Is it okay for the elderly to celebrate their 80th birthday?
Why don't old people celebrate their 80th birthday?
Generally speaking, people celebrate their 80th birthday as their last birthday. Congratulations. Relatives and friends give gifts and watch a play while drinking. The content of the play is mainly wealth and longevity. At the birthday party, there must be a plate of "pig's foot noodles". The birthday girl should be dressed up and sit in the main hall to receive birthday greetings from her children and grandchildren.
However, there are also some folks who dare not celebrate their birthdays because they believe that fortune tellers are blunt, so as not to be taken away by black and white impermanence. Therefore, the 80 th birthday of the old man is not easy, and he dare not live. Or some people think that "nine" is the biggest number, so at the age of 79, they celebrate their eightieth birthday in advance.
Birthday celebrations for the elderly (over 50 years old) are called birthdays every ten days, such as "50th birthday", "60th birthday" and "70th birthday". But this kind of birthday is not really every ten years, but refers to 49, 59, 69 and so on. Because nine is the largest number among ten numbers, people have formed this custom of celebrating "nine does not celebrate ten" in order to get lucky.
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On the one hand, it is homophony with different meanings: nine homophony means long-term auspiciousness and is a symbol of longevity, and ten homophony is homophony with death, which is taboo for the people. On the other hand, eighty years old should be one year ahead of schedule, and there is a saying that nine leaves ten, which is the homonym of immortality. On the other hand, ten is the most single digit, and the truth that "extremes meet" and "full moon leads to losses" is well known, so people prefer nine.
Pay attention to the 80th birthday.
Congratulate (the old man) on his birthday.
Birthday for elders is called birthday celebration, which is commonly known as birthday celebration for 79 years old and over 80 years old. Birthday people are mainly close relatives of children, son-in-law and younger generations, and close neighbors and friends know more about congratulations. The whole birthday present includes shroud, Shouren (cake) and Shoutao (steamed noodles). Generally speaking, there are only birthday girls and peaches. Not as picky as I was on my 80th birthday.