Chinese Culture Birthday Celebration with These Invitations

Birthday parties are a big deal for children of all ages, but parents who want to do something special for their little ones often struggle to find new themes and party ideas so they can create something unique for their son or daughter.

Obviously, celebrating your child’s birthday by infusing the festivities with Chinese cultural elements is one way to set your party apart. However, there are other great reasons to consider taking this approach. For one, Asian culture has become more popular with young people thanks to video games, martial arts movies, manga/anime, and more. Plus, there is definitely an increase in the Chinese American children population thanks to the large number of babies which have been adopted from China in recent years.

No matter why you want to celebrate a birthday Chinese style, here are some ideas for making it happen.

Planning Your Chinese Culture Birthday

First, you need to start off with the right invitations so your guests will have an idea of what to expect. You’ll find plenty to choose from but two of the most appropriate are the Asian Dynasty invitations and the Fortune Cookie invitations. They are both lovely and fun.

Second, you need to learn a little bit about how birthdays are celebrated in the Chinese culture. For instance, the birthday girl or boy is fed a special meal – a bowl of noodles with a hard boiled egg added. The egg represents the birthday itself and the noodles stand for a long life. Instead of a birthday cake, the guest of honor receives a white flour bun flavored with lotus seed. You can usually find the cakes in large supermarkets or in Chinese shops. Serving them as well as a traditional Western birthday cake might be a great idea.

An additional Chinese culture element for children who are celebrating their birthdays is the traditional red envelope. Inside the envelope, the lucky child will find cash. In fact, some children receive red envelopes from any adult who is close to them, including grandparents and uncles/aunts.

Another Idea for Your Party

As you may have noticed, one of the invitations above includes a fortune cookie. Fortune cookies are actually not part of traditional Chinese culture. If you’d go to China, you wouldn’t be served these tasty and philosophical treats. The cookies were actually first created and served in California. They were, however, developed by immigrants but were inspired not by Chinese food but by a Japanese cracker.

Of course, most people don’t know the fortune cookie’s history and associate it closely with China’s culture since it has become a staple in Asian restaurants. Therefore, you can associate them with the culture.

Goodfortunes.com offers gourmet fortune cookies that are ideal for such celebrations. The cookies can come in a wide variety of delectable flavors, such as caramel toffee drizzled with chocolate. Others are decorated with birthday cakes and candles. You can purchase giant fortune cookies with custom messages (the cookies weigh more than one pound) or smaller cookies in tins of 16 for less than $30.

No matter why you decide to have a Chinese-style birthday celebration for your son or daughter, remember the blending of cultures should be both fun and respectful.

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