The Tradition Of Visiting Your Family At Chinese New Year Was Inspired By Confucius’ Idea Of Filial Piety

The teachings of Confucius are consistent with Chinese customs and beliefs. Lunar New Year is an example. Chinese people travel to celebrate the Lunar New Year with friends and family every year, families reunite, look back to their roots, and look forward to a good new year together. This period is considered to be the largest migration on earth. This can be linked to "filial piety", one of Confucius' most important ideas.

With filial piety, he promoted strong ties in the family, respecting ancestors, respecting parents for their children, and respecting their wives, taking the family as the foundation for governance thought. Family is the cradle for the development of each individual. Being filial to the family is one of the criteria to judge whether a person is really good or not. He advocates the famous Golden Rule: "Do not do unto others what you do not want to be done to yourself"