Chinese birthdays must be celebrated before or on the actual birth date. Celebrating a Chinese birthday belatedly is a no-no. There are several birthdays that are not celebrated and they depend on a person’s sex.
Women do not celebrate the following birthdays:
30: The 30th birthday is considered a year of uncertainty and danger, so to avoid bad luck, Chinese women do not celebrate their 30th birthdays. Instead, they remain 29 for an extra year.
33: The 33rd birthday is considered especially troublesome and dangerous. To counteract any bad luck, women turning 33 must buy a piece of meat, hide behind the kitchen door and chop the meat 33 times. It is believed chopping the meat will cast all the evil spirits into the meat. The meat is then thrown away.
66: The 66th birthday is also considered especially troublesome and dangerous. Like the 33rd birthday, a piece of meat must be chopped up. This time, the woman’s daughter, if she has one, or her closest female relative if she does not have a daughter, must buy a piece of meat and chop the meat 66 times so the year can go by smoothly.
Chinese birthdays must be celebrated before or on the actual birth date. Celebrating a Chinese birthday belatedly is a no-no. There are several birthdays that are not celebrated and they depend on a person’s sex.Women do not celebrate the following birthdays:30: The 30th birthday is considered a year of uncertainty and danger, so to avoid bad luck, Chinese women do not celebrate their 30th birthdays. Instead, they remain 29 for an extra year.33: The 33rd birthday is considered especially troublesome and dangerous. To counteract any bad luck, women turning 33 must buy a piece of meat, hide behind the kitchen door and chop the meat 33 times. It is believed chopping the meat will cast all the evil spirits into the meat. The meat is then thrown away.66: The 66th birthday is also considered especially troublesome and dangerous. Like the 33rd birthday, a piece of meat must be chopped up. This time, the woman’s daughter, if she has one, or her closest female relative if she does not have a daughter, must buy a piece of meat and chop the meat 66 times so the year can go by smoothly.
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