The custom of eating longevity noodles on birthdays originated during the Western Han Dynasty. According to legend, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty believed in ghosts and gods, and also believed in physiognomy. One day with all the ministers chat, talking about the length of human life, Han Wu Di said: "the book of" said, "people in the middle of the long, long life, if the middle of 1 inch long, you can live to 100 years old." The minister Dongfang Shuo, who was sitting next to Emperor Wu of Han, laughed out loud when he heard this. The ministers were puzzled and blamed him for being rude to the emperor. When Emperor Wu asked him what he was laughing at, Dongfang Shuo explained, "I am not laughing at Your Majesty, but at Peng Zu. When a man lives 100 years, his middle man is 1 inch long. Peng Zu lived 800 years, his middle man was 8 inches long, so how long was his face." The crowd heard also laughed out loud, it seems to want to live a long life, rely on the face to grow a little longer is impossible, but you can think of a workaround to express their desire to live a long life. Face that face, that "face long that face long", so people borrowed long noodles to bless longevity. Gradually, this practice evolved into the custom of eating noodles on birthdays, which is called eating "longevity noodles". This custom has been carried on to this day. In addition, the noodles symbolize "longevity". String 9 String 2 As the saying goes, "There are three noodles in life", i.e., "washing three noodles", "longevity noodles" and "receiving three noodles". The three sides of life are Three days after the birth of the baby wash three ceremonies, eat wash three noodles to wish the baby "long life"; birthday routine to eat "longevity noodles", known as "pick life", meaning "long life". "longevity"; three days after the death of the first sacrifice is called "catch three," to "catch three noodles" to entertain guests to express condolences to the deceased feelings of long and continuous. In daily life, people also like to eat noodles, and also formed a fixed routine. String 8 This post is from |www.huishou.org Original link: http://www.huishou.org/htm/minsu/qita/20080423/48.html