Why do we eat dumplings on our 66th birthday?

Every time he celebrates his sixty-sixth birthday, he will eat dumplings made by his daughter. It comes from the proverb "Sixty-six loses a piece of meat, and this piece of meat must be supplemented by children." There are also requirements for making dumplings for the 66th birthday, which are: 6 taels of meat, 6 taels of bread, 68 dumplings, 66 of which are for 66 years old, and the remaining two are for heaven and earth. But there are also unwritten rules for celebrating your sixty-sixth birthday. No matter when your birthday is, celebrate it on the sixth day of the first lunar month.

There is an old saying in the Northeast - Sixty-six, if you don't die, you will lose a piece of meat.

I don’t know where this sentence came from, but it has been circulating for a long time. When every old man reaches this age, he will not say it with his mouth, but he will feel uncomfortable in his heart, and he always does not want people around him to mention it. sentence. What's more, when you reach the age of sixty-six, your birthday is too late. No matter how much your children organize it or celebrate it in advance, they won't mention it during dinner.

Why it is so secretive, there is no specific explanation among the people, but there are always some people who can give some examples of the evidence for this statement. This is like fortune-telling, which is also about probability. If a fortune-teller tells a hundred people's fortunes, and if his fortune-telling is correct 12 out of 10 times, most people will think it is a divine fortune-telling. Especially when dealing with the serious issue of life, especially after the age of sixty or sixty. When you are young, you are not afraid of life and death. You know that there is still a long way to go. Once you reach this age, your life is precarious and you have more worries in your heart, so you believe this. statement. Indeed, when some elderly people reach sixty-six years old, they were originally in good health. Suddenly, they suffer from many diseases this year, and their psychological burden increases, leading to illness and even death. Therefore, people later said that if you don't lose a piece of flesh, even if your life is not in danger, you will experience a serious illness. What was originally a problem of probability, over time, has become a hurdle in the hearts of the elderly, so that now that they are sixty-six years old, they are always feeling uneasy.

However, in the face of this obstacle, in order to eliminate suspicion, some smart people still came up with ways to comfort the old man. When the old man reaches his sixty-sixth birthday, his daughter becomes the protagonist. This is also part of the folk custom in Northeast China. The girl has to take six liang of noodles, six liang of meat, and make sixty-six dumplings. One more won't work, and one less won't work. Sixty-six means sixty-six years old. More importantly, the sixty-six dumplings must be eaten by the birthday party at once for good luck. There will be no more dangers this year. This is a technical job. It is actually very difficult to make a fixed number of dumplings using fixed noodles and fillings. The daughter always does what she does with her heart in order to relieve her parents from worries. Although this is very superstitious, it expresses a sense of filial piety.

There are many superstitious things in Northeastern folk customs, but most of them are to express good wishes and are worth spreading. As for those without daughters, the policy is also relaxed, and dumplings made by the daughter-in-law are also valid. You can't help but smile slightly at this point. All kinds of things are all the thoughts of the children, with only one purpose. I hope the old man will have less worries and prolong his life.

You are not a fish, how can you know the joy of fish! When we are young, we do not think about the thoughts and worries of the elderly. When we get older, we may be more shy about treating illnesses, and may regard many customs as facts and obstacles. Sixty-six years old is exactly the age where life connects the past and the future. Going forward, you are still half a hundred, but going forward, you are already an octogenarian.