what is tail tooth feast

"Tail teeth banquet" is a traditional folk culture in southern Fujian.
"Tail teeth banquet" originally refers to the businessmen wishing to have a prosperous business in the coming year, and prepare wine and good dishes for the land master "tooth sacrifice", praying for blessing.Introduction of "Tail Teeth Banquet": The second day of the second month of the lunar calendar is the first one to make teeth, which is called "head teeth";The tail tooth is the "end" of the business year's activities, and it is also the "prelude" of the Spring Festival activities of ordinary people.On this day, ordinary people in Taiwan will burn the land of the land to worship the god of good fortune (that is, the land-god), and set up a bench in front of the door to offer bowls of five flavors, burn scriptures, and silver paper to worship the owner of the foundation.(Worship of house foundations).All merchants will also entertain their employees today to reward their hard work over the past year.In the past, if the boss did not intend to re-employ an employee in the coming year, he would target him with a chicken head at the banquet, implying dismissal.However, this custom has disappeared.In addition to the increasingly popular tail teeth dinner in recent years, according to traditional customs, the whole family gathers together to "eat tail teeth".The main food is buns and buns.The moistening cake is wrapped in the moistened cake skin, such as bean sprouts, shredded bamboo shoots, dried tofu, garlic, dried eggs, tiger moss, peanut powder, tomato sauce and other ingredients.The food in the mow bag is three layers of meat, pickles, dried bamboo shoots, coriander, peanut powder, etc., all of which are delicious and delicious local food.The development of "Tail Ya Banquet": Now "Tail Ya" has gradually evolved into a celebration for companies to reward employees at the end of the year.The "Tail Teeth Banquet" is a banquet hosted by the company boss at the end of the year for the company's colleagues to comfort the hard work on weekdays. It is only held once a year.Nowadays, eating "tail teeth" has gradually evolved into an important party at the company's end of the year, summarizing the work of the year, the boss announcing important decisions, and even the year-end bonus distribution is held at the "tail teeth banquet".Around the 16th day of the twelfth lunar month, large and small enterprises will hold grand banquets and parties.The chairman and general manager, the big bosses who are rarely seen, will attend in person, and some will bring their family members.They often change their usual serious and stereotyped faces, and dress up as characters from film and television works or fairy tales to have fun with all the staff.After the sumptuous dinner, there was a big party and a lottery. The company's bosses, employees and guests sang and danced, performed shows, entertained themselves, and gags in the middle to enhance the atmosphere.