Visiting Relatives

Jack

April 24, 2025

One of the Chinese traditions of the traditional Chinese New Year is to “visit relatives”.

On the second day of the new year, people start visiting relatives, and on this day, they are supposed to visit their maternal grandparents.

Uncles and aunts are the relatives that we need to visit. Some people have many relatives, so they can visit relatives until the fifteenth of the new year, which is also the last day for visiting relatives.

When people visit their relatives, they are supposed to bring gifts to show their respects. They often take a bamboo basket. Inside the basket, there are gifts such as steamed buns, pastries, fried food and fruit cans, covered with a colorful towel.

The relatives in the countryside are not far from each other. They usually visit each other by bike if they have one. If they don’t, they just visit on foot.

The relatives being visited are supposed to treat the visitors to a lunch with many good dishes, as well as Chinese liquor. So it is common to see drunk people lying on the ground along the roadside while they go back home.

All the above things are what I remember in the past. I do believe that visiting relatives during the traditional Chinese New Year is still a must - do activity nowadays, but I just don’t know what has changed in the activity.

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Rex

Visiting Relatives

One of the Chinese traditions of the traditional Chinese New Year is to “visit relatives”.

On the second day of the new year, people start visiting relatives, and on this day, they are supposed to visit their maternal grandparents.

Uncles and aunts are the relatives that we need to visit.

In this sentence, are you saying that uncles and aunts are the relatives that your family in particular needs to visit during this time? It isn’t very clear “who” or “when” people visit their uncles and aunts.

Some people have many relatives, so they can visit relatives until the fifteenth of the new year, ~~which is also~~ the last day for visiting relatives.

When people visit their relatives, they are supposed to bring gifts to show their respects.

They often take a bamboo basket.

Inside the basket, there are gifts such as steamed buns, pastries, fried food and fruit cans, covered with a colorful towel.

~~The r~~Relatives in the countryside are usually not far from each other.

I think you’re making a general statement about “relatives in the countryside” in this sentence, so I would state it like this, with no definite article.

They usually visit each other by bike if they have one.

If they don’t, they just visit on foot.

The relatives being visited are supposed to treat the visitors to a lunch with many good dishes, as well as Chinese liquor.

~~So i~~It is common to see drunk people lying on the ground along the roadside wh~~ile they go back~~en returning home.

It’s better to not begin a sentence with “so.” I wasn’t sure who “they” referred to in this sentence (the drunk people, or the people who visited their relatives and are now returning home?) I suspected it was the latter, with you talking about the general experience of visiting relatives and a common sight one might see upon returning home. That’s why I phrased it this way.

All the above things are what I remember in the past.

I do believe that visiting relatives during the traditional Chinese New Year is still a must - -do activity nowadays, but I just don’t know what has changed in the activity.

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Very well done! I enjoy reading about your recollections of cultural events in China!

Jack

April 24, 2025

According to Chinese tradition, people should visit their elders. For example, I should visit my father’s sisters, my mother’s parents, brothers and sisters. So should my mother and father. Peers don’t need to visit each other because they are peers. Why don’t people need to visit their grandparents and their father’s brothers? Because they live in the same village and are considered the same family. They see each other often and they can show their respect to their elders at any time.

Yes, when visitors return home, they can see some other visitors lying on the ground because they are drunk.

Thank you very much for correcting my articles.

shadowfax26

Visiting Relatives

One of the Chinese traditions of the traditional Chinese New Year is to “visit relatives”.

On the second day of the new year, people start visiting relatives, and on this day, they are supposed to visit their maternal grandparents.

Uncles and aunts are the relatives that we need to visit.

Some people have many relatives, so they can visit relatives until the fifteenth of the new year, which is also the last day for visiting relatives.

When people visit their relatives, they are supposed to bring gifts to show their respects.

They often take a bamboo basket.

Inside the basket, there are gifts such as steamed buns, pastries, fried food and fruit cans, covered with a colorful towel.

The relatives in the countryside are not far from each other.

They usually visit each other by bike if they have one.

If they don’t, they just ~~visit on~~go by foot.

The relatives being visited are supposed to treat the visitors to a lunch with many good dishes, as well as Chinese liquor.

So it is common to see drunk people lying on the ground along the roadside while they go back home.

All the above things are what I remember in the past.

I do believe that visiting relatives during the traditional Chinese New Year is still a must - do activity nowadays, but I just don’t know what has changed in the activity.

Visiting Relatives