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Baby meat cutting ceremony

In many parts of our country, when the baby is full moon or100th day, there will be various ceremonies. Because the customs in different regions are different, the rituals of babies are not exactly the same. Next, let's know what rituals the baby needs to end a meat.

Hundred-day feast

In most places, the baby's meat-eating ceremony is held on the day of the Hundred Days Banquet. The meat-cutting ceremony is the parents' blessing to the baby, hoping that the baby will be prosperous and auspicious in his later life.

fish meat

Babies in different areas eat different things in meat-eating ceremonies. In Jiangnan area, fish is mainly used to end the meat ceremony, because fish has a beautiful meaning, such as fish jumping over the dragon gate and owning it for more than one year. Generally choose local fish and give the baby a piece of fish. Because fish has fishbones after all, parents often give their babies a symbolic sip of fish soup.

Cocktail, duck tongue, pig heart

In some areas, we will find some meaningful food to end the meat for our baby. For example, Tongxiang will give the baby a comb at the end ceremony of eating meat, which means that the comb has a crested head, so eating a comb means that the baby can become a big official when he grows up. In other areas, eating duck's tongue means that the baby's tongue is particularly dexterous, and when he grows up, he can speak eloquently. Some people even give the baby pig's heart, which means that the baby has a delicate heart when he grows up.