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Why do you want to eat red eggs for your birthday?

Wei Xiao, the son of Qi Zi. Mother's name is Judy. Kuiba once assisted Dayu in water control, and was named Imperial College for his merits. Because his mother ate the eggs of a mysterious bird (swallow), she gave her son's surname. So the Book of Songs? Shang Songyun said, "The mysterious bird is born to be a business." He is the ancestor of Shang. Up to now, there is also the custom of sending eggs to pregnant women to congratulate them and eating red eggs in the north.

Because there is a wonderful legend in the Chinese nation that whoever eats the egg of a mysterious bird can give birth to a promising son. So, later generations changed the mysterious bird eggs into eggs, dyed them red and distributed them to children. The custom of "eating red eggs" originated from the story of "blackbirds doing business".

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I think the custom of eating red eggs has also evolved with its spread everywhere.

For example, when getting married, children will have red eggs at the full moon. I think people mainly want to celebrate.