What are the customs of celebrating old people's birthdays 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, sticking longevity couplets, placing longevity fruits, longevity wine, longevity fish and so on. For the Antarctic immortals, Magu and other longevity gods. After the decoration of the birthday hall, 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 sent birthday gifts, hoping that the birthday girl would live a long life. Birthday celebrations vary from place to place, some in the morning and some at noon. 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 are called birthdays before they turn 60, and then birthdays. 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 was held every ten years in the sixties, seventies and eighties, and it was also held by a few people in the fifties. Some places hold birthday celebrations every nine years, while others hold them every other year, such as 6 1 and 7 1. Seventy-seven years old is a birthday celebration and eighty-eight years old is a birthday celebration. These are two important birthday gifts.

As for the specific date, it is either the birthday or the first day of the first month.

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

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