[citation needed] Thus, living sixty years had special significance as one completed a full cycle.

[2] In Korea, the sixtieth birthday is known as hwangap, hoegap (회갑; 回甲), jugap (주갑; 周甲), gapnyeon (갑년; 甲年), or hwallyeok (환력; 還曆).

The honored person and their spouse, dressed in their finest clothes, would be prominently seated in front of a byeongpung (folding screen) and behind a large table such as a gyojasang (교자상; 交子床).

Also on the table are foods piled high in decorative fashion (typically in cylinders), such as chestnuts, jujubes, snacks, yakgwa, persimmons, and more.

Other decorations would also be placed on the table, taking the shapes of flowers, dragons, turtles, or cranes.

Also present is a typically separate table of ceremonial alcohol and cups (헌주상; 獻酒床; heonjusang).

Afterwards, in descending order by age, younger siblings would follow suit and pay tribute to the honored person.

[3][5] In cases where the parents of the honored person are alive, they too can participate in paying their respects, sometimes symbolically and/or jokingly wearing brightly-colored clothing typical of children.

Often strangers and passersby are invited to join; it is traditionally considered a sign of virtue and social status to have many guests at one's hwangap.

[11] Some Christian families choose to deemphasize the aspects of the hwangap that involved ancestor worship.