Birthday for people over 66 years old, called 66 years old. It is a birthday custom for people in many parts of our country to celebrate their 66th birthday.

Such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other regions. Every parent's 66th birthday should be celebrated. The daughter who was married at that time should be the birthday of her father or mother. The pig leg should be cut into 66 small pieces, shaped like watercress, commonly known as "watercress meat".

Generally, 66 pieces of small fresh meat are braised in brown sauce, covered with a bowl of rice, put in a vegetable basket with a pair of chopsticks, covered with red cloth, and given to the owner of the birthday girl for tasting to show his birthday. Some people change flexibly according to Zhu Shou's taste, instead of braising in soy sauce, they use other cooking methods, but all of them must be 66 yuan.

Sixty-six pieces of meat symbolize the longevity of the old man. The old man who celebrated his birthday had a delicious meal in celebration and enjoyed the superficial joy.

Diet and supplies for birthday party:

1, Shoutao

This is the mascot commonly used in old birthday celebrations. It is both an offering and a gift. Useful fresh peaches are mostly made of flour. In myth, the Queen Mother celebrates her birthday, and Yaochi Litao will entertain all kinds of immortals, so all of them celebrate their birthdays with peaches. In the Shoutang case, Chen Fang's peaches are usually placed in parallel in one plate and three plates. Shoutao steamed with flour has a red mouth.

Step 2: Hand surface

(1) Shoumian is an essential mascot for China people's birthdays. It is both an offering and a gift. In terms of customs, people must eat noodles on their birthdays, which is called "choosing longevity". The longer the noodles used to celebrate birthdays, the better, which means "longevity". Hold it high when eating, which means "longevity".

(2) Generally, you must eat birthday noodles at this meal or birthday party at noon on the day of "birthday celebration". There is also a custom in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to distribute small bundles of noodles to villagers and neighbors when celebrating their birthdays. Noodles, a traditional food in China, are very long. Eating them every day can prolong life. Shoumian should be 3 feet long, and each bundle should have more than 100 pieces, which are coiled into a tower shape. Cover the flowers with red and green paper and prepare two copies for the birthday girl.

3. Shoujiu

(1) As the saying goes, "No wine, no table", especially for birthday parties. Because "wine" and "longevity" are homophonic, the wine at the birthday party is called Shoujiu, which means Geely's "longevity".

(2) In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian wrote a poem, "If you want to offer a birthday wine, there is cassia twig in the sky". Therefore, in the early years, the wine used for birthday banquets was generally osmanthus wine, which means that celebrating the birthday party with fairy wine can make the birthday party live forever. Old Beijingers often celebrate their birthdays with "shochu" and "yellow wine", which is called "golden wine and silver wine".

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