Must choose the name of the customs

Name is han Chinese custom, the most common of which are popular in folk "grasp a week" name.This custom was first from the northern and southern dynasties, the Ming and qing dynasties began said "grasp a week" or "week", and so on.

Documented in the literature related to grasp a week, the first in beiqi YanZhiTui YanShi family precepts? FengCao ":" jiangnan customs, and a stage for new clothes, washing bath decoration.Men with bow and arrow, paper, pen, woman with a knife, ruler, needle, ray, and diet treasures and suit to play, the son of former and view its meaning from the, in order to check corruption at stupid-wisdom. "try son" is the name given to the."When many writings in regard to grasp a week custom history, called the common at least in the northern and southern dynasties is widely popular in south region, to the sui and tang dynasties gradually spread across the country.

So-called grasp a week, that is, when a child's life, placed in front of the various items or life appliance, such as bow and arrow pen and money printing treasures and needle knife ruler and so on, let it grab at random, in order to predict their future career, character, aspiration and interest, and according to the result of fetching and forecast, the corresponding name.

Poets in wu self "dream liang record?)" : "the home listed kam Yu Zhongtang, incense candlelight, gold and silver qibao toys, four books, Taoism, Buddhism books DengZi differing measures, scale ruler knife cut, color, forging flowers, officer to disappear money message, female workers, to paraphrase objects, and reckless with needle and thread, but have to Zhou Xiaoer in, in view of its what came first, think more."Poets in jar elders "the Tokyo recorded wei menghua? Parenting," call this an"The childThe bash ".

What concept lead to grasp a week son of customs, the opinions of scholars are different.Some people think that the custom originated from the original concept of symptom, namely, thought that various phenomena of nature, in the turbid, are signs before it happen.It is the primitive unable to explain and to grasp the powerful forces of nature and human fate and produce a psychological concept.Reason to predict future, catch weeks pay foolish and ridiculous, also show the way of thinking on backwards.There are also people who believe that grasp a week is man's first birthday anniversary celebration, it has to do with births annunciation, same washing son, full moon and one hundred days, such as the birth of both belong to the traditional manners, its core is to continue life, and the flourishing iwayoshi smoothly.

"Grasp a week" ceremony is usually in at noon to eat the meal before the longevity noodles.Pay attention to some rich men are in front of the bed (kang) display case, adopt: seals, Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism scriptures, pen, ink, paper and inkstone, abacus, COINS, books, food, toys, jewelry, flowers, rouge, so girls "grasp a week son" pendulum: also a shovel, the spoon (kitchen), scissors, ruler, sewing equipment, embroider line, HuaYangZi (embroidery equipment), etc.In general was limited to economic conditions, giving more simplified, with only a copper tea tray, put the xue enlightening textbooks "embedded" or "thousand character classic" a book, brush a, an abacus, baked wheat cake oil, fruit set.Such girl add pendulum: 4, scissors, ruler., make its sitting by adults to children and brought, will not be any induction, let them choose, depending on the first catch, catch what after.To cast its inclination, and will be engaged in the professional future.

If the child catch seals in the first place, "grow up, will take grace Jude, career;If the first caught the stationery, the "grow up studious, there will be a splendid articles, eventually to three yuan and;Child first catch abacus, "be good at financial management, I grow up will ChengTao zhu career.So girl first catch cut, 'such as sewing equipment or a shovel, a spoon, POTS and pans, is refers to grow up to be good at housekeeping.Conversely, children caught feeding, toys, first cannot denounced for on the spot

"Delicious", "naughty", but also is said to "after the children grow up, there will be a mouth way f, is good at" carpe diem ".In a word, the elders had high hopes for the future of children, in one one full year of life, wish it to a child.

Through children grasp a week son, objectively examine the biological mother, "mom, wet nurse is how to lead to a child, how is the enlightenment education.As a result, some parents are not superstitious, but still let children grasp a week, also is the custom to persistent in one of the reasons why the folk wisdom.

Until modern times, must choose custom still widely popular in most areas in China.The name of the famous scholar and writer 钱锺书, is to grasp a week after.钱锺书 parents in its full one full year of life, held a ceremony, "grasp a week" to see him first grab is a book, very happy, and named "love the book" the meaning of the "bell".

Contemporary still has must choose custom, mostly is no longer just the name accordingly.One of the important reasons, is today's must be reported to account soon after the child is born, the formal name often cannot wait to take the child's life.