Rules for a child's full moon banquet

When a child is just one month old, parents and relatives hope to hold a full-month banquet to express good luck and blessings. When holding the full-month banquet, there are also some customs and rules. Of course, the customs and rules in this regard vary from region to region, but some aspects are similar. Friends and relatives will give some gifts, and there are some things to pay attention to among these gifts.

The rules for a child's full moon banquet

1. Move the urinal. From birth to one month old, the baby is usually taken care of by the man's family at the grandmother's house or the baby's own home. After the baby is one month old, relatives are invited to take the baby away by the grandmother.

2. When the baby is one month old, put new clothes on the baby and take the baby to the bank to withdraw money, which indicates that you will never be short of money in the future.

3. Go to the vegetable market to buy some onions and put them in your baby’s pocket, which indicates that your baby will be smart in the future.

4. Buy a box of matches and put it in the baby’s pocket, which indicates that the baby will make money when he grows up.

5. Taking your baby across a bridge with flowing water underneath indicates that the baby will have a smoother life in the future.

6. Be careful not to let your baby catch a cold, and try not to let others touch your baby’s face to avoid bacterial transmission.

7. Before taking your baby to a restaurant, take a shower, change clothes, and dress up beautifully.

8. Put small gloves on the baby, because there will definitely be many relatives and friends coming to kiss or touch the baby’s hands on the day of the full moon banquet. Take off the gloves after the guests leave.

Mother and others' considerations

1. After the mother's confinement period is over, she should return to her parents' home. It is best for her to stay there for half a month.

2. When the child returns to his home, his grandmother will hang a white thread around his neck. The string should be tied into a slipknot, and money should be stuffed into the knot.

3. After the full moon, it is the hundredth day. On this day, the child's grandmother will make a hundred-day pants and a hundred-day jacket for the child, as well as a tiger-head hat and socks. The child will also be given a bellyband embroidered with "nine pomegranates and a hand (Buddha's hand)", which means good luck.

4. The mother should also have less contact with guests, because the mother is the person who has the closest contact with the baby for the longest time. If the mother shakes hands with a guest, she must wash her hands before breastfeeding. It is recommended that other adults wash their hands before touching the baby.

Things to pay attention to when holding a full moon banquet

1. Don’t order roasted suckling pig. A suckling pig is an underage pig, a baby pig. It is not a good omen to eat a baby pig at a full-month banquet. When ordering dishes, you can ask the restaurant manager for introductions, as they are all very experienced.

2. There is no need to return the gift. Just put red eggs and sour ginger on the banquet table. It tastes better if you make it yourself.

3. Generally, there is no need to welcome guests. The baby can be placed in the stroller. When guests come, just say hello or hold the baby. If the baby falls asleep, there is no need to wake him up. The guests will not mind. Guests will put the red envelopes on the baby's bed, in the baby's clothes or give them directly to the mother. The red envelopes must be placed properly because there will be a lot of people around and it will be messy.

4. Don’t say unlucky words during the banquet, such as "death", "short life", etc.

5. It is best not to have the following people at the baby’s full moon banquet: pregnant women, people having a funeral, people having a wedding, people who have just given birth to a baby (i.e. the mother of the baby who is not yet one month old).