Going back to your parents' home on July 7th is not good for anyone.

In ancient times, if a daughter returned to her parents' home on July 7, it would mean that her embroidery skills were not well trained and would be laughed at in ancient times.

Others say that in some ancient festivals, such as the New Year's Eve Reunion Festival, if a daughter goes back to her mother's house, it means that she is driven back by her husband's family, which is certainly not a very glorious thing for the feudal and superstitious ancient woman's family. Therefore, going back to my parents' home on July 7 is not good for my family and my reputation, and it is easy to cause gossip.

However, in modern times, embroidery skills are not important. In addition, this society advocates equality between men and women, and many people don't care about the saying that they can't go back to their parents' home on any holiday. So you can go back to your mother's house on Tanabata, as long as your parents welcome you.

The taboo of Valentine's Day in China

1, marriage is forbidden

Tanabata was a taboo day among the people before the Han Dynasty. According to the date of death of "Marrying a Wife" recorded in the first-class bamboo slips of the Qin bamboo slips "Sleeping in a Tiger's Land", the bamboo slips are to the effect that Wu Shen's wedding of Petunia to Weaver failed.

If you marry a woman on such a day, the husband will abandon his wife after three years. It can be proved that the legend that Petunia and Weaver Girl failed to get married because of the barrier of Hehan at that time affected the folk life and formed the time taboo of marriage.

2, can't eat birds

Don't eat birds, including chickens and ducks with wings. You can guess this taboo, because July 7th is the day when the Cowherd and the Weaver Girl meet at the Magpie Bridge. Magpies are birds. Eating birds with wings on this day is also very unfavorable, which may make your future marriage unhappy and so on.

Couples should hold hands.

When playing by the lake, couples must hold hands. Of course, the ancients believed that men and women playing by the river on this day must hold hands, so that they would not be separated forever like the cowherd and the weaver girl, and they could avoid disaster.

The above contents should be combined with the actual situation for reference only.