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Unlocking ceremony

The round lock ceremony is usually held at noon. When the time comes, put all the sheep and gifts on the big table in the center of the hospital, put a lock tied with a head rope around the child's neck, and bring an iron chain to lock the two ends of the chain together with an iron lock. First, face the world and kowtow to your parents. Finally, the child's mother will stand beside the child with a towel and kowtow with the child, and then unlock the child with three surnames.

The three people who unlock the lock are generally: "three poor surnames." The elders in the family, such as my uncle and michel platini, will hold this position. When unlocking a lock, they should read three sentences: "When you open it, you are smart;": Second, academic success; Three open, rich and full! " Equality. Then have lunch. The scale of operating round locks depends on their own economic strength and social interaction, but the forms and operating procedures of round locks are basically the same. Look at an auspicious day with a round lock. On this day, grandma's family will show their ownership. First of all, you should bring 3 to 5 big sheep steamed with flour, and the eyes of the sheep should be connected together, not broken into a circle; Steamed 15 lambs, 4 sheep-raising steamed buns and a "lock" and 17 small copper coins (one per year, one per day) tied with a red head rope more than five feet long to show that adults should be as warm as sheep. Secondly, you should also bring quilts, blankets, clothes and some related gifts, and the rest of your relatives and friends will give them accordingly. Relatives and friends often use money and things as gifts, and grandma's gifts are particularly heavy, such as steamed vegetables, clothes, trousers, longevity locks and so on. On that day, the children celebrating 12' s birthday set the stage in the hospital, offered sacrifices, lit incense and fired guns. They should wear new clothes and have long hair. Longevity locks are usually given by my grandmother's family. They are made of 12 copper coins, and a red line indicates that 12 locks are round and the children have grown up.

After Yuan Suo's birthday, the parents of the child should give the "foster mother" the gifts that have already been prepared, such as pants (cloth) and shoes, and thank the foster mother for worrying about the child's birthday from 12. This shows that since the child is 12 years old, the foster mother will no longer steam "sheep" for the child's birthday. Unlocking is a folk custom. This custom, mainly popular in the north, is a spiritual enlightenment activity for children over 12 years old. In the old society, the object of unlocking was generally limited to the eldest son who had just turned 12, but with the passage of time, it has greatly exceeded this range.