Why celebrate your 60th birthday? Are there any customs?

An ancient custom. In ancient times, according to the calendar year in heavenly stems and earthly branches, 60 years was a flower, and when people reached 60 years old, it was called the year of sixty. People don't celebrate their birthdays until they are 60.

Men celebrate their birthdays at 60, while women celebrate their birthdays at 6 1 year. As the saying goes, "Men should be equal and women should be equal". There are also a few people who celebrate their birthdays at the age of 50. Birthdays when men don't meet for ten days and women don't meet for one day are called "leisure birthdays". Although the party is held to celebrate, it is not called a birthday, but a "birthday".

On his birthday, Su Ting usually presents his children to show his filial piety to his parents. Don't invite friends and family. Most of the gifts were clothes, shoes and socks, chicken, wine, peaches (smiles) and noodles (noodles), and some of them also presented plaques. Birthday banquets are similar to ordinary wedding banquets, but the first course must be noodles, which means longevity. When eating noodles, the chef will add noodles to the table, which is called "longevity".

Extended data

Birthday ceremony:

There is no specific ceremony for birthday celebration. In ancient times, younger guests usually bowed to Shoutang only three times, and the birthday girl could go out regularly to receive congratulations. The rest of the time, sons and nephews will reply in the auditorium. On a new birthday, usually before a banquet, the birthday girl will share the cake. Shouqing's hospitality: Celebrating birthdays is generally prepared for those who are relatively wealthy, so we are more particular about hospitality.

In ancient times, people began to entertain close relatives and friends on the eve of birthdays, which was called "warm birthdays"; Noon is a noodle mat, and its "longevity" is taken; There is a grand banquet in the evening. The next day, a banquet was held to thank the deacons.

The birthday party seems to have two contents: first, Shouweng (Shoupo) wants to blow out the candles on the birthday cake and then share the cake; The second is to eat noodles in order to win the favor of longevity.