The way to eat cake on your birthday is to copy the western way of celebrating your birthday.
Nowadays, elderly people still like the traditional way of eating longevity noodles for their birthdays, and young people like to get a big cake to celebrate.
Let's talk about it separately:
1. The traditional way of eating noodles on birthdays in China:
Eat longevity noodles on your birthday, that is, noodles. Noodles mean "longevity", and there are many stresses on eating noodles!
As the saying goes, "life has three sides", that is, "washing three sides", "longevity noodles" and "connecting three sides".
Three days after the baby is born, there is a ceremony of washing three times. Eating three times wishes the baby "a long life";
Eating "longevity noodles" as usual on your birthday is called "picking longevity", which means "longevity is long";
The first sacrifice on the third day of a person's death is called "taking three sides", and entertaining guests with "taking three sides" shows that the feelings of mourning for the deceased are endless. In daily life, Beijingers prefer to eat noodles, and they have formed a fixed routine.