There is a custom in southern Fujian: eating pig's feet noodles and noodles on your birthday. Especially the elderly pay more attention to this custom.
Soft and glutinous pig's feet, coupled with delicious noodles. Although this combination is delicious, it also makes people confused. What is this custom?
Pig’s trotter noodles with noodles
If you want to have a good birthday, pig’s trotter noodles with noodles are indispensable
In fact, it all starts with the good meaning of pig’s feet noodles.
Many people of the older generation are used to celebrating birthdays according to the lunar calendar. However, when the concept of "Gregorian calendar" was slowly introduced to Taiwan, in order to make the lunar calendar and solar calendar more coordinated, the concept of " leap month " was used. And many elders It is considered that "leap month" is very unlucky.
Southern Fujian home-cooked food
In order to eliminate bad luck and turn bad luck into good luck on birthdays, if the elders have their birthdays in a "leap month", they must eat a bowl of pig's feet noodles.
Pig's feet means kicking away bad luck, while noodles with noodles have the meaning of prolonging life. From then on, pig's feet noodles with noodles have become an exclusive food for celebrating the birthdays of the elders.
As time went by, pig's knuckle noodles naturally became a must-have delicacy for everyone's birthdays, in order to ensure their own safety, success, and good fortune.
To remove bad luck, pig's trotter noodles are also a top choice
In fact, pig's trotter noodles are not only so prominent in birthdays, pig's trotters noodles play an irreplaceable role in removing bad luck.
Because noodles have the meaning of adding blessings to people, and pig's feet have the meaning of eliminating bad luck.
So whenever something bad happens, in order to get rid of this bad luck and increase luck, you must eat pig's feet noodles.
Pork trotters noodles
Of course, there is another point worth noting. When a person eats pig trotters noodles, he must eat the pig trotters!
Only eating pig's trotters means that all bad luck and bad luck have been removed, and the whole person will be in peace and prosperity, and the future will be bright.
New Year's goods, braised pig's feet
These are all habits left over from customs, and many of them contain some superstitious elements, but there are still many elders who are still very particular about them.
Pig's trotter noodles not only have a good meaning, but also have a lot of nutritional value
Pig's trotters noodles are very popular in southern Fujian. In addition to its auspiciousness, there is another reason that cannot be ignored, that is, the rich nutrition of pig's trotters value .
Pig feet contain a large amount of collagen . As one of the main components of human skin, collagen plays an important role in maintaining skin elasticity and delaying aging.
Pig's feet noodles
In addition to being rich in collagen, pig's feet are rich in minerals which are also very helpful to the human body.
Eating pig's feet regularly can not only prevent osteoporosis, but also can play a certain role in patients with anemia.
In addition, pig's feet are high in calcium, iron and other elements, which have a significant effect on the growth and development of teenagers.
Pig's trotter soup
Eating pig's trotter noodles on your birthday is a special custom in southern Fujian. At the same time, pig's trotter noodles are also a delicacy with rich nutritional value and many benefits.
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