Do you want to celebrate your birthday when you are 50?
It is called a birthday celebration before the age of 50, and it can be said to be a birthday celebration after the age of 50.
Why don't you celebrate your birthday at 50?
At the age of 50, the elderly will consider birthdays. The older they are, the more grand they will be.
In ancient times, large birthday banquets were usually held only when people were over 60 years old.
First of all, the living conditions in the past were poor, and it cost money to live too long. In the past, although birthdays were accompanied by money, at that time, gifts were mostly given, and cash was rarely sent directly. And catering costs money, what's more, the banquet was very grand at that time, and relatives and friends came back to attend. And this is quite expensive. If the family's economic conditions are not good, they dare not hold a banquet.
The second reason is that catering is more troublesome. At present, most banquets go directly to the hotel and then order according to the menu. But in the past, it was troublesome, laborious and time-consuming for the host family to cook all the dishes, buy all kinds of ingredients and inform relatives and friends to drink.
The third reason is that some old people are afraid of celebrating their birthdays. There used to be an old saying among farmers that longevity will bring some bad things, so the old people don't want to live long. After all, eating and drinking is very tiring, which means admitting that you are old. Seeing that people around you are old and gone will inevitably make you sad and uncomfortable, and it will also affect your health. It is precisely for these reasons that many rural elderly people refuse to hold banquets on their birthdays.
What do you pay attention to on your birthday?
Regarding the birthday for the elderly, customs and habits vary from place to place, and concerns are different.
More profoundly, elderly people with parents generally don't want to celebrate their birthdays.
There is also a folk saying that "mother doesn't celebrate her birthday, father doesn't secretly."
Birthday is a mother's suffering day, and the older generation thinks it should not be celebrated.
The second pressure is that men and women celebrate their birthdays at different times. In most areas, there is a saying that "men do nine and women do ten".
In other words, men usually celebrate their birthdays on the ninth day, such as 59-year-old and 60-year-old women.
In some places, there is a saying that "men make singles and women make doubles", that is, men celebrate their seventies and nineties and women celebrate their sixties and eighties.
Of course, different customs in different places pay different attention to birthdays.
What are the taboos for celebrating 50th birthday?
1, 49 years old to celebrate the 50th birthday.
The number 9 is very important to China people. In ancient times, it was a symbol of the strength of the Ninth Five-Year Plan, and it also had a "leisurely" and beautiful meaning. However, when the number at the end of 50 is zero, there will be signs that everything will go up in smoke. Therefore, the 50th birthday should be celebrated at the age of 49, which means a long life. Nowadays, people must eat cakes and light candles on their birthdays. Here, we need a detail. When blowing out the candles, we should blow them out once, which means that our wishes will come true once, symbolizing the health of the owner and symbolizing good luck.
2. The centenary birthday should not be publicized.
Although traditionally, birthdays are also called birthdays, they should not be publicized unless they are birthdays. Because in Feng Shui, a person's birthday will be recorded as a year's birthday, and the fixed number of years cannot be changed, so it will be farther away from the end of life. If it is well known to everyone who celebrates his birthday that Shang Qing is 50 years old, his life can't stand still, which will have a bad influence.
3, ghost month can't have a birthday
People who celebrate their birthdays in July of the lunar calendar are not suitable to celebrate their birthdays this month, because the yin is heavy and the kids are rampant. At this time, celebrating their birthdays will bring bad luck. At the same time, in traditional customs, eating longevity noodles and red eggs on birthdays means transshipment.