Author: Guan Jian in Song Dynasty
What a nice birthday this year, full of children. Singing is not like laughing. A golden cup full of advice. Wealth, fame and fortune, auspiciousness and happiness. I wish to be together every year, just to respect my health.
Translation:
It's nice to have a birthday this year. All the children are back, get together. Beautiful song, noisy but not laughing. The gold quilt is full of wine, all to persuade each other to drink. Wealth and fame depend on fate, and everything depends on fate. When I grow up, I hope to get together like this every year, and I also hope that my parents and elders will be healthy and live a long life.
2. Changshoule Nanchang Birthday
Author: Li Qingzhao of Song Dynasty
Glory, step by step, purple ban, gold medal, green ribbon. Tang Di became attached to Yin, being a tiger and a bear, and dividing the river is more valuable. Kuang Qingyun was close at hand and reunited with Cheng Ming at dusk. Look at the colorful clothes, ashamed of jade. I wish you a long life.
Translation:
Gloriously, your family members have entered the center of the court, one by one wearing gold and green ribbons in three rows. What's more gratifying is that your two sons and their brothers are constantly blessed. They took Xiong's car with the tiger logo and became the local governor.
Their future is limitless, and they will soon be promoted to the central government and become the ministers that the emperor relies on. Look, these two brothers, dressed in colorful clothes, have come forward to greet you on your birthday and provide you with food and wine. Congratulations on your long life and sharing the same life with Song Chun.
Extended data
There is no certain ceremony for birthday celebration. In ancient times, younger guests generally bowed to Shoutang only three times, and the birthday girl could go out regularly to be congratulated. The rest of the time, sons and nephews will reply in the auditorium. On new birthdays, cakes are often divided by the birthday girl before the banquet. Shouqing's hospitality: Birthdays are generally given to people with relatively rich economies, so we pay more attention to hospitality.
In ancient times, on the eve of birthdays, people began to entertain their close relatives and friends, which was called "warm life"; Noon is a noodle mat, and its "longevity" is taken; There is a grand banquet in the evening. The next day, there was a banquet to thank the deacon.
The birthday party seems to have two contents: first, Shouweng (Shoupo) wants to blow out the candles on the birthday cake and then divide the cake; The second is to eat noodles in order to win the favor of longevity.
Nowadays, due to the improvement of living standards and the strong culture of human relations, people's birthdays are not like the past. Children eat a few cakes on their birthdays, and old people play a few pots of wine on their birthdays, and it's even a birthday to get something delicious. Now there are various forms, advocating civilization, strong family ties and happy birthday. Especially for the birthdays of ancient, eighties, nineties and centenarians, it is more particular. Birthday customs are stronger.