On the 25th of June, Rain celebrated his 30th birthday with his cast mates on the set of his new movie, “Soar: Close to the Sun“. Actually Rain was born on 25 June, 1982 which should make his age 29 according to western calculation.
So, why did he celebrate his 30th birthday? This is because the Koreans like the Chinese consider newborns already one year old, and with each passing Lunar New Year they age another year instead of on the day they were born. So, the first year of life is considered as one and two years old in their second year and so on. So that is why Rain celebrated his 30th birthday instead of his 29th. Got it?
To understand more about how the East Asians reckon their age, please visit:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Asian_age_reckoning
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