Why do people eat noodles after death?

In some parts of China, it is a custom that people can't eat noodles after death. Because noodles are the longest food in our country, eating noodles on birthday means prolonging life, and the death of relatives at home is a sad moment for the whole family. Eating noodles is obviously inconsistent with the atmosphere, so the custom of not eating noodles during the funeral period has been formed and continues to this day.

Except noodles, you should not eat overturned food, such as sesame cakes, or food symbolizing reunion, such as moon cakes and jiaozi.

These things are not allowed to be eaten during the funeral, which means they can be eaten after burial!

Bai is very popular in both north and south of China. Old people celebrate their birthdays and entertain three relatives, six relatives and relatives. When an invited person gives a gift, he must have the product of longevity noodles (this noodle is about.

1.5 meters, which used to be sold in stores, commonly known as Lamian Noodles), the banquet guests of the birthday girl's family, after indulging in drinking, don't eat, but each person gives a large bowl of noodles, which is called eating "birthday noodles".

According to legend, during the period of Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty (BC 140-87). One day, the emperor sat in the imperial court and chatted with ministers. It was said in the book that a person's "middle" nose was one inch long and could live to be a hundred years old. There was a minister in the court named Dong Fangshuo, who laughed to himself after hearing the news. Just being seen by the censor on duty, he immediately went out to play Emperor Wu, saying: The emperor is talking to the minister, and he is laughing beside him. This is disrespectful to the emperor. Oh, this is not bad! In the era of feudal imperial power, disrespect for the emperor ranged from dismissal from office to imprisonment, to beheading and exile from the army, and was sent to the frontier to do coolies. When Dong Fangshuo heard this, he hurried off work and knelt on the ground, waiting for the emperor to punish him.

Emperor Wu of the Ming Dynasty saw Dong Fangshuo kneeling in front of the temple and asked, "Do you know what crime he committed? Why are you snickering in the temple? Tell me quickly. " Dong Fangshuo quickly kowtowed and said, "I know it's a sin to say this plainly. I just heard from the emperor that according to the photo album, a person can live to be 100 years old as long as he grows one inch. I think Peng Zu lived to be 800 years old and his face was eight inches long. If you add his nose, mouth and eyes, you don't know how long his face is. If you add his figure, he doesn't know how tall he should be. Is this man still like a man? Where did he get such a high house to live in I can't help laughing at the thought. How dare I laugh at the emperor? I really laughed at what the book said. "

Hearing this, Emperor Wu felt reasonable and couldn't help laughing. Hearing this, all the officials laughed. A catastrophe will vanish. However, the saying that "a long face means a long life" was accepted by hundreds of officials in the DPRK, so it became a "long face". From then on, whenever there was a birthday celebration, the host said, "Please come to my house to eat noodles." This style prevailed in Beijing for a period of time, and then with the spread of officialdom, people gradually followed suit, forming a custom that has been passed down to this day.

Because noodles are birthday noodles and happy noodles, the death of relatives at home is a sad moment for the whole family. Eating noodles is obviously inconsistent with the atmosphere, so the custom of not eating noodles during the mourning period was formed and continues to this day.