Bed Mother

Bed Mother who is the tutelary god of baby is a part of Chinese traditional culture. Chinese parents will offer sacrifices to Bed Mother when babies were born after 3 days, 6 days, 12 days, 30 days, and every Chinese festival. The activity, which offers sacrifices to Bed Mother, will be stopped when babies grow up until 16 years old. Chinese said that Bed Mother teased and led to babies cry or smile in sleeping. In order to let babies grow up smoothly,Chinese parents will follow traditional culture to offer sacrifices to her. The sacrifices, which is glutinous oil rice, chicken-wine, celery, is put the center of bed, and then burn joss stick. After a while, parents will burn some paper money for her, and then finish offering sacrifices. Chinese have the slang that eating late is also working late so it should take too long to offer sacrifices.