Birthdays are big and small, and no more than ten after nine. People under 60 are called birthdays, and those who start at 60 are called birthdays. Whether it's a birthday or a birthday, every tenth birthday is called a big birthday. Big birthdays include birthdays, and the custom is not more than nine but ten. For example, 59th birthday should be celebrated as 60th birthday. Birthdays of other ages are called small birthdays. Small birthdays are more relaxed, and the family has a meal together. Eating noodles when you are young is called taking root and tying the tail, and eating longevity noodles when you are old. As the saying goes, "a wife who has a belly will spare her life" and "a child is anxious for her mother to die". As long as her parents are still alive, whether it is a birthday or a birthday, they should respect their parents' kindness in raising them before congratulating themselves on their birthday.
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Since the 60th birthday, a birthday celebration will be held every year after 10, and those who celebrate their birthdays are called birthday stars. Children and grandchildren should make a new dress for the birthday girl from head to toe in advance, commonly known as shroud. The night before the birthday, the birthday hall was decorated, with the word "Shou" on the back wall in the middle and birthday couplets on both sides; There is a birthday box in nave. In addition to incense burner candlesticks, there are invivo Weng for men and Ma Gu statue for women's birthday. In front of the statue, there are peaches and noodles. On both sides of the birthday box, there are plush chairs. On the left wall, there is a message with yellow silk and white border to celebrate the merits of the birthday girl. On other walls, there are birthday books and birthday couplets. After the birthday hall is decorated, candles and incense are lit, and the whole family eats birthday noodles together. This is called "warm birthday". The next day, the day of birth, is the official birthday celebration. Birthday celebrations begin at dawn (when the sun rises). The birthday boy sits on the left side of the birthday case, lights candles, burns incense and whips, recites birthday greetings, accepts greetings from guests, and the children and grandchildren kowtow to the birthday boy. Some people offer birthday gifts, that is, children and grandchildren express their willingness to celebrate the birthday of the birthday girl, and write their own years and months in red on yellow paper, sign and pledge them, and send them to the land temple or the city god temple for burning, and ask the gods such as the land god to testify.