customs, the views on women are also more harsh, so most folk customs will be derived from the woman’s side, and gradually become some traditional.If the new daughter-in-law wants to live with her aunt or aunt, she is not allowed to look at the lights of her husband’s house or her mother’s house.It is said that if you look at the lights of your mother-in-law’s house, your father will die; if you look at your mother’s lights, your father-in-law will die.There is also the custom of "hiding lights" in Henan.The folk sayings such as "the girl saw the lamp of her mother’s house, her mother’s family is so poor", "if you don’t hide the lamp on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, you will die the old man first" and other common sayings explain the taboo of hiding the lamp.Obviously, this is true.It is nonsense.
What does it mean to hide the lights
According to differences in regional culture, the understanding of hiding lights is not the same.At the very beginning, it was a Manchu custom to hide lamps.The married daughter-in-law was not allowed to live in her natal home.Later, it evolved into not being able to look at the lights of her natal home or her husband’s home.She had to hide in relatives’ homes.Later, this custom It also spread to the Han nationality.Now, this custom has evolved into a young couple coming out of the house and living outside, which is also a way that young people prefer.And this custom has a long history and has cultural awareness.
Traditional folk customs of hiding lights
From the perspective of our traditional customs, there are many specific procedures for new daughter-in-laws to hide lights on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month.The new daughter-in-law must go back to her mother’s house or to the neighbor’s house on the same day, commonly known as "hiding the lamp".Hiding lanterns is one of the customs of the Lantern Festival.In the first year when a new daughter-in-law is married, her natal family will hold a grand lantern-sending event for her family, commonly known as "chasing lanterns".The grand scale of chasing lights and the quality of lights depend on the degree of wealth.Wealthy people give a pair of glass palace lanterns, some with nanmu frame and cement grinding, some with pearls, jade and gemstones, and some ordinary ones.In addition to the main lamp, there is also a small lantern, commonly known as "yindeng", which means to guide the newlywed daughter-in-law to give birth to a son early;
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