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What's the name of the birthday person?

People who celebrate their birthdays are called birthday stars. Shouxing regardless of age, the birthday is divided after the birthday, so Shouxing is called Shouxing.

Birthday refers to the day when a person is born. Generally speaking, in China, we pay more attention to the birthdays of the elderly. Every birthday is a family gathering, so in China, birthdays can be regarded as a family holiday. In China, in the past, only children and old people usually celebrated their birthdays. However, influenced by cultural exchanges, many people in China have westernized their views on birthdays.

Legend of origin:

The old man is the birthday star of Fu Lushou's three stars. He is dressed in civilian clothes, kind-hearted and amiable. But in ancient times, he used to be a dignified star official with a high status. Not the legendary immortal emperor of Antarctica.

The longevity star, also known as the Antarctic Laoren, is the god of longevity in ancient mythology. It is also a fairy in Taoism. Originally named Star, it is one of the three stars of happiness, wealth and longevity. After Qin Shihuang unified the world, he built the Shouxing Temple in Du County near Chang 'an. The star after his birthday evolved into a fairy's name.

The Journey to the West, a novel in Ming Dynasty, wrote that the birthday girl "holds Ganoderma lucidum in her hand", with long head, big ears and short body. There is a fairy tale of "happiness, luck and longevity" in Warning the World. In the portrait, the birthday boy is an old man with a white beard, holding a stick in his hand and holding up his forehead. The ancients symbolized the longevity of the elderly. It is often set off with deer, cranes and Xiantao. , symbolizing longevity.