Since ancient times, giving birth to a child has been an important event. In China, it is even said that giving birth to a child is a great event. Needless to say, the hero's family needs to give good news to relatives and friends, especially her family. So what are the customs of giving good news among the people? Let's take a look.
Good news is a ritual activity when a baby is just born. After receiving the good news, relatives and friends should send their eggs to congratulate them. This is called? Hanging eggs? .
The good news is mainly for the maternal family, because it is an important matter for the family whether their daughter can give birth after marriage, so the father of the child will go to her family to give good news. Of course, you can't report good news empty-handed. This depends on the sex of the baby. If the baby is a boy, then the father will send sweet noodle soup to relatives and friends. If the baby is a girl, he will send sweet soup pills.
In some places, the customs are different. If a boy is born, it is necessary to write down the birth date of the baby on a piece of red paper, and then use red flowers and grass to give candy cakes to his father-in-law's house, which is called newspaper Tian Ding. If a daughter is born, it is much simpler. Usually, it is called newspaper Tian Kou.
After receiving the good news from the son-in-law, the in-laws will return the gifts, such as meat and eggs, glutinous rice, brown sugar, etc., and then put on red paper and go to the son-in-law's house to celebrate the good news. In some places, chickens are given, boys are given two cocks, girls are given a hen, and then the son-in-law has to give candy cakes back to his father-in-law.
this good news activity is usually carried out about 12 days after giving birth to a baby. Waxed? .
Now in many places, these customs have been simplified, and there is not so much stress, but there are still activities to announce good news, but the procedures are simplified. In many places here, when the first child is born, every household in the village will be given some candy and eggs to show good news to everyone, and then get everyone's blessings and congratulations.