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Is a woman 79 or 80 on her birthday? In some rural areas of our country, the elderly do have the custom of not exceeding nine years old but exceeding ten years old. Until now, people in these places still abide by this custom.

There are two ways to call a birthday in the countryside. Every tenth birthday is called "big birthday", and other birthdays are called "small birthdays" (except for one-year-old children). "Over nine but not ten" usually refers to the "big birthday" every ten days. "Over Nine" and "Over Ten" are common names, that is, people celebrate their birthdays at the age of nine and ten, and the countryside is also called holding birthday wine or banquets.

1, both men and women are "over nine but not ten"

In some rural areas of our country, when holding birthday parties, there is a saying that "nine can't beat ten", which is also called "doing nine can't beat ten" or "doing nothing but doing nothing", which means wasting your life; True refers to the true age. When a person's age reaches the whole "ten", it was originally a memorable day. Up to now, there are still 10th anniversary celebrations in China, such as school celebration, factory celebration, township celebration and county celebration. And there are some historic memorable days.

However, in some parts of China, birthday celebrations are advanced. For example, people aged 50 to 49, 60 to 59, 70 to 69, 80 to 79 and 90 to 89 hold birthday parties, which are called "big birthdays" in rural areas. On the real "big birthday" of ten years old, it becomes a "small birthday", and celebrations are no longer held noisily.

2, men and women are different, pay attention to "all men are women"

In some places, "over nine" does not mean all the old people, but men, while women must "over ten", that is, "men are full and women are full" For example, the age of a man's 60th birthday is not 60, but 59. 59 years old is called "60th birthday", which is a "big birthday", while the real 60th birthday becomes a "small birthday". A woman's 60th birthday is 60th, which is called "turning 60".

3. "Over nine but under ten" is calculated by nominal age.

There are also some regional customs in China, and there is another saying that "if you pass nine, you will not exceed ten". The male is nine years old and the female is ten years old. According to the customs of these places, men are actually "over eight years old" and women are "over nine years old" according to their actual age. For example, a person is 58 years old in real life, 59 years old in nominal life, and 58 years old when he is 60 years old. When a woman celebrates her 60th birthday, she is actually 59 years old.

4. Which "big birthday" did the phrase "the old man has a birthday" start from?

Many rural areas in our country set "50 years old" as the birthday, which is also commonly known as "longevity" or "longevity". Mainly because the life expectancy of rural people was relatively short in the past, people thought that they were old people after the age of 50, and they could use coffins and shroud. This is somewhat different from the economically developed towns and villages at that time. In economically developed areas, people's living standards are relatively higher, conditions are better and people's life expectancy is relatively longer. These places are convenient for setting their birthdays at 60, and coffins and shroud will be after 60.

Because of this, in many rural areas of our country, especially in areas where the economy was not very active in the past, "over nine does not exceed ten" or "full of men and women" began at the age of 50, that is, men were called "five years old" at the age of 49, and women were called "fifty years old" at the age of 50, and the following 60, 70, 80, 90 and centenarians were the same. /kloc-birthdays of 0/0, 20, 30 or 40 do not exist. Birthdays are all "doing ten" In some places, "over nine years old and under ten years old" should start from the age of 60, with 59 males and 60 females.

5. Other birthday customs in rural areas.

Because our country has a vast territory, different places have different customs, and there are different opinions on birthdays.

For example, in some rural areas, there are banquets on the first, tenth and twentieth birthdays, and relatives and friends come to congratulate them. However, at the age of thirty and forty, there are some sayings, such as "Men don't be thirty, women don't be forty", "Congratulations on three don't congratulate four, congratulations on four should be naughty" and "The living don't worship forty, while the dead don't worship forty". In some places, when a man is 30 years old, he doesn't celebrate his birthday, but his father-in-law and relatives do. In other places, men and women don't celebrate their 30th and 40th birthdays, but at the age of 36, they hold a noisy party for their birthdays.

6. There is a folk saying that "over nine does not exceed ten"

Although there is a saying of "perfection" in our country, we also hope that everyone or everything can be perfect. But this is just an ideal. In fact, how can all aspects of people or things be perfect?

In the traditional concept of our country, people and things are satisfied as long as they have ten things. On the contrary, they think that "full" is not a very auspicious thing, and there is a saying that "everything is full, and full will attract losses." Therefore, people think that "ten" means "to the end" and "to the top", and having a full ten-year birthday means that you have finished your birthday. This understanding is of course unlucky. It is precisely because of this statement that people usually advance their tenth birthday to the imaginary age of ten, which means that the real year is nine years old, which shows that life is far from over. In addition, the homonym of "nine" and "dragon" is an auspicious number in China. Old people celebrate their ninth birthday, which means longevity and longevity. Therefore, "Nine" is endowed with the meaning of "longevity". This is the same as people's birthday words, such as the distant age of turtles and cranes, the life in Nanshan and the life in Qiao Song.

As for the saying that "men are all women" in some places, some people think that men are the head of the family and mean a family. It is unlucky for a family to live a full life. When a woman is full, it doesn't interfere with her family, just as a child can be ten or twenty years old, it is also her tenth birthday. Some people also say that men belong to Yang, nine numbers belong to Yang, and Yang counts as longevity. Women belong to yin, and the number of ten belongs to yin. A full life is conducive to women's health and longevity.

7. the story of "over nine but not ten"

In the story of our country, the saying that "over nine does not exceed ten" is said by Zhang.

One day, Zhang rode a donkey through the mountain and met a young man chopping wood on the mountain. Zhang Lao Guo looked up at the young man and saw that he was dying. So he said to the young man, "Stop chopping wood. Your life is over. The time of death is 3 o'clock tomorrow. Go home and prepare for the funeral. "

The young woodcutter's name is Wang Er. When he learned that the old man was Zhang, he knelt down and said that there would be no old man at home after his death, and begged Zhang to save his life. Zhang Lao Guo was moved by Wang Er's filial piety and thought of a way to make him do it.

The next day, Zhang invited gentlemen and the Tenth Hall to meet and drink in water curtain cave, the abode of fairies and immortals in the Monkey King, Huaguoshan. Under the guidance of Zhang, when they came to the sky above the mountain, they saw a sumptuous banquet set up halfway up the mountain. The alcohol at the banquet was very attractive, but there was no one at the wine table. The Tenth Hall of Zhonghe couldn't resist the smell of wine, and floated from mid-air to the place where the banquet was held, drinking to the fullest.

As soon as the wine was finished, Wang Er, who was hiding in the Woods, came out and saluted the people and the Ten Halls and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I specially prepared this banquet for you. I want to ask you a favor to prolong my life. " Hearing this, the audience was at a loss and could not speak for a while. Zhang deliberately said to Wang Er, "You are a young man. What kind of life do you want?" Wang Er said the reason. Zhang took out the book of life and death to check Wang Er's birthday. When I opened the life and death book, it really said that Wang Er's birthday was only in the spring of 19, which happened to be the last day of Wang Er's life, that is, at 3 noon today.

Everyone was very surprised and puzzled. How can there be such a predicted mortal in the world? When Zhang Guo came, he encouraged them to go to Wang Change's birthday. It is said to be the most impartial in the world, and it is mainly dominated by dogma. It is against the dogma to change the birthday casually, so naturally you can't agree. However, under the persuasion of many people, it is also because of eating someone else's birthday wine that the family's mouth is soft and soft. So, we had to add a "nine" before the nineteenth, and the nineteenth became "ninety-nine".

Later, Wang Er really lived to be ninety-nine. Because of this, from now on, when you celebrate your birthday, you will only do "nine" instead of "ten". According to the general view, you can do "Nine" on your birthday.

The above is about whether a woman's birthday is 79 or 80, and it is about Zhang's sharing. After watching the 80 th birthday of the old man, it will be 79. I hope this will help everyone!