Is it better to go back to your mother's house on the second day or the third day?

There is no difference, just different customs in different places.

Many people think that New Year's Day is the day to return to their parents' home for the Spring Festival, but in some places it is the third day of the New Year's Day, and it is also called returning to their parents' home in northern China. This is a unique custom of Han nationality 18 years old. Every year, on the second day of the first month, the married daughters of Han compatriots all over China have to go back to their parents' homes, and their husbands have to go with them, so it is commonly known as "wedding day". Going home is a traditional custom of the Spring Festival. In most places, the time to go home is the second day of the first month. In Yantai, Laiwu, Liaocheng and other places in Shandong, I only returned to my family on the third and fourth days.

Regional differences determine the differences of customs and cultures. In most areas, it is believed that a married daughter can't go back to her parents' home on the first day of the first year, which will lead to poverty and can't go back to her parents' home until the second day of the first year.

The married daughter, on the second day of New Year's Day, went back to her parents' home with her husband and children to pay New Year's greetings. After meeting your parents, kowtow to your parents-in-law and other old people first. I believe everyone knows that although there are some unusual customs that we need to do during the Spring Festival, these customs are taboo and cannot be committed.

In most areas, I went back to my parents' house the next day.

On the second day of the first month, it is customary to return to parents' home in most areas of China. Folk believe that a married daughter can't go back to her mother's house on the first day of the first year, and she will be poor when she goes back to her mother's house. She can only go back to her mother's house on the second day of the second year. The married daughter, on the second day of New Year's Day, returned to her parents' home with her husband and children to pay New Year's greetings.

After seeing my parents at home, I kowtow to my parents-in-law and other old people to pay New Year greetings. Although the old people also humbly said "forget it, forget it" at this time, they were quite willing to accept this kowtow gift.