Why do you want to eat carp at the age of 73? I don't know the customs of other places, but they are very popular in southwestern Shandong. Old people must eat 1 carp on their 73rd birthday. On the birthday, relatives and friends will come to celebrate, and the birthday party is more grand than in previous years. 73, eat a carp, 1? Take yue longmen, a carp, for example. There is a saying 1: everyone respects Confucius and Mencius, and the words and deeds of saints become people's norms of action. Confucius lived to be 73 years old and Mencius lived to be 84 years old. It is difficult for mortals to live beyond the age of saints. It is difficult to eat carp and jump the dragon gate. In Shandong Bangzi's Story of the Wall, Zhang Carpenter's son is a scholar who knows the way of sages. He has this 1. People call the year when Confucius and Mencius died "the year of saints". 1 people can't pass this age, but they can skip it if they eat carp. As long as they jump over the threshold of 765,438+003, they will be safe and secure. With the improvement of living standards, people have more new health concepts. It has become a fashion to exercise and cultivate one's morality. The elderly pay attention to life and health, and they will live longer, and the more they live, the younger they are.