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What does Mother's Day mean?

Mothering Day means: "The day when married women return to their parents' homes." Traditional wedding customs have a whole set of processes, from the initial three six gifts to the mothering after the wedding. Simply put, mothering is also called Huimen.

Mothering relatives is actually a noun in the old yellow calendar. Generally speaking, after their wedding, the bride and groom return to their parents' home for the first time, which is called "mothering". The word "mothering" comes from homophonic, and girls are generally called daughters. Daughter's name is homophonic with "provincial relatives" in Jiaodong dialect, so the word "provincial relatives" came into being.

According to the custom of marriage in China, after three days of marriage, the bride and groom should go back to their parents' home together, which is also called "going back to their parents' home". This is an indispensable etiquette. The bride's old man attaches great importance to returning home in three days, and the groom should make ideological and ceremonial preparations in advance to leave a pleasant impression on his parents-in-law.