Dietary etiquette of birthday congratulations
Birthday is an important part of life etiquette.
In terms of diet, it's good to eat Daoxiao Noodles on your 10th and 20th birthdays.
Birthday banquet process
Eggs, tea and longevity noodles are served first.
In many places, the whole village and family will be invited to eat sushi noodles, and those that have not arrived will also be delivered to the door.
When eating birthday wine, the birthday girl usually doesn't sit in the main hall, but finds several elderly people of similar age to accompany her and opens another seat in the back room.
The more vegetables, the better, and the more longevity.
After the birthday party, Shou Weng himself, or on behalf of his children and grandchildren, paid a courtesy visit to his senior relatives. Worship? . Rich people also invite the troupe to sit in the shed and sing at night (no makeup, no performance, no stage). But with drum music. Most of them sing festive operas, such as "Playing Golden Branches" and "Nine Tin Palace".
Birthday greetings from all over the country
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.
For example, Shanghai Mongolian birthday banquet area, Jiangban, 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.
Seventy-three and eighty-four years old are the common sayings of life and death, as the saying goes: Seventy-three, eighty-four, Yan didn't ask himself to go. ? At this age, the elderly and children are nervous, and they usually take extra care of the elderly. On birthdays, there is a special way to break the law, that is, children buy live carp for the elderly as birthday gifts. Carp is good at jumping and eating carp, so it will jump over this hurdle and get safe and healthy.
Mongolian birthday banquet
Before the birthday party, relatives, friends, brothers and sisters, and descendants gathered the long-lived old people to the upper floor. The older generation stayed with each other, and the others sat down in turn.
The children first toasted the elderly with silver bowls, and some even offered fresh milk tea. Other people also celebrate the birthday of the elderly, and the long-lived elderly also pour wine to thank their relatives and friends and wish them a safe and long life. The wine bowls and glasses were handed over by their children. People who accept the old man's blessing are in high spirits and extremely happy, which makes the old man very happy.
Peach's birthday party was held in a happy atmosphere. Everyone drinks milk tea and wine, eats hand-grabbed meat (it used to be a lamb feast for the elderly, but now most of them are hand-grabbed meat), and sings and toasts to add to the fun, which makes the long-lived elderly feel happy.
After the birthday, the birthday guests can't go home empty-handed. The host family should give back some gifts. If it is a child, send some candy, moon cakes or one or two yuan.
Zhengzhou birthday banquet custom
After the children's and relatives' birthdays, the birthday party begins. Everyone toasted the birthday girl. The birthday girl gave the birthday cake, eggs and fruits to everyone, and everyone chewed them enthusiastically, saying that they were for the elderly? Chewing disaster? . Longevity noodles are a must-have food at birthday parties. When eating noodles, children should put some noodles in the bowl into the old man's bowl. Is this called eating for the old man? Longevity? . Have a rest after the birthday party, and everyone will accompany the birthday girl to the theatre and movies. In the evening, please invite the deacon and others to have wine to thank you. The birthday ceremony ended successfully.
Lingnan birthday banquet etiquette
Generally, eggs, refreshments and longevity noodles are served first, and then longevity wine is eaten. After the banquet, Shou Weng himself, or on behalf of his children and grandchildren, paid a courtesy visit to his senior relatives. Worship? .
Generally, birthday peaches and noodles are used as gifts for birthdays, and we also have sugar and clouds at home.
Shoutao is regarded as a peach with a dragon face, all of which express congratulations on longevity.
At the same time, he also sent birthday couplets to Shouzhuang to write auspicious words. The grand ceremony also set up a birthday hall, placed birthday candles and decorated lanterns.
Shou Weng sat in a suitable position and accepted congratulations from relatives, friends and the younger generation.
The birthday worship ceremony has different generations when the host calls out, and there are also differences in the worship ceremony. People of the same age are just a slap in the face. Sons and nephews have to celebrate their birthday four times, and some have to hold four cooked eggs in a longevity plate, or hold a bowl of jujube soup for the birthday girl. After the birthday ceremony, * * * has a birthday party and a birthday wine.
Shoutao noodles were also distributed to neighbors to express their thanks and congratulations.
Shouyan diet and supplies
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 mythology, the Queen Mother celebrated her birthday with peaches in Yaochi, and entertained immortals from all walks of life, so they all celebrated 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.
Birthday/longevity noodles
Shoumian is an essential mascot for China people to celebrate their birthdays. It is both an offering and a gift. In custom, people must eat noodles on their birthdays. What is this called? Pick a birthday? The longer the noodles used for birthday celebration, the better. When you eat longevity, you should fry it high, which means? Longevity .
In the past, noodles were thin slices, coiled in a tower shape, with a thick bottom and a top plate in a peach shape, sprayed with red, and placed in a tall red painted iron plate covered with red paper cuts. Net cover? Shape. Symmetrically placed on the left head with the peach. General? Birthday celebration? Shoumian must be eaten at this meal or birthday party at noon that day.
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.
A birthday dinner/feast
As the saying goes? No wine, no table? Especially birthday parties are inseparable from wine, because? Wine? With what? Dragon? Homophonic, the wine at the birthday party is called birthday wine, auspicious? Shoujiu? Meaning.
Did Huang Tingjian have it in Song Dynasty? What would you like to serve as a birthday wine? 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? Soju? And then what? Yellow wine? , call it? Gin, wine and silver? .
In modern times, most of them use local materials, use whatever wine they have, and drink whatever wine they want.
Gao Shou
Birthday cake is a must-have item for birthdays. What does birthday cake mean? Longevity In the past, birthday cakes were mostly steamed bread with white flour, decorated with red color and made of thin slices? Birthday? Or write a red birthday letter. A considerable number of rural areas are still in use. In cities and rural areas with convenient transportation, cream birthday cakes are often used as birthday cakes with various patterns and blessing languages mounted on them. When eating, insert birthday candles according to western habits, blow out the candles in one breath after making a wish at a birthday party, and then cut them open to eat.
Zhu Shou
Birthday candles are big red candles, also called birthday wax. Birthday candles. Birthday candles are all red. Printing gold on wax surface? Shou? Or? Happy as the East China Sea? As the old saying goes, it is generally a foot long and weighs about a catty. Made of sheep oil and butter, the top is thick and the bottom is thin, and there is a thin tube in the middle, which can be inserted on the wax string. Generally, each pair weighs one kilogram, and it is placed on the altar after being lit.
Because there was no electric light in the past, candles were also used for lighting, so some people called candles? Long life lamp? Therefore, candles are used to symbolize and celebrate birthdays in most parts of our country. In some areas in the north, candles are inserted on Gao Shou (steamed bread), just like western birthdays. How many children are young according to their age? Old people are generally divided into two rows, the first row is ten digits, and the second row is each digit.
After people read their greetings to the old man, the birthday girl blew out the candles in one breath. Blessing? what's up Second, longevity symbolizes blowing out disasters and the old year with candles, so that auspicious years can start again. This may also be influenced by western culture.