Birthday celebration traditions in East Asian countries (China, South Korea and Japan) and Lithuania

If you have any relatives near you, maybe you can ask them a few questions about birthday celebrations? Maybe they can share some wisdom and tell me a little about their childhood memories regarding birthday celebrations? I would kindly appreciate that.

  1. 小学生の頃は叔母さん夫婦が来てくれてお祝いをしてくれた。また伯父さん夫婦が来てくれた。
  2. I can tell you. When i was young i called my friends. And had a party together. They gave me presents.
  3. I couldn't, because all the guys busy because of tests. Sorry about it.
  4. 在每年父母的生日，家人们都一起去聚餐简单的庆祝。
  5. N/A
  6. No
  7. Sorry, don't have any.
  8. Now many of korean people celebrates their birthday in western way. If you have any questions, feel free to ask through email. [email protected] Aciu
  9. Sorry. Good luck! :)
  10. My grandparents didn't had fancy birthday cakes as we do now. They used to get birthday tteok (rice cake) and of course seaweed soup (miyeok guk).
  11. They mostly having birthday party in their house and even a cake was too luxury so they celebrate with home made food.
  12. yes
  13. Not in the moment.
  14. My father said he ate delicious meal in his birthday.
  15. I asked my father (who's over 70 years old) what birthday celebration traditions they had when he was young and he said that they didn't really even celebrate birthdays, it was a completely regular day. Instead they would all celebrate name-days. However I'm not sure whether it was the case in all of Lithuania of just his village/area.
  16. My mom said that in her childhood no one was enjoying celebrating birthdays, that wasn't popular like these days.
  17. Sorry, I don't
  18. -
  19. That would be too long. You could get more answers if you would use multi-choice questionnaire instead of open questions, dear
  20. My mom mostly remembers me selecting a cake and inviting over my close kindergarden friends. And then just games games and games.
  21. Allllll alooone
  22. They said it used to be not a big celebration just usual day when you would get some simple gifts.
  23. Right know I don't have.
  24. My brother prefers to celebrate his birthdays in a cinema watching the newest movie, or in a restaurant with friends. He used to have birthday parties at home when he was a child.
  25. My grandmonther told me that she never celebrated any birthday as a child. She sad that they celebrated only name-day. My grandfather told me that he remembers his 7th birthday and his father gave him a bottle of alcohol. My mother rimembers her 10th birthday. It was the first birthday she ever celebrated. She invited all of her friends even her mothe didn't let her. All of them brougth food and that's how they feast.
  26. Sorry, but new I'm home alone :D Good luck ;)
  27. -
  28. I have no relatives near me at the moment.
  29. They think the same way :)
  30. No
  31. As much as I know my parents didn't celebrated their birthdays until they met, I am not sure why
  32. When my grandmother was little, in her family was a lot of kids and they were living in a village. The most special birthday gift for them was candies, because during those time, you could barely get candies. So that was a very very special day for them.
  33. Unfortunately, I am home alone right now, sorry
  34. My mom wasn't celebrating her birthday because of her family.
  35. Sorry, nowhere close.
  36. I am sorry, but there are no relatives near me atthe moment.
  37. No
  38. Im bit busy. Sry
  39. a friend's birthday party the most beautiful recollection is when he got his first bike
  40. Ankščiau žmonės būdavo draugiškesni. Planuodavo visi kartu gimtadienio šventę, stengdavosi. Dabar kažkaip nutolo vieni nuo kitų. Pasidarė apatiški.
  41. before we were poor, one egg.for birthday was already quite good
  42. Nu kad nelabai, nes jie sėdi kitoj šaly.
  43. Not really