In China culture, longevity is a revered and respected existence, because longevity is regarded as a kind of happiness and blessing. In the traditional culture of China, people often associate longevity with auspiciousness, because the birthday girl is usually regarded as a symbol of auspiciousness. On the birthday of the birthday girl, people often give birthday presents, noodles and people with longevity.
In modern society, although the traditional longevity culture has been gradually diluted and commercialized and consumed to some extent, the inheritance and development of longevity culture is still very important.
The longevity of modern society is no longer determined by comprehensive factors such as health and diet, but more related to factors such as environment and lifestyle. Therefore, in order to promote the development of longevity culture, people need to pay more attention to the health of longevity people and take care of the elderly.
The legend of Peng Zu, the birthday girl
Pengshan Town, Meishan City, Sichuan Province is the hometown of Peng Zu recorded in Huayang National Records. For Pengshan people, the birthday girl in the sky is Peng Zu on earth, because he keeps the highest longevity record-767 years old. This statement comes from Ge Hong's Taoist book The Legend of Immortals in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.
767 is not credible, but Peng Zu seems to exist in history. Historical Records of Chu Family records his distinguished family background. He is the grandson of Zhuan Xu, one of the five emperors. From Xia Dynasty to Shang Dynasty, children lived for nearly 800 years.
The story about his longevity has been circulated as early as the Qin and Han Dynasties. Qu Yuan mentioned him in his long poem Tian Wen, and Confucius and Zhuang Zhou also regarded him as a model of longevity in their own works.