What’s special about a 60th birthday?

1. The importance of setting up a longevity hall.

The longevity hall is a place where people worship longevity and is usually located in the main hall of the home. The hall hangs a horizontal couplet with the name of the birthday star and his sixtieth birthday. A large Chinese character "Shou" hangs high in the middle. On the left and right sides and below are a hundred characters of blessing in different shapes, which means that a hundred blessings are given to longevity, and both happiness and longevity are achieved. , I hope that the old man’s life span will be higher than that of Nanshan Mountain and his fortune will be as great as that of East China Sea. On both sides, there are three stars for blessing, wealth and longevity.

A red carpet is laid out under the hall, with birthday screens and couplets placed on both sides, and brocade tents are used as a backdrop. In the middle of the hall, there are the Eight Immortals table, the Grand Master's chair, and a long table. Silverware or porcelain is placed on the table, and there are offerings of longevity noodles, longevity fish, longevity cakes, longevity fruit, longevity wine, longevity peaches, etc. And use longevity candles or longevity lamps to illuminate.

2. The importance of meeting and celebrating birthdays.

The sixtieth birthday is a day when a person enters another realm. On this day, relatives and friends come to celebrate their birthday with gifts. At this time, the birthday star wears new clothes and sits in the longevity hall, receiving blessings and worship from his direct descendants. When the congratulators come to pay their respects, the birthday boy should avoid being worshiped directly. When the guests arrive, the birthday boy comes to entertain the guests and bows to the empty seat in the upper hall, and then the descendants respond.

3. The importance of giving birthday gifts.

Most people don’t pay attention to birthday gifts from others before they turn sixty, but when they reach their sixtieth birthday, birthday gifts become more important. There are many kinds of birthday gifts, which can be clothes, birthday gold, or food. Among them, there are many things to pay attention to when it comes to food. The most important thing is birthday cakes, birthday peaches and long noodles. Nowadays, some people use birthday cakes instead of longevity peaches.

4. The importance of holding a birthday banquet.

After worshiping and delivering the birthday gifts in the longevity hall, the birthday banquet can be held. First, the birthday boy is asked to eat thin and long longevity noodles, which means that the old man will live forever. Then the birthday banquet officially started, and the sixty-year-old birthday boy sat at the top. Then the eldest son needs to kneel down and raise his head to deliver the first three bowls of food to the table to show his gratitude to the guests. Then the guests shouted for substitution, and then the helper served the food.

Instructions on the 60th birthday

There is a folk saying that "you cannot celebrate your birthday until you reach your 60th birthday". The birthday of a person who has reached his 60th birthday can be called a birthday. In fact, our sixtieth birthday is a virtual birthday, and our actual age at this time is 59. Because "nine" means longevity, people think that nine is the most respectable and largest number, embodying the old man's good wish to live longer and longer from the beginning of his birthday. Regardless of whether we are rich or poor, holding birthday banquets for the elderly is an expression of our filial piety.

Life is in a hurry and time flies by. On the day of your 60th birthday, pay attention to the importance of celebrating your 60th birthday and celebrate the birthday of the elderly. Regardless of whether the family is rich or poor, regardless of the scale of the birthday celebration, or the size of the birthday banquet, they are all children. They express their best wishes to their elders and express their children's filial piety.