Birthday Cakes From China | 生日蛋糕恭祝你福壽與天齊

Birthday cake was introduced to China in the late Qing Dynasty around the early 20th century. As a symbol of Western culture and commodity economy, its popularity is closely related to the political climate of the modern and contemporary era. Starting from the artist's childhood birthday scenes, this essay film explores factors such as Chinese-style birthday cakes, KFC birthday party services, and the Chinese economic reform. It attempts to clarify how birthday cakes and their associated rituals have become the primary way of celebrating birthdays for modern Chinese people, as well as the localization of birthday cakes in China. The investigation covers modern and contemporary newspaper archives, news, films, family archives, Chinese-style cake decoration tutorial, etc.

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