In families with daughters, there is a saying that they send flowers and cakes to their mothers in leap years. Folk call it "mother cake", which means that I hope my mother will live a long and healthy life and accompany my daughter forever, which means health and longevity. According to folklorists, in many places in the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River basins in China, there is a custom of sending "mother cakes" to mothers in leap months, which has a certain religious color when it first appeared.
However, with the development of the times, superstition has faded and gradually become a way to express filial piety. Nowadays, many people buy leap moon cakes and "mother-in-law cakes" in leap month, not only for mothers, but also for fathers and in-laws. Niangniang cake is one of the customs in leap April, and can be delivered in March and April of the lunar calendar. Because there are thirteen months in leap year, there must be 13 red dates around the flower cake.
You can't give girls cakes unless it's a leap month.
Leap April is a special period that occurs once every ten years. In order to avoid danger and pray for peace, ancient people made some special customs in leap April. For example, send shoes in April, send pig's trotters rice noodles to parents, and eat cakes with my mother. There is an old folk saying called "the year of leap month, the year of mother's stay", which means that in time, every year in April, the daughter should make her mother's cake and keep her mother around.
In many places in the Yellow River, Huaihe River and Yangtze River basins in China, there is a custom of sending cakes to mothers in leap months. When this custom first arose, some people would call it superstition. However, with the development of the times, it has gradually become a way to express filial piety. Now many people will buy leap moon cakes for their mothers in leap month.