1. The elders will change name

Since ancient times, people advocate "son after his father's footsteps," filial piety "child bearing FuZhi" and the first feudal traditional concept, with the west has a very difference. The west has a saying: "americans have no parents." mean that American kids have an independent meaning. Early is not only in the United States, and in the west, children began to independent adult, on their own terms and interest, view of value, life, although there are people like Nobel son after his father's footsteps, but very little after all, China is pay attention to this point. To some extent, the children became an extension of the grandparents will and desire, career and the wishes of the elder people didn't finish, then want to reflect in the names of the sons and daughters, to encourage them to continue to struggle, or their families, this to our family, and society as a history of writing forever by people generation to written down.

Parents elders will vary from person to person. Different families, different age and life, different experiences and emotional entanglements, will produce different intentions. So parents elders will be classified way. Here, for example, for readers reference.

Prepare to lu xun's original name is Zhou Zhangshou, word, is taken by his grandfather fuqing in Beijing. After renamed zhou shuren, meaning "ten years trees, ents" in one hundred. This is his navy division in 1898 in nanjing school reading, a when his grandpa school supervision to get for him.

Xu zhimo, a famous poet, in his childhood, one day there was a monk named will restore once before and after his head touched again, said: "this person will succeed in the future." his father should for the prediction, send him to go abroad in 1918 changed its name to "chi","

Upon: famous cantonese opera performing artist, she was, have been practice, hard work, loved by the teacher, doyen beautiful little kua he: "this child would have ambition in the future, she is more like the red line stolen pot in the female line, I just called 'upon'!"She then changed its name to "upon". At the age of 15, starring the embroidered Ru ", was an instant hit, famous both at home and abroad.

Can be seen from the above example, the will of the parents elder how high and heavy, in the life most people name embodies the expectations of their parents and entrust. Even if their parents elders will different, but should also be good or healthy, positive expectations and wishes, negative, and have a bad effect on children's name would be inappropriate, as some of the profit and fame thought emotion, etc.

2. To place name

Please Hu Qinyuan painting master qi baishi word to his name, Mr Hu said: "less than a mile from your home there is a post called white marble, white marble shop although no famous mountains and great rivers,

Pastoral scenery is very beautiful, I see your name baishi mountain man!"But four words some bothersome, so in the topic, he often just write the word "white". Over time, he was in the name of "qi".

This custom in the name of place names usually have a history, or parents and care too much, or experienced by name him host difficult to give up the feelings, and is given priority to with their thoughts to name, is often thought of, can't help but feel her love?Soil umber?So name, such name method, might as well as a consideration.

3. The whim I have to change name

In a sense, change a name, as a kind of creative activity, like writing prose poetry need opportunities and inspiration. "of the natural, his inspiration."

Name, sometimes people struggle, meditation search belly bowel, end is nothing, but sometimes a brainwave, but it can "whim" to have a fresh and interesting name.

Marshal liu bocheng was born after his grandfather died, his family name for him at the beginning of filial piety, named MingZhao, bocheng, after both following the meaning of the predecessors, and coincidence with the object of Chinese lead method.

4. To ask people for given name

There are a lot of people's name is not given by parents, there are a variety of reasons: may culture is low, no judge to change name;May also ask for "given name", figure a glory geely, or to show gratitude, or ask for advice, to consciousness, or act in order to conduct the convenient.

Each class has "given name", a word the emperor qin, also has a "military" mouthpiece transfer, a letter to Mr Xue, have a family and elders, with passes on technique the teacher, also has the traveling monks, hao Confucianism, celebrities, and the sword line man...

Ask for "given name" etiquette is also various. Some family days of fasting, then place in a sweet, decorated wine, waiting for the arrival of "given name";Some children born to pray, to pick up the child one full year of life, some sacrifices to land gods and god of grain and the suburbs;Some fetes "given name"...

Mr Kwan o name on MAO zedong and "long";Li Longzhi o name in double and deng "LiSan";Name Liu Datian resort to mentor and channelization;Cheng-chuan chang had become Buddha and "big",NiuJunGuo o of predecessors and won the "grass"...

, say, to ask for "given name" in ancient times because of the respect for authority, to the ancient sages, while in the modern is a kind of respect of name culture, the advanced civilization of a kind of reference and future offspring a deep concern and ardent expectations. Both for those who are pretty good, or for those who are educated, possible to have all options.

5. Significant characteristics change name

Here is an interesting example, a famous Beijing Opera performing artists GaiJiaoTian,

Formerly known as knoblauch h, stage name gold beans,

But why was renamed GaiJiaoTian again?It turned out that he has admired stage name called

"Small call days" Tan Xinpei, so give yourself the name, "I'll call a little days." but here people look down upon him, aside sneered: "hum, you also deserves to call this name!Dare and Tan Xin than!"Because of its young guys, two people face to face is the top mouth. He think: can you people KanSi?I can not only inherited the predecessors of the art, I also want to own one, "cover" call day, unique, just like that, he by personal courage, using the "heaven" these three words, his art practice in nearly 70 years, sure enough to create a unique style of art, "cover".

A man's name is not only reflected the conduct, ambition, but also a grand lofty spirit. The male names a universal aesthetic requirements, to some extent, reflects the state of intense competition in society, is also withA womanTo know the world, the world's boys were a great spur and encouraged.