Happy Birthday-Jianhua!!!!

Well it is the big day on your side of the world. IN CHINA..you get older one day sooner, than this side ..heheh lol...Have a great and wonderful Birthday DAY!

This message was edited Saturday, Jan 26th 1:05 PM

Hyvää Syntymäpäivää Jianhua!

I didn't know you have it today - I would have send you a card week before =)

Hope you got nice presents!

Happy birthday Jianhua! How do they celebrate birthdays in China? like we do here? with cakes, party hats, presents and singing of Happy Brithday to you? (a similiar version in Chinese Probably?)

This message was edited Saturday, Jan 26th 1:35 PM

Paljon Onnea vaan, Paljon Onnea Vaan, Paljon onnea Jianhua, Paljon onnea vaan!

:¨: Jag mår du leva, Jag mår du leva, Jag mår du leva uti hundrade år! :¨:

=)

Happy Birthday Jianhua! You did not tell us you were a horse too. :) Is today the day you get a decorated egg from your family? I do try to keep all my information straight. LOL
Have a great Birthday!
Michele

Happy birthday, Jianhua! May your day be blessed and happy!

Many Happy returns {{{Jianhua}}}}. is ur wife or Mom busy in the kitchen cooking those great Chinese noodles and delectable Chinese cuisines? Happy Birthday!!! Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Jianhua and wishing you many,many more' Sis'

Happy Birthday Jianhua! May you have many, many more!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Dear Gentle Friend, I hope you have a wonderful day. You are a treasure on both sides of the world:)

Happy Birthday my friend!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to Youuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!
Have a great day Jianhua

Happy Birthday!

Just giving it a bump up..He is rubbing his eyes....!!!

Happy Birthday!!!!!!! I hope you have a GREAT day!!!!!! vic

Oh, I almost missed it! Jianhua, I hope it has been a wonderful day for you, and that you have a whole wonderful year ahead.

Hey Jianhua... it just dawned on me Asia Pacific is 16 hrs ahead of the U.S.A. are we on track or 1 day late??? this curious mind wants to know. LOL.

MVR, you are so continental!

Hope you had a wonderful day!!

HAPPPPPPPPY HAAAAPPPYYYY BIRTHDAY To JIANHUA!!!! I hope you have a very WONDERFUL Day. (((((J))))))

Happy Birthday Jianhua :o)

Hey everyone....He is having such a good Birthday....you can not believe...This is our tomorrow....So when he gets back from his wonderful filled day, he will be back among us, on our day of his birthday...Strange, I know...But remember he is 13 hours ahead of us....Wish we could have spent the day with him.....Don't you all???????

his bd isn't 26th, right? I was thinking 28th, I have it written down but not handy. It must be the 27th. Hope it was a good day!

i was basing the time difference on Philippine's location, which i would imagine would be the same as China. as i write this now. it would be Sunday Jan. 27, on or about 1 in the afternoon.

i never knew Jianhua's birthdate so i was curious when it is. well, we will find out when our birthday gentle person will be on line with us.

knowing how we celebrate one's birthday in the Orient, i can just imagine the grand time Jianhua is presently having.

Happy Birthday Jianhua! I hope you had or have a great day. I'm not sure if it's Saturday or Sunday, but I hope you have a great time.

Hello,ladies and gentlemen!!
First of all, please permit me to express my heartiful gratefulness for your warm greetings of my birthday.
A year,a birthday.and each year's has a different experience for me.and this year's is unusual and unforgetful !
Your best wishes to me are just like a sweet fountain in the desert moistening the oasis.in this new year i am sure the oasis will be full of green grass and red flowers.
Thanks again and happy gardening to you all!!

Jianhua....what a nice thing to say!!! Hope your special day was/is wonderful. :-))))

He has a way with words, our Jianhua does...
Jianhua, having you here at DG has been an enriching experience for us all.
Happy gardening to you too my friend.

hello again,everyone!
Here on this special occasion,i'd like to say something about chinese traditional birthday culture.
When an elder 's birthday comes,all the members in the family will gather together for a big lunch to celebrate the great day.these two idioms are often heard to best wishes to the elder:zu nin furo donghai,shou bi nanshan(wish your happiness is like the water of the east sea,and may your longevity is like the south mountain.),or:zunin changming baishui(long life to you.).and the dishes must be included in a chinese harp fish,which means jumping over the bad luck,and the food must be included in the noodles,which means longevity.this celebrating form has lasted for centuries and centuries without much change.
however, some elders would rather avoid having their birthdays on purpose..why so?they believe that when you have a birthday the super spirit will draw a mark for you,and when your marks are enough,you will be summoned to hell or heaven according to your evil or good.they want to stay on earth longer,so they simply do not have their birthdays.
And the birthday for a kid is the happineset day of the year,because he will have delicious food to eat and wonderful toys to get.i remembered that my son's four-year-old birthday ,i asked him what he would like to get for his birthday .he told me eagerly that he wanted to have a gun--in fact it was a toy gun which was sold in the kids'toy shop.when i asked why he wanted to have a gun?he told me simply:to shoot at birds.hehehh i knew that he could not shoot off a bird's feather with it,but anyway i bought one for him with 8 yuans(=1 dollar).you cannot imagine how happy he was then.and he told me happily:if i had a birthday every day of the months of the year,how would it be nice.i would have a lot of toys to play with.
When a kid is one year old,the birthday is of great importance.parents will place many things on the table,such as a picture-book,an egg,a coin,a stick,a piece of bread,and let the kid to choose.see, if the kid gets hold of a stick,the parents will be very disappointed.a stick stands for a beggar's cane.and if the kid takes hold of a book, the parents will be very excited.it shows that when the kid grows up, he will be a scholar.and when the kid catches hold of the bread,it shows that the kid is just so and so.interesting,isn't it?
Well, so much.

Very interesting Jianhua ;)! tell us more pls.!!! TIA.. ma vie

A belated happy birthday, Jianhua!

How interesting Jianhua, thanks for sharing a part of your culture with us.

Thanks for letting me have a memorable birthday!

I hope your birhday will be remembered with smiles and good memories. Thank you for sharing the Chinese birthday traditions with us.

That really was interesting and makes for good reading Jianhua!! I lived in Singapore for three years and most of my neighbours were Chinese. Whilst I was there I learned to cook the oriental way and managed to learn some of the language too. Unfortunately the only thing I can remember now is Hong Ki Fat Choy - and that is probably the wrong spelling - wrong time of the year also huh!!! I should have learnt to say Happy Birthday!! Thanks for your email - it was so sweet of you!!

Belated or not, I meanit : HAPPY BIRTHDAY JIANHUA !!!!!!!

cristina

Thanks for sharing with me.shall we meet again right in here next year? :(