![]() | The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with Korea and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (June 2024) |
Hwangap | |||||||||||
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![]() A museum display of a gobaesang, a traditional table setting for hwangap | |||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Chinese | 甲子 | ||||||||||
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Korean name | |||||||||||
Hangul | 환갑 | ||||||||||
Hanja | 還甲 | ||||||||||
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Japanese name | |||||||||||
Kanji | 還暦 | ||||||||||
Kana | かんれき | ||||||||||
Kyūjitai | 還曆 | ||||||||||
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In the Sinosphere, one's sixtieth birthday has traditionally held special significance. Especially when life expectencies were shorter, the sixtieth birthday was seen as a symbolic threshold for reaching old age and having lived a full life. This birthday is known as jiazi in Chinese, kanreki in Japanese, and hwangap in Korean.
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