If a baby is pregnant for two months or a month, it will be done in 24 days. The tradition is that the eldest son and grandson will have a full moon wine and entertain relatives and friends to congratulate them. Also, in the past, girls usually sent cakes and boys sent oily rice. But now it's not certain!
Tradition is that after the baby is born, he will receive gifts or red envelopes from relatives and friends one after another, and then, when the next month is celebrated, he will send cakes or oily rice as a gift to these relatives and friends.
But in modern times, many people distribute cakes or fried rice to their relatives and friends on the occasion of the Mid-Moon Festival, and then relatives and friends wrap red envelopes or give gifts. The order becomes different. Everything I meet in the workplace is like sending a wedding invitation. I will receive fried rice or cake first, and then we will wrap red envelopes or give gifts, so I didn't know that the traditional order was the opposite! Until I heard what my father-in-law said, I thought it was the difference between urban and rural customs, but the traditional customs!
Later, it will be changed to send wedding invitations, mostly because of commercialization. The more you send, the more relevant manufacturers will earn!
Think about it, in fact, the traditional practice is not to care about whether it will suffer, but it is a good practice, so that you don't have to worry about who to send oil rice or cake to. It's rude if you don't send it, and it's rude if you send it but the other party doesn't want to receive it! I don't want to give people pressure, as if saying that you received my fried rice or cake, just like being bombed by a red bomb, which forced you to wrap a red envelope or give me a gift! I don't want people to feel like saying, strange. Do I know you well? Do you have friendship? Fried * * *? What a thick skin! Gifts are not willing to be given! Why should we covet that kind of resentful ceremony without sincere blessing?
Therefore, when our baby celebrates her second month, it should mean to see her in-laws and do whatever she wants. Personally, I don't have a problem with it, and it saves me the trouble, hehehe.
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In the traditional customs of China, it is an important event to have a baby at home, which means that the family has a lasting significance. During the period from the baby's birth to the first birthday, there are related folk rituals to celebrate the new members of the family, pray for the baby to grow up safely and happily, and pray for the baby to become a big official, make a fortune, have a smooth life and honor his ancestors.
Among the related folk etiquette, "Three Dynasties", "Drinking wine" and "Full Moon" are more important.
Folk etiquette-the ceremony of three dynasties
In traditional customs, the third day after a baby is born is called the Three Dynasties. Put sweet-scented osmanthus hearts, orange leaves, longan and small stones into water to boil, and then wash the baby's body. After washing, pat the baby gently on the chest with small stones three times, hoping that the baby will have good courage when he grows up and be as determined as a stone in the process of growth, and then put on new clothes. This is called "the ritual of three dynasties". After bathing, chicken wine and oil rice are prepared to worship ancestors and care for God.
Folk etiquette-reporting wine
On the day of the ceremony of the Three Dynasties or the twelfth day of the baby's birth, the producer should prepare oil rice and sesame oil chicken wine to worship the deities and ancestors, and burn incense and gold paper to pray for the blessing of the deities and ancestors, expecting the baby to grow up perfectly and smoothly. After the worship, it is called sending the oil rice and sesame oil chicken wine back to her mother's house with a thank-you basket to report the safe birth and share the joy of the baby's birth.
At this time, relatives and friends will also give gifts to congratulate the baby and give him more blessings for peace. The producers will make fried rice and sesame chicken wine in return on the 3rd, 6th, 12th, 24th and full moon.
Folk etiquette-the full moon is also called the moon.
When a baby is born for one month, it is called the full moon. The custom of celebrating the full moon is called "making a full moon" or "the joy of the next moon". Usually, the baby will be worshipped first or given a banquet, and at the same time, the baby's fetal hair will be shaved, wishing him a happy and happy life from the beginning. Some people expect the future child to be filial to his parents and choose to shave his hair on the 24th after birth.
On this day, you will cook rice with oil and chicken wine with sesame oil, and my husband will also send all kinds of gifts on this day, which is called "send the head and tail", generally called "send Geng". "Head and tail" refers to all the clothes that a baby needs to wear from head to toe, such as a full moon hat, baby shirt, bracelet, anklet, shoes and socks, quilt, chest ornaments, etc., plus bananas, red turtles, red peaches, candles and other items, so cooking oil rice and sesame chicken wine as a gift, in addition, some people will also prepare banquets to thank relatives and friends.
Folk etiquette-shaving your head
Shave the baby's fetal hair on the 24th or the full moon, and put several small stones in the water used for shaving. I hope the baby will always be healthy and strong as a hard stone! Put in a few pieces of copper coins, hoping that the baby will have endless financial resources and be rich and expensive for life. After shaving, the mother or grandmother will hold it outside the door, walk around the yard and knock on the ground with a bamboo pole, hoping that the baby will grow up safely, enjoy life!
References: 1 Joy of the Mid-Moon 2 On the Fertility Custom in Taiwan Province 3 Courtesy! ?