birthday cake
Birthday wishes are also called birthday greetings. I don’t know when birthday greetings originated, nor whether it was done by an ancestor, or whether it is a custom. Generally speaking, it seems to contain a certain cultural connotation. Birthday wishes are a ceremony to celebrate the birthdays of elders. Those who wish birthdays are mainly children, younger generations and close friends. Traditional longevity services include longevity tents, shrouds, birthday cakes, birthday peaches, etc. In general folk birthday celebrations, seventy is the first birthday, eighty is the first birthday, ninety is the old birthday, and one hundred is the last birthday. There are also celebrations for birthdays over fifty, which are called the ten birthdays, such as: fifty, sixty, seventieth birthday, etc. But this kind of birthday does not coincide with ten, but refers to forty-nine, fifty-nine, sixty-nine, etc... The birthday is celebrated at the age of nine, because nine has the largest value among the ten numbers; in addition, people traditionally regard thirty-three, sixty-six, seventy-three, and eighty-four as bad years, which can be said to be the gateway in a person's life, so they are also celebrated as birthdays. As the saying goes: At thirty-three, you turn a big bend, at sixty-six, you lose a piece of meat. At seventy-three and eighty-four, the King of Hell does not ask you to go. There are still fifty-five Lords of Hell to count. There are various forms of birthday celebrations, with different customs in different regions and, of course, differences in status and conditions. Traditionally, relatives and friends usually send congratulatory gifts. Some people hold grand banquets, and the birthday girl dresses up and sits in the main hall to receive birthday wishes from his descendants. Some invite song and dance troupes, some show movies, and some sing operas. The guests and friends drink and watch the operas. The content of the operas is mainly about wealth and longevity. However, with the development of the times, birthday celebrations have been continuously updated, and the scope of birthday celebrations has also continued to expand, breaking the traditional limitations. Now children also have birthday celebrations. During the New Year, we here used to make dumplings for the deceased, and later gave birthday tents. Now some people give birthday gifts, calligraphy and paintings, etc. Pictures of Cake No. 1, Pictures of Cake No. 2, Pictures of Cake No. 3, Pictures of Cake No. 4
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