What are the ancient customs for birthday celebrations? What are the gifts?

The day of birth for the "birthday", that is, "birthday", also called "birthday". "Birthday" is the beginning of life's journey, is a very important day of life, therefore, people are accustomed to the birthday of this day to hold celebration activities, is called "birthday", "do life". The birthday is a very important day in the life of a person. Age status is different, "do birthday" scale is also different. Generally speaking, more than forty years old, ten birthday is more important, different general scale. When the birthday, friends and relatives should prepare for the birthday hanging scroll, birthday candles, birthday peaches, birthday noodles and so on. More than forty years old to longevity peach longevity noodles as a gift. The family should also add five pounds of sugar. Less than forty for the steamed bread, cut noodles. Ten years old, twenty years old only cut noodles. Longevity peach is regarded as a peach, eight hundred years of fruit once, the noodles to take its long. Longevity scrolls are written with auspicious words of congratulations. For a grand birthday celebration, a birthday hall is set up with candles and lanterns. Shouweng sitting in the front seat, accept friends and relatives, the younger generation congratulations, kowtow. Ceremony is completed, *** eat birthday feast; birthday hall on the incense, display spring peaches, eight immortals, etc.. The birthday candle should be red. The nave has a big birthday blessing, birthday worship ceremony by the presiding officer shouting ceremony. Generations are different, there is a difference in worship. Generation of a bow, children, nieces and nephews four worship, some also want to life plate holding four cooked eggs or a bowl of jujube soup served at the birthday. In addition to the birthday worship, there is a birthday before the worship, for the pre-blessing; birthday after the birthday worship, called the supplementary blessing. There are also for the deceased parents to do life, this is called the "life". To that day, the children and grandchildren dressed in colorful clothes, set up a ceremony hall at home, the same clan, relatives and friends have also been before the congratulations. Good conditions, there is a theater to celebrate.