What to buy for parents in leap June and what to buy for mother in leap June.

In our country, there are always some special customs and habits in the lunar leap month, such as some articles to eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits in the leap month, which have attracted people's attention. So today's calendar will introduce what to buy for your parents in June and what to buy for your mother in June.

"Leap-moon shoes, worn in leap months, live for the elderly 1000 years old." Leap-moon shoes are a folk custom in some areas of China. According to the folk saying, children should buy a pair of shoes for their parents in the leap month of the lunar calendar to repay their parents' kindness and ensure their health and safety, and these shoes must be worn for one month before they can work.

In some areas of our country, married daughters buy a pair of shoes for their mothers every leap month. There is also a saying that it is a tradition of the Chinese nation to honor the elderly. In the past, people were too poor to wear shoes and worked barefoot, which caused their feet to bleed. A wanderer from a foreign land went home for a reunion in a leap month and bought a pair of cloth shoes for the old man to show filial piety.

It is said that in the old society, people were not well educated and did not understand scientific knowledge. They think it's great to be more than a year and a month, and they worry that it's not good for their elders. So it is said that they will send their mothers leap-moon shoes in leap years and leap months, which are also called "mother-guarding shoes". Previously, it was handmade, and the mother's zodiac was embroidered on the outer corner of the heel to pray for peace. Most modern people buy shoes and give them directly to their mothers.

In addition, there is another kind of "mother-guarding cake", which means that if you let your mother eat the cake, you can keep your mother this year. Flower cakes are steamed with flour. A round flower cake weighs 1 kg and has a diameter of about seven or eight centimeters. Because the leap month year is 13 months, there are 13 dates in the middle of the flower cake with flowers of different shapes printed on them.

In Yanggu, Shandong, every leap year, the daughter not only sends flowers and cakes to her mother, but also sends fish to her father, and then buys a red ribbon for each of her parents. In guanxian, in addition to sending flowers, cakes and red ribbons to parents, you should also ask your aunt to send rice cake fish to your nephew. Rice cake fish is a fish-shaped rice cake. Sending rice cakes to mothers over 60 years old is very popular in Shenxian County, but it is not popular for young mothers.

The old custom about leap month is not just leap month shoes. For example, among the older generation, there is a saying that leap July is not good for daughter-in-law, so in some places, there is a custom that mother-in-law gives gifts to daughter-in-law. Some people say that leap May is not good for son-in-law, so in some places, there is a custom of mother-in-law giving gifts to son-in-law in leap May.

In Jianghuai area, every leap year and leap month, married daughters have to make socks, shoes or clothes for their mothers. As the saying goes, "Seventy-three and eighty-four are the days when the prince didn't invite him", and it is said that seventy-three and eighty-four are the end of the tenth day. Children think that the old man will be on earth soon, so they should give him some delicious food and show their filial piety while they live.

In Fujian, there is a custom of "leap moon banquet", also called "six-parent banquet", that is, every leap month in a leap year, parents and brothers invite their daughters and sisters home for dinner. When parents are alive, parents will invite their married daughters home. If their parents are not alive, the two brothers will invite their married sisters back for a "leap moon meal".