1. Eating red eggs on your birthday: Peeling off the eggshell represents us peeling off the past and reborn, which means the beginning of peeling off the shell and rebirth.
2. Chinese people eat longevity noodles on birthdays: Remember not to break the noodles when you put them into the bowl. The higher and longer the noodles are pulled, the longer the life of the owner is.
3. Renrui celebrates his birthday in a low-key manner: According to traditional Chinese stories, the longest-lived Renrui is Peng Zu. Legend has it that he lived for more than 800 years. The reason why he died was that one day he saw a man washing charcoal. This man wanted to wash the black charcoal white. Peng Zu laughed loudly after hearing this. I have lived for more than 800 years and have never heard that charcoal can be washed and turned white. Unexpectedly, the man who washed the charcoal was an imp messenger, and Peng Zu could not be found. Unexpectedly, Peng Zu confessed himself, and Peng Zu was taken to the King of Hell. So because of this story, Renrui keeps a low profile on birthdays, unless it's a specific birthday.
4. 49 years old should be called 50 years old: because for the Chinese, 9 is the end of a number, symbolizing the end, and 0 is the beginning. When encountering nine, 0 will be passed first. Therefore, the 50th birthday should be celebrated at the age of 49. The number 9 also represents eternity and long life.
5. Blow out the candle once: Blowing out the candle once represents the fulfillment of the wish, symbolizing the owner's good health and good omen.
6. The cake cannot be cut in half: Usually the birthday girl will not cut the cake with one cut to the end. The birthday girl will continue to cut the cake in two cuts. Cutting to the end has a bad connotation. Remember not to cut the wedding cake all the way, cut it in two times.
7. The ghost month does not mean birthdays: People born in the seventh month of the lunar calendar do not make their birthdays public, especially since the fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the birthday of the ghost king. If you celebrate your birthday on this day, doesn’t it imply that you are the same as the ghost king? After the ghost king finds out, it is possible that he may specially invite this person to celebrate his birthday.
8. You cannot celebrate after your birthday: you can only celebrate it in advance, not postpone it. To wish a birthday in advance, you must be sincere. After a birthday, I feel like I have had two birthdays, and I am two years older.
9. It is forbidden to celebrate birthdays on the following days: New Year's Eve, New Year's Eve, the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month, the twenty-seventh day of the seventh lunar month, etc. They are all traditional sacrificial days, usually in cemeteries. Or the day when graves are swept in the cemetery. However, if you have birthdays and participate in activities such as sweeping graves and paying homage, it is best to complete them before three o'clock in the afternoon. (In ancient my country, chrysanthemums were regarded as flowers of sustenance, with the meaning of longing and yearning. White chrysanthemums are the most suitable, and they can also be matched with some green grass, such as lilies, green leaves, carnations, etc., which will be more beautiful. However, yellow chrysanthemums include longevity chrysanthemums. It is said that it is more suitable to visit the sick than to pay homage to the deceased. Because the cemetery is the resting place of the deceased, you should not step over the graves and offerings, make loud noises, laugh and curse, and do so not only to yourself. It is disrespectful to the ancestors and will cause nuisance to the nearby spirits. It is also not allowed to trample on other people's tombs or comment on the design of the tomb. It will be considered as sacrilege. It is best not to visit relatives and friends on that day. It is a special time to visit relatives and friends at this time, which is really embarrassing or quite unlucky. Since shoes are the same as evil, you usually cannot buy shoes at this time.) If someone in your family happens to have a birthday today, Should be avoided as much as possible. For example, if your birthday on the Gregorian calendar coincides with Qingming Festival, try to celebrate your birthday on the lunar calendar, and vice versa. If you really can't avoid it, don't accept flowers and don't eat the birthday cake on that day.
10. The fifteenth day of the seventh lunar month is the birthday of the Ghost King. There are many taboos on this day, such as not swimming, not celebrating birthdays today, not patting others on the shoulder, etc. Although some people don’t believe it, there are also some Many people believe that they should try to avoid violating taboos and maintain respect and respect for their good brothers in order to spend the ghost day safely.