Generally speaking, Xianyou celebrates his birthday during the Spring Festival. On the first day of New Year's Day, relatives will pay New Year greetings to those who celebrate their birthdays at home. People who celebrate their birthdays seriously will also prepare peanut soup and oranges to thank relatives and friends who come to celebrate their birthdays, and then choose several tables of food to entertain relatives and friends from the third day to the fifteenth day to show their birthdays.
Introduction:
In Putian folklore, some people seriously choose to celebrate their birthdays with trays. The so-called tray is a covered container made of bamboo and coated with tung oil and crimson paint. Drum-shaped, used to hold gifts, different sizes, the largest diameter of about 50 cm.
A set of five plates of different sizes are stacked into a frustum, wrapped with a red net rope, or put into a red sack, and the same five plates at the other end are picked away with a pole, so it is called a plate, which is used for major folk activities, such as weddings, birthdays, housewarming, traditional festivals, etc.
General longevity noodles, mushrooms, pasta, eggs, clothes, etc. It's all packed in trays, which is festive and auspicious. The food in the tray has a strong local flavor, which is used to set off the atmosphere and pray for good luck. It is also a message without words.