Red turtles are tied up with all the days traditionally considered important in the life of Taiwanese: from birth, to reaching a full month of age, to major birthdays, to death. When people reach 60 years of age, relatives and friends give them 62 red turtles, and when they turn 70, they get 72.
在台灣人的生命禮俗中，由出生、滿月到作壽、死亡，也都能與紅龜發生密切關聯，年屆花甲，親友會送紅龜六十二個，年過古稀得送七十二個，盼老壽星福壽雙全。