When is your 66th birthday?

The birthday of the elderly can be celebrated one day later, but not in advance.

In the northeast of China, old people celebrate their 66th birthday. Traditional customs include making 66 jiaozi for the elderly, eating longevity noodles (noodles) and eating twisted dough.

Congratulations on your sixty-sixth birthday have sixty-six meanings. Eating longevity noodles means wishing the elderly a long and healthy life, and eating twist means wishing the elderly more and more energetic.

In ancient times, people began to celebrate birthdays at the age of 60, such as 60, 66, 70, 80; In the traditional customs of China, it is generally believed that a person's birthday is a mother's good Friday, and a mother can't live without it.

Now people celebrate their birthdays, and some of them advance their time. For example, 60 and 66 are the sixth day of the first month, 70 is the seventh day of the first month and 80 is the eighth day of the first month.

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By celebrating the birthday of the elderly, we can express the love of the younger generation for the elderly, increase the contact between relatives, strengthen feelings and increase the harmony and unity of the family; Educate the younger generation through eyes and ears, respect the old and love the young, and form a good family atmosphere, which will promote the progress and development of social atmosphere. "I am old, and people are old."

According to legend, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage", served as the magistrate of Changsha, then resigned and returned to his hometown. Just in time for the winter solstice, he saw that the people were hungry and cold, and their ears were frostbitten. At that time, typhoid fever was prevalent and many people died. Zhang Zhongjing set up a medicine shed and a cauldron in the local area, cooked mutton, peppers and herbs for dispelling cold and warming, made them into spikes with flour bags, and gave them to the poor together with soup and food after cooking.

There is also a saying that "people who live at the age of 66 have to eat their daughters' meat", so on the 66th birthday of the elderly, the married daughters should celebrate their parents' birthdays. Generally, the pig leg is cut into 66 small pieces and given to parents, which means that the elderly live longer. In the north, when the old people celebrate their 66th birthday, the younger generation will pack 66 jiaozi for the old people to eat. If they can eat it all at once, they can cross this hurdle safely. In some places, 68 pieces of meat should be sent, one for the sky and one for the ground, wishing the elderly a long and healthy life.