Birthday ceremony is one of the traditional birth customs in China. What are its customs and etiquette activities?

Birthday ceremony is one of the traditional birth customs in China, which is usually held three days after a child is born. Its customs and etiquette activities have several meanings, such as blessing, health care, divination and so on. In a narrow sense, birthday gifts refer to gifts used to celebrate birth. Generally, it is a gift box for newborn families to hold banquets and distribute them to relatives and friends. Each gift box contains wedding eggs, wedding cakes, wedding candy and so on.

The traditional birth ceremony of the Han nationality has different styles and manifestations due to different regions, but generally speaking, the traditional birth ceremony of the Han nationality mostly includes five main ceremonies: birth, three dynasties, full moon, one hundred days and one year old.

In contemporary society, life etiquette is further alienated, and the traditional ritual expression is being completely subverted, gradually evolving into a tool for accumulating wealth, maintaining contacts and weaving social networks. Traditional life etiquette is an empty shell, and some etiquette has disappeared.

Nongzhang, hanging a bow, etc. There is a strong proper limit, and the secular styles such as washing three and grasping the week are obvious. With the decline of Confucianism and the expansion of secularization, the traditional birth ceremony, like other traditional etiquette in China, shows a trend of vulgarization and ritual retreat in the whole development process.

For many ethnic groups, the birth of a baby is related to the prosperity of the nation. Therefore, singing happy songs and blessing songs for newborns has become the same custom of these ethnic groups. Dai midwives should sing "knot songs" when blessing newborns.

Birth ceremony is called "the etiquette at the cradle". The birth ceremony of many nationalities in the world is closely related to religion, but the birth ceremony of the Chinese nation is more Confucian and secular. It can be said that the traditional birthday ceremony in China is the product of the close combination of Confucian etiquette and secular life.

In fact, the birth ceremony and the "three baths" are the same thing, both held in three days. This shows that there are really many customs in China. In some places, "three baths" means "taking a midwife and bathing the baby".