Interestingly enough, even though pregnancy is traditionally viewed as a "joyous event" and a large family is considered a happy blessing, childbirth itself is taboo and women in confinement are subject to numerous restrictions and prohibitions.
有趣的是，傳統習俗雖然視懷孕為「有喜」，也認為多子多孫多福氣，但偏又對「生產」一事忌諱甚深，因此對產婦的種種「禁忌」，也就形成坐月子習俗的另一面貌了。