On the table stand a steamer of peach-shaped buns, a bowl of red eggs and a large bowl of longevity noodles with smaller bowls of noodles around it, as an elder's hand and a child's hand each raise a bowl.
The birthday table
Introduction
The foods and feasts of birthdays, of a baby's first month and first year, and of longevity celebrations.
Birthday feasts cover the foods and entertaining of birthdays, of a child's growing up and of celebrations for elders. The Song book Dong Jing Meng Hua Lu records a gathering at a baby's first month, a hundred-day feast, and a first-year ceremony at which the child picks from a spread of objects. The Southern Song Meng Liang Lu also records the baby-washing gathering and a feast at a hundred days. The format of the banquet belongs to Family and Village Banquets.