1. A legend in the Warring States Period, it is said that there was a dutiful son named Le Yi in the Warring States Period. He is very filial to his parents. He knows that his parents like to eat soft food, so he makes tofu for his parents with soybeans. Because Le Yi is very filial, his parents eat tofu every day and live a long life. After the parents died, relatives, friends and neighbors came to help arrange the funeral. After the funeral, in order to thank relatives and friends for their help, he treated everyone to a big tofu meal. After burial, there was a custom of paying homage to guests with tofu, which gradually formed the custom of holding a funeral and eating tofu rice, which has been passed down to this day.
2. From the funeral custom, because the original intention of the tofu feast is to reward the people who attend the funeral and help the funeral with cash, it is usually not allowed for the invited people to refuse, otherwise it will be considered impolite. In many places, white wedding banquets are called bean curd rice or bean soup rice. Therefore, eating tofu rice means attending a funeral, which is also a funeral custom and is still circulating in many areas. At first, this banquet was mainly based on bean products, but later it gradually developed, with more dishes and chicken, duck and fish. But how to change it, one dish is essential, that is tofu.
Many places have this rule. Tofu is the last dish served. Once the tofu is served, it means that the party is over. So many places also call this dish a banquet dish, which means the last dish. Eat the wine before you finish it, eat the rice before you finish it, and there is no food behind. The reason why tofu is indispensable for a white wedding is also because of the folk customs and funeral customs.