China's couplets: The body looks like a Buddha in the Western Heaven, and the life looks like an old star in Nanyue.

Bottom line: Longevity is like an old star in Nanyue.

Horizontal approval: Peng Hu Riyong

People who celebrate their birthdays live forever.

The meaning of the first couplet: being like a Buddha with infinite longevity in the west, the number of lives is endless. Infinite Buddha, that is, infinite life Buddha, that is, Amitabha Buddha. Amitabha contains infinite life and infinite light. Infinite, Buddhist, broad sense. "Viewing the Infinite Life Sutra": "Infinite Life Buddha, infinite in size, is beyond human reach." Infinite longevity Buddha has become a congratulatory message to the elderly. For example, the 29th time in A Dream of Red Mansions: "Then Zhang Daoshi laughs first:' Infinite Buddha! Ancestors have always lived long. "

Downlink: Longevity is like the old star in Nanshan and Antarctic. Nanyue, Nanshan. There's a saying in the poem "Xiaoya Natural Forest Protection" that "if you live a long life of qiān Nanshan, you won't collapse (collapse) if you don't lose money". Old star, birthday star. Tang Zhangshou, the "Antarctic old man" in Historical Records and Biography of Tianguan, notes: "The old man's star is in the south of the arc (the name of the ancient star). When he talks about the South Pole, it is necessary for him to prolong his life."

Horizontal approval meaning: life is as long as a fairy. Peng Hu, Penglai. Gao Xin by Wang Jia in the Eastern Jin Dynasty: "Three pots in the sea make three mountains. When you say pot, the abbot also; The second is Penghu, the same as Penglai; Three times, won the tiger, and then Ying Zhou also. Shaped like a pot. " The sun is eternal, and the sun and moon are long, that is, the years are long.