Giving a birthday to a person who has reached the age of 66 is called 66 years old. It is a birthday custom for people in many places in our country to celebrate the 66th birthday.

For example, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other regions. Every parents' 66th birthday, it is necessary to celebrate their 66th birthday. At that time, a married daughter should be the father or mother's birthday, and the pork leg should be cut into 66 small pieces, shaped like watercress, commonly known as "watercress meat".

Generally, 66 pieces of small meat are braised in brown sauce, covered with a bowl of rice, put in a food basket together with a pair of chopsticks, covered with red cloth, and given to the birthday master for tasting to show his birthday. Some people change flexibly according to the taste of Shouzhu, instead of braising in soy sauce, they use other cooking methods, but they must all be 66 yuan.

Sixty-six pieces of meat symbolize the longevity of the elderly. The old man who celebrated his birthday had a good meal in the sound of celebration and enjoyed the superficial joy.

Diet and supplies for birthday party:

1, Shoutao

This is a mascot commonly used for birthday celebrations in the old days. It is both an offering and a gift. Useful fresh peaches, most of which are made of flour. In mythology, the Queen Mother celebrated her birthday, and setting up a peach in Yaochi would entertain all kinds of immortals, so they all celebrated their birthdays with peaches. Fang Chen's peaches in the Shoutang case are usually placed in one plate and three plates in parallel. Shoutao steamed with flour has a red mouth.

2. Shoumian

(1) Shoumian is an essential mascot for China people's birthdays. It is both a offering and a gift. In terms of customs and habits, people must eat noodles on their birthdays, which is called "picking longevity". The longer the noodles used to celebrate their birthdays, the better, which means "longevity". When eating, they should be raised high, which means "longevity".

(2) Generally, you must eat birthday noodles at this meal or birthday party at noon on the "birthday celebration". There is also a custom in Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces to distribute small bundles of noodles to villagers and neighbors during birthday celebrations. Noodles, a traditional food in China, are long, and they are eaten every day to prolong life. Shoumian should be 3 feet long, and each bundle should have more than 100 pieces, which are coiled into a tower shape. Cover the flowers with red and green paper, and prepare two copies for the birthday girl.

3. Shoujiu

(1) As the saying goes, "No banquet is possible without wine", especially for holding a birthday party. Because of the homonym of "wine" and "longevity", the wine at the birthday party is called Shoujiu, which means "longevity" in Geely.

(2) In the Song Dynasty, Huang Tingjian had a poem "If you want to offer a birthday wine, there will be a laurel branch in the sky". Therefore, the wine used for birthday banquets in the early years is generally osmanthus wine, which means that the birthday party is celebrated with fairy wine, which can make the birthday party live forever. Old Beijingers often use "shochu" and "yellow wine" to celebrate their birthdays, which are called "golden wine and silver wine".

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