“人日”的由来，这一天为什么要吃面？

“人日”的由来,这一天为什么要吃面？

The origin of "Human Day", Why eat noodles on this day?

  作者：山泉Sue

据传说，女娲在创造世界时先造了六畜，最后一天才创造了人类，被称为"人日"。做为关乎人类自己诞辰的节日，当然吃食也要特别讲究，面条就被拿来当做这一天的特定食物。

在中华民族的传统习俗中有一个节日名叫“人日节”，也称人胜节、人庆节。共三天，分别为农历正月初七、十七、二十七，俗称“人日子”。据说至今被广泛传承了二千多年，且有理有据。 史料记载，汉朝开始有相关习俗，魏晋后开始重视。

相传在汉武帝时期，就有流传的说法是人的人中有多长，寿命就有多长，人中长在脸上，而脸和面是同义，所以人们用吃长面的说法来表达自己人中长，脸长所以会长寿的说法。后来逐渐演变成生日要吃面的说法，最好是吃一根不断的长寿面，面越长代表着寿命就越长。

初七吃面条寓意：因为面条顺溜，每一条又很长，寓意着用面条缠住岁月的双腿，取长寿之意。除了吃面条，还要喝面汤，“原汤化原食”一说不无道理，面汤可以助消化、益脾胃、减少积食，这从营养学的观点来看，也是有一定道理的。

   （今天中午我做的手擀炸酱面）

记得初七一定要吃碗面哦，祝大家生日快乐，健康长寿！

The origin of "Human Day", Why eat noodles on this day?

According to legend, Nuwa first created six animals when she created the world, and then created human beings on the last day, which is called "Human Day". As a festival related to human's own birthday, of course, we should pay special attention to food. Noodles are used as a specific food on this day.

Among the traditional customs of the Chinese nation, there is a festival called "Human Day", also known as Human Victory Festival and Human Celebration Festival. There are three days in total, namely the seventh, seventeenth and twenty seventh day of the first lunar month, commonly known as "Human Day". It is said that it has been widely inherited for more than 2000 years, and it is justified. According to historical records, there began to be relevant customs in the Han Dynasty and began to pay attention to them after the Wei and Jin Dynasties.

It is said that in the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, there was a popular saying that the length of a person's life span is like the length of the philtrum. The philtrum grows on the face, the face and the philtrum are synonymous. Therefore, people use the saying of eating long noodles to express the saying that a person with a long philtrum and long face should have a long life. Later, it gradually evolved into the saying that we should eat noodles on our birthday. It is best to eat a whole piece of longevity noodles. The longer the noodles, the longer the life.

Eating noodles on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year represents longevity. Because the noodles are smooth and each one is very long, which means wrapping the legs of years with noodles and taking the meaning of longevity. In addition to eating noodles, we should also drink noodle soup. It is reasonable to say that "eat the food and drink the water boiling it for better digesting". Noodle soup can help digestion, benefit the spleen and stomach and reduce food accumulation, which is also reasonable from the perspective of nutrition.

Remember to eat a bowl of noodles on the seventh day of the lunar new year. 

Happy birthday to all of you! Both health and longevity!