What is the custom of greeting "Tian Ding"?

The custom of celebrating "Tian Ding" is to add more food to the family and have a child and grandson, so you must treat people to dinner to celebrate the arrival of the children.

Hakkas call the birth of a baby boy "Tian Ding". Tian Ding is a big event, and there are a series of celebrations. When the baby is born, the son-in-law will bring chicken, eggs and rice wine back to his hometown to report the good news, and his parents-in-law will also give back chickens and stained eggs; Three days after the birthday, we should do "three dynasties": bathe the baby first, and then entertain the midwives and relatives and friends.

Grandma will give roosters and other gifts; One month after our birthday, we will have a "full moon" and invite friends and relatives with a feast. Grandma will give roosters and babies clothes, hats, quilts, collars, suspenders and other things, and other relatives and friends will also give similar gifts or red envelopes; One year after our birthday, we should be "one year old", and the scale of the banquet is similar to that of the full moon.

Tim Ding ceremony:

Every year, after the first half of last year and before the 15th day of the first month of that year (that is, when a boy is born), people with the surname of "Tian Ding" must hang a pair of new lanterns (harmonious "Ding Xin") on the beams of their ancestral temples or ancestral houses. "Adding lanterns" means reporting to ancestors that a family has added a new person.

The date of "adding lanterns" is usually the fourteenth or fifteenth day of the first month. On the occasion of "adding lanterns", Tian Ding's family will hold "three sacrifices", drink alcohol to respect the gods of heaven and earth, and "adding lanterns and wine" will invite relatives and friends to reunite and congratulate. Express your inner joy and comfort to your ancestors. It brings people a hope, that is, prosperity.

Through the activity of "adding lanterns", the family members of our nation can get together to seek development for our nation and enhance national feelings at the same time. The materials used to make lanterns in Hakka areas are basically the same.

Generally, the frame is made of bamboo strips, and the middle is empty. The surface of the picture frame is made of colored paper, and then auspicious colored pictures are painted and the words "newly married" are written. There are lighted candles on the lanterns, which are very beautiful and auspicious.

Lanterns are rectangular and square in shape. Master made it and sold it on the street. People who want to go to Jiading should go to the rally to buy lanterns a few days before the event.