Cake originated in Europe. In ancient Europe, people believed in God or gods like God. They think that a person's birthday is the most fragile day of his soul and he is easily persecuted by the devil. So people made cakes. They think that cakes can make people have good luck, help people who celebrate their birthdays to fight against demons, and invite some friends to spend their birthdays with the birthday girl, so that demons will not dare to attack the soul of the birthday girl. Therefore, eating cakes at birthday parties was very popular in ancient Europe. At first, the cake was for the royal family, but ordinary people were not allowed to use it. Later, with the development of the times, adults and children in Europe can eat cakes on their birthdays, and many kinds of cakes have been invented.
In China, we have an idiom called "Blow out the lamp and pull out the wax", which means unlucky. Blowing out candles means bad. So, why insert candles, blow out the candles and then make a wish on the cake?
This story begins with a very old Greek legend. According to legend, the ancient Greeks believed in themis very much. Every year, they hold a very grand sacrifice on Al themis's birthday. People will put cakes on the altar and then fill them with lighted candles. They think that candlelight can represent the brilliance of the moon. The lighted candle has a secret and powerful power, which can connect the goddess of the moon and raise the atmosphere of sacrifice to a new level.
Later, when people in ancient Greece celebrated their children's birthdays, they would insert candles of the same age on the cake, then make their own wishes on the lighted candles and blow them out at one breath. They think that lit candles can be associated with the goddess of the moon. Blowing out candles will give their wishes to the moon goddess, who will help them realize their wishes. Slowly, the custom of eating cakes, blowing out candles and making wishes on birthdays spread all over Europe.
Before the Revolution of 1911, our country has been inheriting the way of celebrating birthdays left by the ancients, and the way of celebrating birthdays in China is also very particular. Whether adults or children celebrate their birthdays, they should eat a bowl of longevity noodles first, which means that they hope that the birthday girl can live a long life. Then boiled eggs. Eating eggs requires peeling off the eggshell, which means peeling off the bad things in the past and making the birthday girl look brand-new and have a brand-new and beautiful life. Old people can also eat birthday peaches and many other traditional birthday celebrations.
After the Revolution of 1911, western powers began to covet China. They also introduced some western traditions and things to China, and it was at this time that cakes were introduced to China.
The custom of celebrating birthdays, such as eating cakes and blowing out candles, was first owned by wealthy people in the upper class, and ordinary working people could not afford it. After the reform and opening up in China, our whole country and people became rich, and cakes became affordable items for ordinary people. Many people began to celebrate their birthdays with cakes for relatives and friends.
Times are progressing. Today, with the rapid development of our country, all of us are busy with our own careers and work overtime, so that we all ignore the feelings between our relatives and friends. Now that everyone is aware of this problem, it doesn't matter how to celebrate birthdays in this era. Most importantly, birthdays provide us with an excuse to put aside what we are doing, get together with friends and relatives and exchange feelings. When we are working hard for our cause, don't forget our relatives and friends around us.