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What is a birthday party? What are the procedures for a birthday party?

Birthday for elders is called birthday celebration, which is commonly known as birthday celebration for 79 years old and over 80 years old. Birthday people are mainly close relatives of children, son-in-law and younger generations, and close neighbors and friends know more about congratulations. The whole birthday present includes shroud, Shouren (cake) and Shoutao (steamed noodles). Generally, there are only birthday girls and peaches.

Birthday ceremony:

First of all, please ask the son and daughter of the old birthday girl to make a birthday speech.

Please give birthday speeches to the grandchildren and grandchildren of the old birthday girl.

Please ask the son, daughter-in-law and grandson of the old birthday star to go to the court to offer their birthday.

A worship, I wish the old birthday star happiness as the East China Sea and longevity as the South Mountain;

Second, I wish the birthday girl a prosperous day and a full moon, and Songhe Changchun;

Three obeisances, I wish the birthday girl a long smile and a long family life.

Birthday banquet: eggs, refreshments and longevity noodles are served first. In many places, the whole village and family will be invited to eat sushi noodles, and those that have not arrived will also be delivered to the door. When eating birthday wine, the birthday girl usually doesn't sit in the main hall, but finds several elderly people of similar age to accompany her and opens another seat in the back room. The more vegetables, the better, and the more longevity.

After the birthday party, Shou Weng himself, or on behalf of his children and grandchildren, paid a courtesy visit to his elders and relatives, commonly known as "return visit". Rich people also invite the troupe to sit in the shed and sing at night (no makeup, no performance, no stage). But with drum music. Most of them sing festive operas, such as "Playing Golden Branches" and "Nine Tin Palace".

Brief introduction of western-style birthday party

1, birthday party layout:

Western venues are mainly white and gold. White means purity; Gold represents elegance. Gold cloth, white desktop, the desktop is decorated with transparent glass vases, the vases are mainly small circles, and the flowers are mainly longevity flowers, tortoise plastron and nandina. The candle with the word "Shou" lit a little starlight, making the atmosphere elegant and romantic. Flowers as a match set off a beautiful atmosphere. Suggestion: You can match some colorful balloons and stick them on the post or the roof of the house with static electricity to show the hope of flying and the beautiful meaning of flying. You can also rent a bubble machine to make bubbles and create a happy atmosphere.

2. Birthday celebration

Before the ceremony, the host announced that the children and grandchildren of the birthday boy had ordered a piano piece for the birthday boy. This piece is "Letter to Mother", or the fifth "Spring" of Beethoven's passionate sonata in F major (Op.24). Western-style birthday celebrations require guests to wear formal clothes to attend, which is solemn and important. Western-style birthday worship, with the feeling that the waiter is serving with a glass of wine. As for the ceremony, it is not very important.

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