As a social individual said "name", the latest no later than the summer, has appeared in China, such as oracle and wen-zhong jin is written too ding, king Yang jia, PanGeng, emperor b etc.But naming specific situation, opinions vary, may also is a reflection of the facts themselves are diversified.Up to now, the western zhou jianguo, JiDan system, named after the people give the next generation of forms, including the date selection, refers to conditions, follow the format and to declare, etc., begin to form a complete set of system, and as one of the most important link in life etiquette.For the ancient Chinese people must be the meaning of the name is much more than a logo.Not only is the individual's name, also belong to the family.

, according to the rites · term "naming the etiquette is a complex but quite methodical process: three months after the child is born, the father does not enter the room, but often make people sympathy, show concern for his wife and children.Three months later, naming ceremony date, head of the women in the family of such as grandmother, aunt, aunt, and my father have please good teacher for children (or a nanny) to attend.On that day, mother first bath change clothes, children also cut hair, and leave a part of the arm - the corners.At the start of the etiquette, mother brussel (female) out of the room, when lintel east stand, generational the statue of a woman first lookbabySaid, and cried out, mother's surname: "so-and-so's, let children visit father today."When a father should be replied, "I must have a good upbringing, he made him keep follow the good."Then, his father stepped forward and heldThe child's right hand, and gave it to loving smile and funny drama, one hundred or so children, tend to be keener to giggle dumb, dancing and in return, which added the atmosphere of harmony joy to grave of etiquette.

Then, the key program began.Fathers in according to the child's birth time, shape looks after synthetically refers to various conditions, such as, to be announced on the spot to the child's name (there is also a pre-decided).Say after naming, mother immediately reply, just call must remember words, teaching source.Then, she put the children to the teacher or a nanny.According to the pecking each other over the baby after the pecking order, the child has just won the "name" of an always attend manners is declared.Congratulations, at the beginning of the people, "name" must stand.

Is named after the end of the ceremony, and ancestors to kill Lv, these two programs are lead by his father.To ancestors give the name of the newborn recognition within the family, had to kill Lv archive, its type is dong zhong "a living", by "history into two, one to hide the Lv mansion, one offered states history".Changed from now on, if you don't happen, the naming ceremony for this said, will accompany for a lifetime and forever;On the day of their life, its performance way (such as a name card, seal, certificates, etc.) sometimes is more than its itself to prove efficacy (this kind of phenomenon, is still in the bank, post office and other agencies within the effective), and behind it, besides "you people body with out of all", or a fair death honors the whole life science, story, not everywhere?It's no wonder the ancients for naming ceremony, to be careful.

Named after two weeks of the classical system, laid the han nationality Gou roughly 2000 years to the next generation is named after the basic model of etiquette, but with different degrees of influence to other nation.Of course, on the one hand, it in the long history of the years, have ShanTi again, change some details.Named after a time, for example, in practice there is named "dynasties", "named after the full moon", named "one hundred days", "age named" and "get confused named" and many other forms.On the other hand, it is far from a group that includes all members of the Chinese nation created by different, colourful naming conventions.In fact, many ethnic minorities naming ceremony has distinguishing feature extremely.

Name etiquette, converge, is the extreme focus on the "name", the so-called "name" of the "big", is this meaning.In han culture circle, however, the use of the "name" dimension not only not "big", but also is not only the properties of - a "precious" can look around.For example, when a man ask a b "name," robin li's answer, as usual, is "vile name is a, a base name, grass character one", "name" became "base name" instead.Because of its?Base ", so "name" usually used in the claim that a modest attitude;Call someone, in turn, is only the "grass character" called secondary personal name, or lakes and other code, it embodies the respect for each other.With li bai "and han jingzhou book" as an example, the words "(li) white heard about people", is to claim to be "base name";But when someone called him, "white", "violet" font size, etc.Also because of this reason, when teachers call junior elders, pupil, in the name of a subsidiary, the distinction between the pecking pecking concealed deposit how, the so-called "father son before the name, jun top princes".If a peer between fellow classmates and a first-name basis, 'meaning is clear;As for the children call parents name, or students call teacher's name, such as foreign "Jason" in TV and movies, such as "Joanna" full of prophesying, the offensive is overflowing.Han some etiquette or worthies, enjoyed?Praise worship of "treatment, that is, these to belong to you, especially at the king's meeting with huang junwei ZouYi at theory or at ordinary times, can not claim to be, that even if special preferential treatment.