How do you count your birthday? Historically, the Chinese count age from the day of birth and every year afterwards on the seventh day of the new year as the communal birthday for everyone (you add a year on that date). An individual’s birthday is not celebrated until the ripe age of 60, with a festive occasion marked every ten years. In both the Jewish and Chinese tradition, there are birth ceremonies: the 30-day ceremony when the Chinese baby is officially... read more
