Birthday Tradition in China

Birthdays for the elderly are usually birthday noodles and birthday bags made by children themselves; On children's birthdays, parents will give them red envelopes as keepsakes.

No matter when the old people and children celebrate their birthdays, they should boil eggs to eat.

The first birthday is one year old, which is almost the most important birthday.

In the past, old people divided their birthdays more carefully. If it is the birthday of respected parents in a big family, there will be corresponding celebrations. Traditional birthdays are generally calculated in nominal years.

→ Whole birthday: refers to birthdays with 9 or 0 as single digits, such as 59, 60, 49, 50, etc. They have different names:

Every birthday in Daqing is the 9th birthday, such as 39 49 59 69 79;

Celebrate every birthday, such as 40 50 60 70 80.

→ Birthday at will: birthday with a birthday unit of 1-8, such as 5 1-58 years old.