The day after the mother gives birth to her baby, my uncle will go to his parents-
The day after the mother gives birth to her baby, my uncle will go to his parents-in-law’s house to announce the good news. Only my uncle can go alone to announce the good news. If my uncle is unable to go due to special circumstances, he can also have a brother or the like take his place.
When he arrived at his parents-in-law’s house, he didn’t need to explain whether it was a boy or a girl, he just needed to bring out the “token” he had prepared in advance. The "token" for a boy is a pen or a writing brush; for a girl, a bunch of flowers. If there are no flowers in winter, paper flowers can be used instead.
The ninth day after the birth of a boy and the twelfth day after the birth of a girl are the days of eating happy noodles. Why choose this day? This is not superstition, but has certain scientific truth. If it's too early, the newborn will be too weak to withstand the torment, and there will be many people coming to the house to eat Ximen, and the newborn will be very susceptible to infection; if it's too late, the newborn will not be able to finish the supplements sent by the mother's family. As for boys and girls not living on the same day, it is because girls are generally not as strong as boys, and there is no preference for boys over girls.
On the day of eating wedding noodles, all immediate family members of the natal family should be present. Except for parents who cannot come, all other people who should come should be present. The mother's family loads the prepared rice, noodles, eggs, brown sugar, children's clothes and even beds into the car, sets off "happy-giving" firecrackers, and then sets off for the daughter's home.
When you arrive near your daughter’s house, you cannot go directly into her house. Instead, you have to stop and set off firecrackers to remind your uncle’s family: The guests are here!
After my uncle’s family heard about the firecrackers, they also set off firecrackers to inform the other party that “you can enter the house”! Then, people from my uncle's family came to pick up the guests and accept the gifts. At this time, the mother's family will take off the red cloth covering the basket used to hold rice and noodles, which means that they hope that the newborn will start "talking" as soon as possible.
When guests arrive at the uncle's house, the female family members should go to the mother's bedside to visit the mother and hug the child to show friendship and concern; the male family members do not need to enter the house, but sit in the living room and drink brown sugar rice flower tea. My uncle’s family puts the pre-fried rice krispies with brown sugar in a tea cup or a large bowl, pours boiling water in, and gives it to every guest.
On the day of eating happy noodles, the mother should put a small red dot between the newborn's eyebrows to show "good luck" and "good luck", and also to increase the cuteness of the child.
The next step is to have a big banquet. Everyone who came to eat Xi Noodles was seated. All steamed buns at the wedding banquet must be dotted with red dots before being served to increase the sense of celebration. When the banquet ends, my uncle’s family will dye the hard-boiled eggs prepared in advance red and distribute them to each guest. Some people who are particular about their work will also distribute wedding candies and cigarettes at the same time.
After eating the wedding noodles, the mother’s parents can visit their daughter. But this is just a normal visit to relatives, there is no ceremony at all.
After the newborn is one month old, the mother can enter a normal life.