On the birthday, children and grandchildren should prepare new clothes for the birthday girl in advance, and the birthday hall should be arranged the day before the birthday. The layout of longevity hall generally includes hanging longevity pictures, pasting longevity couplets, and placing longevity fruit, longevity wine, longevity fish, etc. for longevity gods such as Antarctic immortals and Magu. After the birthday hall is decorated, 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 are dressed neatly, kowtowing, celebrating and giving birthday gifts to the birthday girl, hoping that the birthday girl will live longer. The timing of birthday celebrations varies from place to place, some in the morning, others at noon, and birthday gifts and birthday ceremonies are not the same, but on the whole, they all wish the birthday girl a long and healthy life.

People celebrate birthdays. They call their birthdays before they are 6, and then they call them birthdays. After the age of 6, 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 old days, birthday gifts were usually given at the age of 4. Generally, it is held every ten years in the sixties, seventies and eighties, and a few people hold it in the fifties. In some places, birthday celebrations are held in every ninth year, while in other places, they are held in every first year, such as 61 and 71. Seventy-seven years old is a birthday celebration, and eighty-eight years old is a birthday celebration, which are two important birthday gifts.

As for the specific date, it will be held either on the birthday or just after the first month of the first month.

The setting of Shoutang is very particular when the birthday ceremony is held. In the hall, in the center of the front wall, Shou Xingtu or the word "Shou" with gold on a red background is hung, and Shoulian is hung on both sides. This birthday couplet is very particular. It must be given by important relatives and friends, and it is loved by the protagonist of the birthday girl.

Other birthday couplets, birthday greetings and birthday greetings are hung on both sides, with those from senior or important guests hanging in the front and those from younger or unimportant guests hanging in the back.