According to Baidu Encyclopedia, keeping mother's meat is a gift in our wedding custom. That is, on the wedding day or the day before, the man will prepare a few kilograms of pork for the woman, and in some places, pig legs are also attached. This kind of meat is called "meat from mother". Generally speaking, this is one of dozens of bride price.

Mother is very particular about the choice of meat, usually fresh ribs and pig hind legs. In some areas, it is customary to give one. According to different regions, the size varies, some are several kilograms, and some are as big as ten or even forty or fifty kilograms. In some places, numbers are auspicious, and even numbers are generally used. It is precisely because of this custom that in the past, in rural areas, the man's family killed one or two pigs a few days before the wedding, one was to send away the mother's meat, and the other was to treat the guests. The time to deliver the meat, some on the day before the wedding, some on the wedding day. City people, who can't kill pigs, mostly go to the butcher's shop to buy a piece of pork belly, and some have two pieces.