Hakka people say "Hakka women sit in confinement". Hakka people are very particular about confinement. They believe that confinement is very important to the body's life. Failure to do so will leave a lot of damage in the future. There are many side effects, so there must be many things to pay attention to and taboos during the confinement period. Confinement Chicken Stewed with Wine. Hakka women mainly use chicken wine during confinement. In advance, the family has prepared several large jars of sweet wine and about ten kilograms of young ginger. Every morning, they first use up two to four chickens (no roosters). Cut the chicken into pieces and stir-fry it with grated ginger for six minutes. Pour in about two pounds of sweet wine and bring it to a boil. Then put it into an earthen jar and simmer it over medium heat for two hours. The stewed soup does not taste like alcohol when drunk. It is best to eat all the soup and meat during confinement. What the old man asked them to do is: "Drink chicken wine when you are thirsty, and drink chicken wine when you are hungry." Chicken wine can be eaten with the meal. There is no interruption, and I also eat some pig trotters with ginger vinegar, papaya soup, crucian carp soup, etc. Chicken is rich in nutrients, and ginger wine also has the health-care effects of removing congestion and activating blood circulation. Confinement herbal bath Hakka women have to boil a large pot of herbal water at home every day during confinement. The herbs must be boiled and cooled slightly before taking a bath. The medicinal bath time is thirty-five days. Herbal ingredients include eagle's claw, loquat leaves, platycodon, chicken vine, etc. I heard from the elderly that this herbal water has certain effects on dispelling wind and cold, dispelling rheumatism, and curing headaches. I can't remember the herbs used for baby baths. . "Fifteen Peach Blossom Smiles" during the confinement period. The so-called "Peach Blossom Smiles" means that the baby smiles when he sees everyone on the fifteenth day after birth. I don't quite understand what the older generation of Hakka people mean, but there were many relatives and friends who came to visit the baby that day. , like a festival, the family should prepare a large plate of fried soybeans and a large pot of chicken wine, and bring a fragrant bowl of chicken wine with soybeans to the guests who come to see the baby. The "Full Moon Wine" day of confinement is the most festive day for Hakka people. When the confinement period is thirty days old, some people hold banquets outside and some hold wine at home. The baby takes a bath early that day and ties a small red string around his belly. Wear the new clothes given by grandma, hold the baby in your arms, and spend this full moon day with the laughter of relatives and friends. Confinement lasts for "forty-five days." The Hakka people have a saying: "It is not considered confinement if it is not over forty-five days." After finally completing the forty-five days of confinement, mother and baby will not talk too much about poverty. And taboo, mother and baby officially start a new life from this day.