How old is the birthday boy? Can I call the birthday boy if I'm eighteen years old?

The birthday boy is usually a minor child. 18 years old is already an adult, not suitable for the birthday boy.

"Shangshu - Hongfan" has a cloud: "five blessings, one is said to be longevity, two is said to be blessed, three is said to be Kangning, four is said to be you good virtue, five is said to be examining the end of life." In China's traditional five blessings, life is ranked first. According to tradition, fifty years of age before the birth of the day is generally known as "birthday", fifty years of age after the name is legitimate "do life". The traditional culture of longevity has a long history and is closely related to ethnicity, religion and rituals, and is an integral part of China's historical and cultural heritage, which still has a great influence on people's lives.

Longevity?

Modern people in the holding of birthday celebrations, often the birthday celebrant called "birthday", the older said the old birthday, but also called the male "birthday Gong Gong", female "birthday grandmother The older ones are called "longevity stars", the older ones are called "longevity eunuchs", the older ones are called "longevity grannies", and the younger ones are called "birthday stars". Longevity star, as the name suggests, was originally the name of the star. It is said that the Shouxing that the twenty-eight stars in the Angle Hyper Star, for the East Canglong seven stars - Angle, Hyper, 氐, room, heart, tail, one of the Kei. Every year, in the evening of early May, Longevity Star will appear in the east with the auspicious light of longevity.