Congratulations on your sixty-sixth birthday have sixty-six meanings. Eating longevity noodles means wishing the elderly a long and healthy life, and eating twist means wishing the elderly more and more energetic.
In ancient times, people began to celebrate birthdays at the age of 60, such as 60, 66, 70, 80; In the traditional customs of China, it is generally believed that a person's birthday is a mother's good Friday, and a mother can't live without it.
Now people celebrate their birthdays, and some of them advance their time. For example, 60 and 66 are the sixth day of the first month, 70 is the seventh day of the first month and 80 is the eighth day of the first month.
By celebrating the birthday of the elderly, we can express the love of the younger generation for the elderly, increase the contact between relatives, strengthen feelings and increase the harmony and unity of the family; Educate the younger generation through eyes and ears, respect the old and love the young, and form a good family atmosphere, which will promote the progress and development of social atmosphere. "I am old, and people are old."
According to legend, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", served as the magistrate of Changsha, then resigned and returned to his hometown. Just in time for the winter solstice, he saw people hungry and cold, and their ears were frostbitten. At that time, typhoid fever was prevalent and many people died. Zhang Zhongjing set up a medicine shed and a cauldron in the local area, cooked mutton, peppers and herbs for dispelling cold and warming, made them into spikes with flour bags, and gave them to the poor together with soup and food after cooking. People eat from the solstice of winter to New Year's Eve, fighting typhoid fever and curing frozen ears. Since then, people in the village and later generations have imitated it, calling it "jiaozi Ear" or "jiaozi", and gradually formed the custom of wrapping jiaozi.