介绍:
How did you celebrate your birthday?
Um, let me think. Well, in fact, I just celebrated it with my girlfriend/ boyfriend. We went out for dinner, a candle-lit dinner actually, so it was pretty romantic. And while we were eating, my girlfriend/boyfriend gave me a present, which was a 5,000-yuan watch/ bag. I was taken aback because to us, that was a lot of money. But of course, I was tickled pink.
Do you think it’s important for people to celebrate birthday?
Yeah, definitely. In my opinion, it’s extremely important for people to celebrate their birthdays because it’s primarily a chance for them to get together with their family member and friends to have fun together. If you throw a birthday party, at home or in a restaurant, you will invite your friends and they will bring you presents. Then, at the party, you will enjoy a big meal together, chat and laugh with each other, which I think is super enjoyable. So yeah, like I said, celebrating a birthday is absolutely a good opportunity for people to have a great time.
Do people in China do anything special to celebrate birthdays?
Well, in fact, generally speaking, the way we celebrate birthdays now in most parts of China are pretty similar to any other country. I guess it’s due to globalization—invasion of Hollywood movies and western culture and stuff like that. But, something that only we do should be…um, some people still eat a bowl of longevity noodles on their birthdays to wish for a long life ahead. But I haven’t done it in a long time.
Are birthdays more important for children or for adults?
Well, in my opinion, birthdays are absolutely more important for kids because I don’t suppose I, as well as many of my friends, who are all adults of course, look forward to birthdays as much as children. Perhaps it’s because children all want to grow up, whereas we want to stay young. Well, of course, the key reason here is that kids look forward to presents much more than we do.
