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

Do you have any traditions that you still practice, even though it has no actual meaning in todays life? Maybe your parents/grandparents know any of them?

  1. 趣味嗜好でやってる事はありますが。それでも日本人はとしての生活する上で～畳の飢えでのアルキカタ作法、おはしのもちかたさいていげんの生活は生まれながらにおやから子に継がれてると思います。
  2. I don't know about it..?!
  3. when someone change the house,marry, or opening shop, check the date by lunar calendar. It is to do something without bad ghost in the traditional faith.
  4. 在每年春节的时候放鞭炮。
  5. No
  6. red pocket money
  7. no
  8. No
  9. nothing
  10. Not sure. Sorry.
  11. Same with above one.
  12. Not in case of birthdays, just during other celebrations - like X-mas or Easter.
  13. I think there are a lot of these kind of traditions. Like memorial services to our ancestors and etc.
  14. I'm sorry, I cannot come up with any.
  15. I'm still bowing every time I meet people.
  16. yes
  17. no
  18. No.
  19. I don't know
  20. Maybe candle blowing on birthdays? It's supposed to make your wish come true, but I don't think a lot of people still actually believe in that kind of magic.
  21. nN
  22. no
  23. No.
  24. i thing is christmas, new year.
  25. nothing comes to my mind at the moment
  26. No, not really.
  27. No. My fam is pretty modern
  28. sadly no...
  29. I don't have
  30. No.
  31. No
  32. No.
  33. No
  34. No
  35. No.
  36. -
  37. No.
  38. No.
  39. No
  40. No
  41. -
  42. No
  43. I don't think so.
  44. I don't. They do.
  45. I do not know any traditions that are out of practise today.
  46. No
  47. Nope
  48. Ne
  49. No
  50. the main birthday cake is a tradition
  51. No
  52. no
  53. Not really.
  54. Maybe my grandparents know, but I haven't heard about it.
  55. Šampano gėrimas yra labiau tradicija nei butinybė. Tiesiog geriam jį ir tiek. Labai jokios reikšmės nematau kad būtų tame.
  56. not really
  57. Not really
  58. Nesu tikras, kad tokių turiu.
  59. No
  60. I have to have cake, I like having cake on my birthday, even if I eat it alone.