Many places have some specific customs for the special day of birthday, such as longevity noodles, which I have eaten since I was a child. Now that I have children, I will also make them a bowl of fragrant longevity noodles on their birthdays, add a few dishes, and celebrate with the family.
Recently, a netizen in Zhejiang shared a video of a 66-year-old mother's birthday, that kind of special custom, with a strong sense of ceremony, but also with the children's strong love for their parents.
On February 22, the mother of a netizen in Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, was celebrating her 66th birthday, which was an important day for them, and unlike ordinary birthdays, there was a special ceremony.
The mom in the video looks very young, not at all like a 66-year-old.
In front of her was a large basin, estimated to be the size of a small basin, which contained 66 pieces of meat, which looked like it was made in the form of steamed button meat, which looked good, and the mother was also very happy to enjoy the food, but also enjoyed the daughter's heart.
It turned out that there was an old saying in their place, "When a person reaches 66, he will eat a knife of meat from his girlfriend." The 66 pieces of meat were bought by the married daughter.
It is said that this custom was handed down a long time ago, because in ancient times, people had a relatively short life expectancy, and not many people lived to be over 66 years old. People think that 66 years old is a barrier, plus the number of times the married daughter returns to her mother's house is relatively small, which is equivalent to seeing her once less.
People have used the 66th birthday to let their daughters bring a piece of meat back to visit their parents, but also to remind the children that their parents are old, they should often come back to see and filial piety to them.
So this custom has been handed down, in the parents of the 66th birthday, the married daughter will buy meat home for her parents to eat, and this piece of meat is also exquisite when buying, the weight is 6 pounds 6 two or 8 pounds 8 two, when cutting meat also have to be cut down with a knife, the requirements for the meat seller are very high.
However, today, the weight requirements should not be so strict, but the formal requirements still exist. After the girlfriend buys the meat back to her mother's house, she must cut the meat into 66 pieces and cook it for her parents to eat, so that the ceremony can be considered completed.
After seeing the video, many netizens said that they also had this custom there, but the custom was to eat a meal, and the meat in the video could not be eaten at one time, and it was too greasy, which was not good for the health of the elderly.
Netizen Tao Zi said: Ningbo has such a custom, but we will cut very small, almost a small bowl, 66 pieces of braised meat, plus a red packet.
Netizen Jinya Ningxuan said: My husband is 66 years old, my wife used a little bit of lean meat, cut into 66 strips of meat, and made a bowl of meat noodles.
Now the standard of living is high, the food is also exquisite, various customs have also begun to be improved, like this netizen cut into shredded meat to make shredded meat noodles, both to achieve the meaning, the elderly also eat healthy, I have to say that it is very clever.
No matter what kind of practice, what kind of eating method, the original intention of this custom is to express the good wishes of children to their parents, hoping that they can live a long and healthy life, which is a kind of inheritance of filial piety.
With the progress of the times, making some changes in the way of eating that suits their own conditions is also harmless, but it can make the elderly eat happier and healthier, why not enjoy it?
As parents age, physical functions will slowly deteriorate, some subtle changes will occur in psychology, and dependence on children will slowly become stronger.
As the saying goes, filial piety, filial piety, the most important heart, as a child, in addition to busy work, but also to pay more attention to the physical and mental health of parents, conditionally try to arrange time to go home to see, accompany them, there is really no condition to go home often, you can also make a few more phone calls, let them know that someone often worries about them, give them some spiritual comfort.