Long Touzhang is called the king's staff, also called the dove's staff, because the top of the staff is a statue of a turtledove. The emperor gave the old man a pigeon stick. It is said that because pigeons are a kind of bird that won't choke to death, it may mean that they want the elderly to eat healthily and live a long and healthy life. So what privilege does this crutch represent?

As we all know, the birthday boy has a cane in his hand. According to the Book of Rites of Han Dynasty, during the reign of Emperor Han Ming, he presided over the ceremony of worshipping the birthday boy and arranged a special banquet. All the participants are old people, and all the nobles and civilians are eligible to be the guests of Emperor Han Ming as long as they are over 70 years old. After the banquet, the emperor also presented Gu Mi with wine and meat and a beautifully made walking stick.

Emperor Han Ming also gave privileges to the elderly, as evidenced by the scepter issued at the banquet. The king's staff, also known as the pigeon's staff, is named after the statue of turtledove bird on the top of the staff. 1958, two such pigeons were unearthed in the tomb of the Han Dynasty. The wooden stick at the lower part of the pigeon had long been carbonized, while the statue of turtledove at the head was still as bright as new after more than 1800 years because of the protection of paint film.

198 1 year, a number of bamboo slips of the Han Dynasty were discovered in Wuwei, Gansu Province, which recorded a number of criminal cases. The first one is about Wang Xingren, a civilian in Runan, who beat an old man with a stick and was later sentenced to beheading and abandoning the city. The second pile is about grass-roots officials at the township level in the Han Dynasty. Because an old man with a staff member is suspected of breaking the law and detaining the old man without authorization. Although he didn't hit anyone, he was sentenced to death and beheaded. In 32 BC, the imperial edict issued by Emperor Han Chengdi stipulated that elderly couples without children to support them could be allowed to run alcohol business, and all of them were tax-free.

However, after the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the walking stick of the birthday boy changed, and the king's turtledove walking stick was replaced by a mahogany walking stick, and its political and educational function gradually weakened. It is said that peach wood can get rid of diseases, strengthen the body and prolong life. The scepter, once a symbol of privilege, has now become a longevity mascot for the birthday boy to get rid of illness and strengthen his body. The Ming government ordered the cancellation of the national system of offering sacrifices to the birthday girl since Qin and Han Dynasties. The birthday girl completely lost her political color and strode into the folk world, becoming the most secular fairy in ancient China.