Chinese in America - date-of-birth differences and name changing

[tobysionann]

I work for a financial institution, and I work in the Operations Center - we're responsible for opening new accounts and performing other maintenance on them (name and address changes, adding features, etc.).  We have a large contingent of Chinese clients, and there are some interesting cultural things I've noticed over the year I've worked here.

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[littlemisslikes]

Don't know if this helps, Chinese people also go by the luna canlender, and also have a birthday according to this data, which could be the same date for the luna calender but changes in the sun calender we usually go by year by year.

[wagrobanite]

not sure exactly but I know there is a Chinese gymnast where people (the outside gymnastics community) is questioning her birthdate and the Chinese keep changing it.

[rjade829]

Ages ago - when I was kid, so I may be completely off the mark - I heard something about some culture in Asia considering their DOB to be the date they were conceived, counting back 9 months or however long the pregnancy was from the date of birth. Is there any truth to that?

Yes, I had Chinese friends in high school who also mentioned that.

[brutusmcnabb]

Just random question, what is that icon a picture of?

[tobysionann]

A squirrel skull. My ex-roommate found a dead squirrel in the yard, waited until the flesh was gone, then gave it to me as a gift. It's hanging in the rear-view mirror of my car - now with a seagull feather stuck in the back. :)

[genexk]

The luna calender birthday is no longer used anymore. Only some rural ppl talk about it, but it won't be on the official records.