What are the customs of celebrating the birthday of the elderly in ancient times?

On the birthday, children and grandchildren should prepare new clothes for the birthday girl in advance, and decorate the birthday hall the day before the birthday. The layout of the longevity hall generally includes hanging longevity paintings, pasting longevity couplets, and placing longevity fruit, longevity wine, longevity fish and so on. Longevity gods such as Antarctic immortals and Magu. After the birthday hall is decorated, the whole family usually eats birthday noodles together, which is called "warm birthday".

On the birthday, the birthday girl puts on new clothes and sits on the birthday table. After lighting candles, burning incense and setting off firecrackers, the children and grandchildren dressed neatly, kowtowed to the birthday girl, celebrated and presented birthday gifts, hoping that the birthday girl would live longer. Birthday celebrations vary from place to place, some in the morning, some at noon, and birthday gifts and ceremonies are also different, but on the whole, they all wish the birthday girl a long and healthy life.

People celebrate birthdays. They call it a birthday before they are 60, and then they call it a birthday. After the age of 60, every ten years is called "longevity", every five years is called "longevity", and those who live longer are called "longevity stars".

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In the past, birthday presents were usually given at 40. Generally, it is held once every ten years in the sixties, seventies and eighties, and a few people hold it in the fifties. In some places, birthday celebrations are held every nine years, while in others, birthday celebrations are held every other year, such as 6 1 year and 7 1 year. 77 years old is a birthday celebration, and 88 years old is a birthday celebration. These are two important birthday gifts.

As for the specific date, it will be held either on the birthday or on the first day of the first month.

When holding a birthday ceremony, the setting of Shoutang is very particular. In the hall, Shou Xingtu or "Shou" in gold on a red background hangs in the center of the front wall, and birthday couplets are hung on both sides. This birthday couplet is very particular. It must be sent by important relatives and friends, and it is loved by the protagonist of the birthday girl.

Other birthday couplets, birthday greetings and birthday greetings are hung on both sides, with couplets from senior or important guests hanging in front and couplets from junior or unimportant guests hanging behind.