What does it mean to eat noodles and eggs on your birthday?

Eating noodles and eggs on your birthday seems to be like a tradition, every year on your birthday, your family will cook a bowl of noodles and an egg for you, know why? This is because the noodles symbolize longevity and the egg represents a successful year. So to eat these two foods on your birthday is just a symbol.

One of the legends about eating noodles on birthday is: Emperor Wu of Han Dynasty had a birthday, the royal chef to come up with a new pattern, racked his brains, made a table of noodles. Emperor Wu was not happy that the noodles are not worth the money, and then the Emperor's side of the wise man Dongfang Shuo to resolve the embarrassment, said "Today, the imperial chef to noodles for the long live birthday congratulations, the intention is to bless the long live than Peng Zu also long life, ten thousand lifetimes ah!" Han Wu Di is used to listening to the words of flattery, after Dongfang Shuo said so, immediately back to anger for joy, holding up the noodles to eat, but also said to everyone: "delicious, delicious, all the Secretary quickly eat longevity noodles ah, eat everyone long life!" So the noodles became a symbol of longevity after Dongfang Shuo's clever tongue. Later, all the officials ate noodles on their birthdays. The custom spread from the government to the people, and gradually became a custom for generations to come.

Eating eggs on birthdays is said to be because the eggs are round, very smooth after peeling, without any blemish, so the meaning of eating eggs is to hope for learning, success in business, good health, and so on the meaning of longevity!

"Egg" is the word for "Dan", which means a new year, a new beginning, full of vigor! Symbolize the roundness and red-hot. So for the sake of good symbolism, now have a birthday, all like to eat a bowl of noodles with an egg.