A pamphlet shows how much money each guest will get during a party celebrating the 70th birthday of a man in Changle, Fujian province. [Photo/fznews.com.cn]

Flipping the table, host pays guests on Birthday

At his 70 th birthday party in Changle, East China's Fujian province, a man gave every guest in attendance 3,245 yuan ($525), Strait News reported on Friday.

The birthday celebration, included 118 tables holding 10 guests each, cost more than 3 million yuan ($487,800). The man's sons and nephews, mostly businessmen, sponsored the feast to show their filial affection.

Payment to guests reverses a Chinese tradition in which guests give the birthday celebrant "congratulation money", and the celebrant then pays for the party.

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