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

What birthday traditions do you follow? Regarding food, music, presents, etc.

  1. I dont care....😑
  2. したがってないです。
  3. Usuallly at birthday we have a tradition to eat a special soup. Which is seaweed soup.
  4. As I write before, other people organize for the person surprisingly. And presents should not change afrer got that even the birthday person don't really like it. It's not polite to change it. So there is no price tag on the present. Birthday food often might be sushi, yakiniku, shabushabu, sukiyaki.
  5. we don't have as i know.
  6. 没什么特别的传统，有蛋糕就可以。
  7. I do not follow any traditions.
  8. Birthday cake and sings. My mum will give me a (red pocket money, that means pocket money). When i was young, the nursery school eill give us the red eggs.
  9. no traditions
  10. Birthday song Cake Present
  11. probably presents.. i try to give to people what other people normally give to each other
  12. We have a cake, music we use can be the most traditional happy birthday song, or Japanese not-so-traditional song (for example "Happy Birthday" from DREAMS COME TRUE. ) Food can be anything. Not Sushi usually haha Presents are given to the person from each one who attends to the party. But you can give a group-present as well, which is likely to be more expensive.
  13. It's very traditional way in Korea. My mother always sets the table for the god on family member's birth. The god is kind of myth, there is grandmother god who gives new life(hard to explain in ENG).
  14. Having food and birthday cake.
  15. Blowing birthday cake candles, making a wish, singing happy birthday songs, playing drinking party games. Oh, and you have to eat seaweed soup on your birthday.
  16. Maybe food... in terms of eating cakes. And we usually sing birthday song, not in Japanese, but in English
  17. Eating a cake with strawberry. and turn off the rights and singing song when we show the cake to the person who got a birthday.
  18. I think Japanese birthday celbration style is similar to the US one. We usually eat birthday cake and then give a present. BUT I usually eat sushi in my family when celebrate someone's birthday.
  19. yes
  20. don't have any
  21. At birthdays if it is with friends we usually sing "Happy birthday" song, but at home for my family we don't sing it for each other, other music besides that is by preferance, or no music at all. For food cake is mostly at every birthday, but i have been to birthday parties without cake and it was not weird at all. Other food is mostly prepared by the one whose birthday it is (if celebrating at home), mostly some snacks. In family food is prepared by my mom, but nothing big, some stake or meatballs. I often give for other gift coupons, because it is hart to decide what to give, often i just ask for the birthday boy/girl what he/she wants. Some friends would call to say happy birthday at exacly 12 o'clock. In my childhood my familly would have lifted me in the air as many times as old I became. for older people it is not very often, because adults are much heavier and they have more years, which means more times to be lifted. That tires not only guests, but a birthday boy/girl as well.
  22. We always eat cakes and adults drink alcohol. Also, we sing " birthday song" before eating a cake.
  23. We follow other countries' tradition. We put the same number of candles as our age on a birthday. We sing the birthday song in English.
  24. There's definitely always a cake of some sort and usually at least one candle in it. When it comes to other food, presents or music, it's really different every year, depending on the situation. I do have a small personal tradition though - every year I try to find a song related to the age I'm turning and declare it as my birthday song of that year. :D
  25. Regarding food, music, presents, I don't follow any other traditions.
  26. Well.. I don't have any traditions for birthday. I always follow my heart when I'm getting ready. I just do decorations and food that I and my friends like, it's not a very important thing for me.
  27. None
  28. None.
  29. Actually no traditions
  30. food, music, champagne.
  31. Cake with candles, always
  32. I do not remember any traditions except for giving/receiving handwritten card or letter. This is super important no matter who or when. Even though these kind of things are not popular anymore, digitalization is everything but that is what makes it more personal.
  33. The only tradition I go with is cake. If there is no cake, it's not a bday.
  34. I always get my favourite food during my birthday, everything else varies every year.
  35. Every year I have to celebrate with family thats my tradition.
  36. In Lithuania I don't know any traditions. But I have my own tradition, that I would never try to give money, or just buy gift without putting any effort. I always try to find something, that would fit other persons personality, that tells little story about that person.
  37. None. We try to be diverse.
  38. Bithday cake, singing tradicional birthday song
  39. The most important thing for me is all the family and relative meeting spending some time together. Also what kind of birthday would be without "Happy birthday" song and a birthday cake.
  40. No traditions.
  41. I don't follow traditions (I didn't even have cake at my last one), I just want to have a great time.
  42. I follow the tradition to every year have a special dinner with family. Another details aren't traditions.
  43. We haven't any traditions.
  44. Just presents I guess.
  45. I do not follow any traditions, except one - eating birthday cake and the blowing the candles.
  46. Sometimes cake with candles whose number represent the person's age. But not always.
  47. It is not birthday if there are no cake with candles, very old (lithuanian) music and plenty of sandwiches.
  48. No traditions
  49. I also have a cake at my birthday. It doesn't have to be big, but there has to be cake :) and also I want more than anything to have a great time with my friends and family and that's about it.
  50. It is usually the simple evening with my friends: tasty food, films, games.
  51. Food
  52. Just eating good food, drinking champagne and eating cake
  53. I don't have strong traditions when it comes to celebrating birthdays, mostly it just goes like every meeting with friends. Except we have a cake to share, haha :D
  54. Every birthday we celebrate with a cake and there has to be as many candles as how many years a person is that day. That is the only and the most important tradition I do.
  55. The only tradition we have is to buy cake. Even if we are on a vacation my parents will always buy me a cake.
  56. Cake is important! Hand made presents are cute and heart touching.
  57. Happy birthday song and birthday cake.
  58. There aren't many birthday traditions that I follow. The main one is that there should always be cake, but other than that, there are no specific things that are a must when celebrating birthdays.
  59. There's always a cake on the table, some snacks. No traditions.
  60. Like always- presents, food, some fun, maybe dancing.
  61. Well when we celebrate at home we do homemade food. We just gather up and have a good time
  62. Drinking shampagne on 24.00 and singing or lifting persons on chair
  63. Tradicijų nėra, metai iš metų kažkas visvien keičiasi, nenorime įsisprausti savęs į jokius rėmus.
  64. I have no any traditions about that. Just in the midnight to sing "happy birthday".
  65. No traditions
  66. Celebrating birthdays very quietly, without alchogoliniu drinks and loud music
  67. I don't follow any birthday traditions. I don't eat a birthday cake.
  68. Don't have any traditions related with my birthday.
  69. Birthday cake with a certain number of candles is a must. In addition to that, we still sing 'Happy Birthday' song to the person who is celebrating his birthday.
  70. Miyeok soup is necessary
  71. Among friends I often sing the happy birthday song.
  72. Not really traditional. Have dinner together / eat a cake...American style?
  73. Kepam šašlykus. Tortą kepam tradiciškai. Šampaną geriam gimtadienio proga. Vaikų gimtadieniui organizuojam žaidimų. Žvakučių ant torto pridedam. Pasipuošiam balionais.
  74. for young people in our hometown, no such tradition
  75. I dont believe i follow any traditions. I would like to receive balloons. I dont believe candles or cake is necessary. Its nice to have those things but company thats what truly matters
  76. Alkoholis. Ir nemaži jo kiekiai. Taip pat dažniausiai būtini šašlykai ir būtinai turi būti gimtadieninis tortas. Taip pat, jei pakankamas kiekis žmonių tai gimtuvininko kilnojimas ant kėdės tiek kartų kiek jam metų sukako.
  77. Blowing the candles and drinking champane at midnight
  78. Not going out and don't mention that it's your birthday