The meaning is as follows.

Nine Dou Bowls [1], also known as Baba Banquet, Flowing Water Banquet, Nine Big Bowls, Nine Bowls, etc., are one of the traditional specialties in Sichuan. Its characteristics focus on steaming. The original meaning of the dish is named after the nine major dishes of steamed vegetables. They are: soft-fried steamed pork, steamed pork ribs, steamed beef with flour, steamed turtle, steamed chicken, steamed duck, steamed elbow, stuffed pork, and salty roasted white. At the same time, "dou" in the Sichuan dialect means a large container. The use of nine-dou bowls to refer to this scene also means to praise the abundance of food. It is a regional custom in the rural areas of the Chengdu plains, where families are getting married, having children, building houses, etc. Wait, we have to hold a banquet, invite relatives and friends to gather together, and have a feast, commonly known as eating nine buckets of bowls. The origin of this term comes from the popular use of large bowls for drinking in Chengdu during the Republic of China. It is called "Nine Dou Bowls" because there are usually nine bowls of food at each table. In addition, there is another reason that the folk regard "nine" as a lucky number. There are sayings such as "nine-nine longevity", "nine sons succeed in the imperial examination", "nine will last forever". For such a banquet, "nine bowls" are the minimum standard. Of course, some poor families put seven bowls or rich families put eleven bowls. Nowadays, most of the "nine bowls" in Meishan area are about 20 bowls.