China's folk on the birthday of the whole ten (also known as the big birthday), due to different customs of different places, around the big birthday of the saying is not the same; also due to different personal ideological concepts, everyone over the birthday of the idea is not the same.
People reach sixty, is an important turning point in life, the ancient times called the age of armor or the year of the ear. To celebrate one's sixtieth birthday should be based on the customs of each region or according to one's own living habits, not blindly following the trend.
In the past, the old man of the rich family into the birthday, his children and other relatives and friends will carry out birthday celebrations, commonly known as "birthday". Special attention should be paid to setting up the longevity hall. Longevity hall is the place to celebrate the birthday, usually in the main hall of the house. The name of the birthday girl and a horizontal link to her 60th birthday are hung in the hall. The character for "longevity" hangs high in the center. There are a hundred glyphs on the left, right, top and bottom, symbolizing a hundred blessings of longevity. The character "寿" means "hundred blessings of longevity", wishing the elderly to live longer than Nanshan and better than the East Sea. The sixtieth birthday is a day when people enter another realm. On this day, friends and relatives bring gifts to celebrate the birthday. At this time, the birthday girl, dressed in new clothes, sits on the birthday hall and receives blessings and bows from her immediate children and grandchildren. Birthday gifts are elaborate. Most people don't pay attention to the gifts others give on their birthday until their 60th birthday. When they reach their 60th birthday, they pay attention to birthday gifts. There are many kinds of birthday gifts; they can be clothes, birthday money, or food. The birthday banquet is exquisite and can be held after the birthday gifts are given at the birthday hall. First, the birthday girl must eat long, skinny, long-lasting noodles to signify the longevity of the old man. The birthday banquet is then officially opened with the 60-year-old birthday boy sitting in the upper seat. Then the eldest son needs to kneel down, raise his head, and bring the first three bowls of food to the table as a sign of gratitude to the guests.