What's the point of celebrating your 66th birthday?

North 66 is particular about eating girl meat.

On the parents' 66th birthday, the married daughter goes back to her parents' home to pay New Year greetings, and a piece of meat is indispensable as a birthday present. This piece of meat means that the daughter is a piece of meat on her parents. When she grows up, she will buy meat on her parents' birthdays to repay their kindness.

Although it is bought meat, it also symbolizes cutting your own meat. When buying meat, you can't care about the amount of meat. Be sure to cut it with a knife to show children's respect for the elderly. Some children buy six catties and six taels of meat for their parents' birthdays, and steam six or six steamed buns for the elderly to eat. Others are not allowed to share them, otherwise it is called "grabbing happiness".

The custom of 66 years ago

Birthday for people over 66 years old, called 66 years old. It is a birthday custom for people in many parts of our country to celebrate their 66th birthday. Such as Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and other regions. Every parent's 66th birthday should be celebrated. The daughter who was married at that time should be the birthday of her father or mother. The pig leg should be cut into 66 small pieces, shaped like watercress, commonly known as "watercress meat".

Generally, 66 pieces of small fresh meat are braised in brown sauce, covered with a bowl of rice, put in a vegetable basket with a pair of chopsticks, covered with red cloth, and given to the owner of the birthday girl for tasting to show his birthday. Some people change flexibly according to Zhu Shou's taste, instead of braising in soy sauce, they use other cooking methods, but all of them must be 66 yuan. Sixty-six pieces of meat symbolize the longevity of the old man. The old man who celebrated his birthday had a delicious meal in celebration and enjoyed the superficial joy.

Seventy-three or eighty-four years old is a cliche of life and death. As the saying goes, "Seventy-three, eighty-four, the ghost king doesn't ask himself to go." At this age, the elderly and children are nervous, and they usually take extra care of the elderly. On birthdays, there is a special way to break the law, that is, children buy live carp for the elderly as birthday gifts. Carp is good at jumping and eating carp, so it will jump over this hurdle and get safe and healthy.

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