# Custer, ‘Chinese Birthday Customs for Newborns’, 2025 > [!cite] > Custer, Charles. ‘Chinese Birthday Customs for Newborns’. *ThoughtCo.* Last updated 8 May 2025. [https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-birthday-customs-for-newborns-4080790](https://www.thoughtco.com/chinese-birthday-customs-for-newborns-4080790). --- ‘Chinese people put their family in a very important position as they regard it as a means to continue the family bloodline. The continuation of the family bloodline maintains the life of the whole nation.’ [[Custer, ‘Chinese Birthday Customs for Newborns’, 2025|(Custer 2025)]] ^9bcc87 ‘There is a Chinese saying that of all who lack filial piety, the worst is who has no children.’ [[Custer, ‘Chinese Birthday Customs for Newborns’, 2025|(Custer 2025)]] ^323c4f