What does birthday mean?

The year, month, day and hour of a person's birth are matched with branches into eight characters, hence the name. Astrologers use it to calculate people's fate. Also as a metaphor. Lu Xun's "Shout for the True Story of Ah Q": "What is a little D? He really wants to catch him at once ... and give him a few words to punish him for forgetting his birthday and dare to be a revolutionary party. " The first scene of Cao Yu's "Yuanye": "Woodenhead has a mantra of plain yellow paper on his stomach, which reads the birthday with gold." Zhao Shuli's "The Marriage of Little Black Boys" V: "Two Zhuge said it was a bargain. He asked about his birthday first, and after a while, he said, "A thousand miles of marriage takes one turn and moves the whole body." "

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A detailed explanation of the date of birth. A day in my life. The epitaph of the tombs of the Han, Wei, Southern and Northern Dynasties and the epitaph of Mrs. Fu praised: "Birthday is urgent and quiet." birthday Former Shu Huarui's "Gong Ci" No.28: "Celebrate the birthday party at home, and the palace will enter the imperial flowers overnight." Liu Song Kezhuang's interpretation of the eight characters of the dynasty: Chinese character eight: the eight characters representing the year, month, day and time of a person's birth with heavenly stems and earthly branches. Fortune-tellers believe that a person's fate can be calculated from birthdates; In the old days, it was also used for marriage fortune telling.