Quangang is generally divided into 49 years old (nominal age). Birthdays before the age of 49 are called birthday celebrations, and later they are called birthday celebrations. For example, at the age of 79, people called it "an Weng (or a Taitai) who ranked seventh in the Jin Dynasty, and he was nine years old." People under 49 should eat egg noodles for their birthdays. Noodles and eggs mean longevity and perfection respectively, and some of them cook other delicacies. The whole family will have a dinner together to celebrate and enjoy family happiness. People pay more attention to birthday ceremonies, and their parents are still alive. When one of the parents has a birthday, the children should give each parent a birthday present to show their respect.
Since the age of 49, there has been an anniversary every ten years and a birthday celebration every nine or ten years, which China called "Doing Ten". Generally speaking, the etiquette for celebrating the ninth birthday is grand, while the etiquette for celebrating the tenth birthday is simple. Birthday celebrations are held on birthdays in most areas of Quangang, but in Nanpu and Jieshan, it is on the third day of the first month, that is, daughter's son-in-law day, and birthdays are only held according to the general birthday custom. As for why people do ten things in nine days, saying that "nine" and "long" are homophonic means "long life", which means that life cannot be reduced; When the dialect "nine" is homophonic with "dog", people are secretive about it, so they say "ten" every nine days. Both of them show that Quangang people pay attention to numbers. It is generally believed that "two" means a pair, and it is auspicious to pair up; "Four" and "death" are homophonic, which is extremely taboo; "Eight" coincides with the word "eight" in the birth of fate and is regarded as an ideal; "Nine" is homophonic with "dog", so it is extremely taboo; "Ten" means perfection and completeness.
In the past, wealthy families had to decorate the Shoutang first. There are red lights, big colors, shrouds and birthday couplets hanging on the hall. There is also a portrait of a hundred birthday girls in the hall. There are red candles with high fever and big peach made of flour on the long table. There were also birthday prayers. According to folklore, the morning is the sun in the sun, so birthday prayers are arranged in the morning. Generally, only domestic and foreign children, son-in-law, daughter-in-law and grandchildren are allowed to celebrate their birthdays. Other relatives and friends want to celebrate their birthdays, only to celebrate their birthdays. Some people will also invite the troupe to perform on the same day and hold a birthday party to invite guests. The scene is very grand.
After the founding of New China, the birthday celebration ceremony was simple. Nowadays, with the continuous improvement of people's living standards, they gradually enter the elderly society, and the wind of celebrating longevity is becoming increasingly popular. When celebrating your birthday, you should prepare gifts for ancestor worship, and relatives and friends should send noodles, eggs, candles, guns, etc. To celebrate, the host held a birthday party to thank you. In the 1980s and 1990s, wealthy families would spend money to watch movies to celebrate their loved ones' 10th birthday.
If the married daughter has children, parents should bring trotters, noodles, eggs, butter sculpture and peaches for her birthday. If the bride's brother holds a grand birthday celebration for her parents, the married daughter will prepare ten plates and a bear, including candles, cannons, clothes, trousers, shoes, socks and hats, as well as birthday cakes, noodles, rice balls, turtles, peaches, mung beans, pig feet and peanuts to celebrate her birthday. When parents are old or couples have double birthdays, the ceremony is more grand. When worshippers receive gifts, they cannot accept all kinds of "pasta" except clothes, hats and socks.
On the tenth day of cooking, all the first-year brothers who live together will celebrate the "tenth" birthday, but only two bowls of noodles are cooked, and the seasoning is spread on the noodles, and two shelled eggs are put in each bowl. Doing ten things is usually to accept a bowl and return it to show humility.