Why send fish in leap month?

In some areas of Shandong Province, there is an ancient custom that every year in the leap year of the lunar calendar, married daughters steam a pair of fish for their families in the leap month.

The leap moon fish was delivered on the second day of the second lunar month. It is a custom in many places to send fish in leap month. Every year when there is a leap month, the married daughter will send fish to her family. No matter what the leap month is, it is delivered on the second day of February.

It is popular to send leap moon fish, which was sent to my mother's house by my daughter. This year is leap February, so leap moon fish is very popular recently! Fish delivery in leap month needs to be delivered before the start of leap month. This year is February, so it should be delivered in the first month! According to the traditional folk custom, a daughter married in a leap month needs steamed noodles, fish and toads to be sent to her family. This kind of noodle fish symbolizes "wealth" and noodle toad symbolizes "health".

Leap moon sends parents noodles fish noodles toad.

In ancient times, people used the lunar calendar to calculate the date. Every leap month in the lunar calendar means one more month this year. That is to say, although there are still two bumper harvests this year, the actual days are one more month, so many families are very short of food.

Therefore, kind and filial girls, in order to make their parents feel better in leap year, will deliberately steam pasta for a month, mainly fish and toads made of noodles. This is because folklore sends fish and toads to parents in leap years, which can eliminate disasters for parents.