Beginning of the year 大年初二 - 开年

Today is the second day of cny also known as "beginning of the year" (开年). ; married daughters visited their birth parents, relatives and close friends. (Traditionally, married daughters didn't have the opportunity to visit their birth families frequently.)

According to legend, the cny eve and first day, is the god's rest time. Also according to Buddhists and traditionally we are not do any " killing" , the ancients to "clean" to greet the new year, to thank God; that's why we have our vegetarian dish on the first day.

＂开年＂是农历年的一个重要节日。据说除夕日和大年初一是神明的休息日，所以在初一这天佛教徒都不会杀生，餐桌上只以斋菜为主。

在这一天，已婚的女儿们也会回娘家看望自己的父母，亲戚和好友。因为在旧时代，人们认为＂嫁出去的女儿就如泼出去的水＂，所以她们一般不能在除夕或大年初一回家吃团圆饭。但是，现在已经男女平等，人们并不会十分较真的遵循这样的习俗。

On this day, as a Cantonese, after finished the offering to the gods, my family must have a auspicious new year first meal in the morning.

Offering to the Gods

因为是广东人，在开年这一天就要早起准备忌祖和开年饭。忙完一阵，又是开吃时间！

One of the must eat dish - fish (鱼）with meaning of "nian nian you yu"

Steam assorted wax meat with arrowheads slices
(腊肉蒸慈菇片）

Sweet & sour plum duck, cook with our homemade sour plum
(酸梅鸭）

After enjoyed with this wonderful meal, we have our yearly activity - playing lami 😄😄