According to tradition, how old should I celebrate my birthday? What's the point?

In the past, we paid attention to celebrating the longevity of the elderly. In the past, we paid attention to starting from the age of 60, with 70 as the birthday, 80 as the birthday, 90 as the birthday, and 100 as the birthday. These birthdays are big events. After all, the longevity of the elderly is an auspicious sign.

What's the point of celebrating your birthday? Birthdays are mainly attended by children, son-in-law, close relatives and close friends of the younger generation. The whole birthday ceremony includes Shoushou, Shouyi, Shouren and Shoutao. We also need to prepare fireworks and firecrackers for the elderly to celebrate their birthdays to set off the atmosphere.

It is impolite to send invitations to relatives and friends before the birthday, usually three days before the birthday. This is because relatives and friends have three days to prepare, for example, some people are at work, some people are in other places, and some people need to buy gifts. The folk proverb says, "Three days is an invitation, two days is a call, and the same day is a belt".

When friends and relatives receive invitations, they will prepare birthday gifts, commonly known as "birthday gifts". The host family will have a birthday party and the guests will drink. I have done so much to cheer up the old man who had a birthday.

In addition, there are still some time points to pay attention to, such as: 66th, 77th birthday, 80th birthday, 88th birthday, 90th birthday, 95th birthday, 99th centenary birthday, centenary birthday, etc., which should be held according to local customs.

Of course, there are seventy-three and eighty-four survivors, mainly to commemorate Confucius seventy-three and Mencius seventy-four. Many people think that these two ages are the threshold for the elderly. Congratulations on the anniversary can eliminate disasters.

Age-conscious folks have many taboos on the birthdays of the elderly:

1. "Over nine is not more than ten", and "ten" is an integer. Because of the truth of "full of pain", every ten-integer birthday, men will come to the "Nine" birthday in advance. For example, you are over 60 in May and over 70 in June. Because "nine" is the supreme number, and it is also the homonym of "long", which means longevity and eternity. Second, "men are afraid of longevity, and women are afraid of wolves." Everyone knows that wolves are the year before and the year after every nine years, and they must do great things to get over that hurdle. Third, "men do it, women do it", that is to say, men are over one year old and women are over one year old. This is based on the folk custom that "men are full of hair and women are unhappy". The reason why "men work hard and women work hard" is mainly to follow the "balance of yin and yang" in nature, in which "advance" is yin and deficiency, and "fullness" is yang and reality. If "man man" is yang plus yang, and "woman man" is yin plus yin, it is unlucky. Therefore, it is not easy to do it at this age, and there is a saying that "heaven and earth are out of date". Some thoughts on the longevity of the elderly In recent years, with the improvement of the economy, many people have money, and the situation of longevity is different. In the past, people celebrated old people's birthdays with sincerity and blessings. And some families with better economy even hold a lucky draw after a big banquet, or even give out red envelopes instead of red envelopes. If you don't have a birthday next home, guests will feel uncomfortable without such standards.

There are already several families here who don't accept gifts for their parents' birthdays. All the people present, regardless of children, gave them a red envelope of 1 0,000 yuan. In fact, this is to show off their economic ability to relatives and friends, and finally compare with each other, leading to an increase in their face. The old man felt pain instead of pain when he saw spending money like running water.

Personally, the birthday of the elderly should be arranged according to local rules, and the scale of the banquet should fully consider the requirements of the elderly, according to their abilities, and should not be extravagant. Otherwise, the birthday situation will change, and everyone will ask for this lottery ticket, red envelope and food.