vermicelli with pork leg 豬腳麵線
Birthday
生日
Regularly, Taiwanese can have a miniature birthday celebration "Syu Suei"[1] three years old. Until people get married or over sixteen years old they are considered an "adult". Before that people would eat "vermicelli with pork leg" every year and we call that "Siao Shengrih"[2]. Furthermore, people over the age of 50 are considered to have "Shou” [3] and have a "Da Shengrih"[4] in every decade. On the birthday, people will eat vermicelli and eggs, which means come into being.
[1] Syu Suei虛歲: Traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which
holds that a baby is one year old at birth.
[2] Siao Shengrih小生日: Comparing with Da Shengrih, Siao Shengrih has simpler
meaning than Da Shengrih.
[3] Shou壽: The meaning is important than Da Shengrih. Da Shengrih
[4] Da Shengrih大生日:The meaning is important than Siao Shengrih.
生日
一般臺灣人自虛歲三歲起，可以每年過小型的生日， 直到十六歲成人或結婚後始為「大人」或「成年人」，在此之前每年生日吃豬腳麵線，稱為「小生日」。五十歲以上才可稱「壽」，以後每隔十年過一次「大生日」。在生日時，會準備麵線和蛋，分別代表不同的意義，之所以吃蛋，是因為蛋含有「誕生」的意思。
生日
Regularly, Taiwanese can have a miniature birthday celebration "Syu Suei"[1] three years old. Until people get married or over sixteen years old they are considered an "adult". Before that people would eat "vermicelli with pork leg" every year and we call that "Siao Shengrih"[2]. Furthermore, people over the age of 50 are considered to have "Shou” [3] and have a "Da Shengrih"[4] in every decade. On the birthday, people will eat vermicelli and eggs, which means come into being.
[1] Syu Suei虛歲: Traditional Asian method of calculating a person's age, which
holds that a baby is one year old at birth.
[2] Siao Shengrih小生日: Comparing with Da Shengrih, Siao Shengrih has simpler
meaning than Da Shengrih.
[3] Shou壽: The meaning is important than Da Shengrih. Da Shengrih
[4] Da Shengrih大生日:The meaning is important than Siao Shengrih.
生日
一般臺灣人自虛歲三歲起，可以每年過小型的生日， 直到十六歲成人或結婚後始為「大人」或「成年人」，在此之前每年生日吃豬腳麵線，稱為「小生日」。五十歲以上才可稱「壽」，以後每隔十年過一次「大生日」。在生日時，會準備麵線和蛋，分別代表不同的意義，之所以吃蛋，是因為蛋含有「誕生」的意思。
