There is an old saying in the countryside, "There is gold under one's knee". As a woman, is there gold under his knee? Yes, even more expensive than men! Therefore, there is an old saying in the countryside that "a prostitute's head is as expensive as gold", which shows that women's kowtowing ceremony is not affordable for everyone.
In the former countryside, all the married girls were waitresses and were very polite. People take great care of their parents, grandparents and elders, and kowtow to pay New Year greetings during the Spring Festival. People are used to it and won't feel anything wrong.
But after marriage, do you have to kowtow to the elders of the man's family to pay New Year greetings during the New Year? There is an old saying in the countryside that "a son-in-law is half a son", so as a daughter-in-law, it makes sense to say that "a daughter-in-law is half a daughter". Since she is a half-niece, it is not bad to kowtow to her parents-in-law and clan elders for the New Year after marriage.
Some people say that this is a bad habit of rural people and a local custom. Actually, it's not. It's just a traditional "filial piety culture". Why do some rural areas have the custom of kowtowing to pay New Year greetings, while others do not? There is an old saying in the countryside, "a hundred miles of different customs change rules." In some places, the traditional filial piety culture is relatively complete, while in others, it is simply forgotten and abandoned.
It is reported that in a rural area, hundreds of young people kowtow during the Spring Festival, all for the sake of greeting the clan elders in the village. Because the village is the same clan with hundreds of elders. Every time a village turns around, my knees are swollen and painful. But every year, someone still insists. This is called traditional filial piety culture, and it is also a century-old custom, not to say that it has been lost.
As a married woman, since she is married to her own family, she must "do as the Romans do". Although a little outdated, we should still respect the local folk customs. If you really can't adapt, you can hide outside and don't go back to your hometown in the countryside for the New Year.