1. Cake. Birthday cakes are a necessity, especially for children and young people. If you are an elderly person, you still have to buy them, because this thing is already widespread. How much they like to eat is one thing, and whether they follow the rules is another.
2. Eat longevity noodles. Shou noodles are noodles, which can be of many kinds. This has its own name because the long and thin noodles can symbolize longevity.
3. Eat more eggs. In some areas, people have the custom of eating eggs on their birthdays and rolling them twice on their bodies, which is called a "roller disaster". There is also a historical allusion to why we eat more eggs. It comes from "The Black Bird of Destiny was demoted to the Shang Dynasty" in "The Book of Songs·Ode to Shang·Xuanniao". It tells the story of an ancient legend in which a woman named Jian Di met someone when she went out. After eating a swallow egg, the descendants of the Yin and Shang ancestors "Qi" grew out. People hoped that their children would be as talented as "Qi", so they began to give little swallow eggs to each other. To express blessings to the pregnant child, if things go on like this, replace it with raw eggs and finish eating one of the foods that must be eaten on birthdays.
4. Eat peaches. Peach means longevity, so it is usually eaten on birthdays. The custom of eating peach comes from a story. Legend has it that when Sun Bin went out to study with Gui Guzi, he didn't go home for a long time. One day, he remembered that it was his mother's birthday, so he Guiguzi went home with his master to celebrate his mother's birthday. Guiguzi said to Sun Bin: "You have gone out to study under a teacher and cannot repay your mother's kindness. I will give you a peach to take home for your mother's birthday." Sun Bin's mother ate water honey. After the peach, he became young, and then passed it on to ten, and passed it on to hundreds. Everyone began to imitate Sun Bin and send peaches on their birthdays.