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Birthday Meals

Birthday Meals Almost everyone, no matter where they live, gets a special meal on their birthday, but in China it is a little different. If you are celebrating a birthday in China you need two foods: peaches and noodles. Strangely enough, the peaches are not even peaches, but traditional Chinese pastries made in the shape of peaches normally filled with bean pastes or other sweets. Peaches are very important in Chinese mythology and represent immortality. Yi mein or longevity noodles are also an important part of Chinese birthday celebrations. Each diner finds the longest noodle in his or her bowl and gives it to the person whose birthday it is. That person eats those noodles for a prosperous year and long life.