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Shou Ci(Birthday Congratulatory Poetry) occupies really one tenth of the whole Ci works written by South Song Dynasty(南宋) writers. Of which Shou Ci(壽詞) their replays their mood of Leisure, Friendship and Ambitions as well. So Shou Ci cannot be ignored for its spiritual value. Birth Congratulatory literature began in the Qin Dynasty(先秦) and since it had until South Song Dynasty. We cause a panoramic view of the evolution of this genre before the Southern Song Dynasty. The objects of Birthday Congratulatory Poetry were all Nobility, Aristocracy, relatives Family, Friends therefore the content of this was monotonous. The popularity of this genre in the Southern Song Dynasty directly connected with the prevalence of the genre's creation. The writer Groups of Birthday Congratulatory Poetry commemorating senior officers expressed their unique artistic conception and creative talent of lyrics commemorating their own life and Birth. They offered a record of their own life experiences with hidden disillusions and sights over empty dreams theirs achievement. Its Flows with sparkling illumination of the reality of life with sincere blessing. This paper classifies the Birthday Congratulatory Ci Poetry of the Southern Song Dynasty into Three Types, and probes into its features separately; Birth Congratulatory Ci Poetry for kings and aristocracy, Poetry of Congratulating Others such as relatives family and friends, Poetry of Congratulatory themselves. The purpose of this paper is to obtain a new understanding of their Social and Cultural Functions and Aesthetic features of Ci poetry.