How to find a graceful birth
How to find a graceful birth
In Chinese traditional culture system, name is mark's family background, background and an important symbol of personality factors.Because with such an important role, the ancient Chinese name system is more complex, in addition to the formal first and last name, and words, Numbers, fitting and so on.Tang Zhen in the qing dynasty in the name of "books," said: "the name, pecking order, bian, don't suspicion, the ritual of ones also."From the named point of view, name is not pure is to refer to individual symbols, and an individual's position in the social order of tags.
The Chinese name of the value from the beginning of the age of chow.Chow, people began to attach importance to the name, the name gradually formalization and institutionalized, taboo and restrictions on name is produced.Due to the name or choose the words in the upper society, it would take a grand ceremony, all and each other can't literally call names, so many children in the family will give childish commonly, a birth, so that the family and a close call.Because of the birth is oftenThe childSon was born soon after, he rose in lactation period, so called "birth".In the spring and autumn period, the aristocratic family members in the practice of birth has become very common.And lower social grassroots, because there is no right to also have no ability to grand ceremony named choose words, they "birth" of childhood, often is the "name" as an adult.
According to history records: duke xian of the male birth't around, the scorpion't mean;Duke zhuang of zheng he during childbirth, so the birth of "may";Confucius, the son of birth as "young".Stone known birth "JiNu Wang Xianzhi birth" officer slave ", gu kaizhi birth "tiger", tao yuanming birth "stream", wang anshi birth "the badger lang", consummating birth "lamb", and so on.Not only the han nationality so that zhongyuan minority ruling class is often in the joseon dynasty left a birth records, such as
Sip in liao MAO a-pao-chi birth is "only".
In addition, because the feudal upper class women living in the attic for a long time, little publicity in the outside, so more popular birth, only the birth in the family use only, also known as the "best friend".Such as the emperor Chen queen's birth "ejiao," princess Tang Shouchang birth "worm" and so on.
The vast majority of birth has more version more good, stomach, thought, on the day of, to sell led car to pulp, and common way, in the Chinese name culture birth a common feature of class.Investigate its reason, mainly is the elder affection for children to pity, lest may well grow up healthily, hence to mark humble, hide intimacy warmly feelings in negative way.This kind of phenomenon, so far still in many elders known to offspring, "children" "small smelly man" "ugly", etc.
Birth has bless function in the civilian consciousness.Poets in trapping in the "wild guest book said:" parents for its easy to have, therefore, with a dog...Present name Jude minded, its very bright.""A dream of red mansions" in search of granny liu
Say: "you give her a name...Cultivators, you are afraid of you, what a poor, poor you a name, is up there."
In the traditional sense to the child called "tied", "lock" is often thought by reciting the words has become a name, can produce a kind of spirit power, can really to retain the child, not die;Called "pig", "the cattle", thought the boy was really low practice such as cattle, pigs and feed the beasts that easily, eat the food of poor, how don't have to care can adults;Called the "iron" and "steel" "gold", thought to be able to make children's as strong as the body such as the metal is not sick;And so on.
After song and yuan, net the more dense, junior mess or elders birth, of course, is a big negative, birth sex and enhance the outsiders.
A man had two names, one is a nickname (birth), which is after the child is born, the other is a name, is the formal name.Children learn to 7 years old, or 12 in big Fu (front), Cambodia or engaged marriage, just please consanguinity elders or have learned man, according to their own genealogies degress sequence name, the name before or after a word is a word on the genealogy
The revised, is based on consanguinity with generational human recognition.Commonly known as "generation of a single character", this namely.Name more pay attention to the literal refinement, meaning auspicious.The child name generally can't more than 12 years of age, common rules of 12 years old boy to be manned genealogy.12 years old to death before marriage, note the "die" on the genealogy.Once man genealogy must use the name, the name is destined, lifelong.After a few people in the study, in addition to the name to a "word", commonly known as the "number", also called "large".Can please Sir (teacher) or celebrities, can also be herself.Is often name an extension of the meaning, can also aim to take their own hobbies.
There are many common characteristics of birth.Such as general name, only said there is no name, is simple;Don't have to do household registration or other formal register name, and only do call;With much in childhood, when I grow up and to the scientific name, etc.But birth in different regions, according to the localCustoms and habitsDifferent, there are strong local characteristics.
Some like in a word, such as "feng feng" "wangwang" "salsa" "red" and so on.Fold the word habit of birth can be seen everywhere in the north.This is because in mandarin, fold the word usually means love, tiny or distinctive, and mandarin is based on all north of j.
People like to use the word "o" lingnan area start from birth, generally behind a word only, such as "strong" ' '" amin "Jane".
People like to use the word "ugly" in shanxi as the birth, such as "ugly" "the ugly" "ugly egg".
Hunan people like to use "who" gave the boy the birth, such as the "spring" YaZi "mountain", and give out with a girl since birth, such as "big sister" "two sisters.
Shaoxing area with child birth weight as the birth, such as lu xun in the writing the characters in the novel "storm" "nine pounds" granny "six jin" and so on.
Believe in people of all religions since birth often influenced by religion, like Buddhism prevailed in southern dynasties, emperor wudi xiao yan's birth is called practice.
And like ancient "slave" to the "elder brother" "lang" and other words of birth, such as jin dynasty Shi Chong multimillionaire, birth
Slavery.The establishment of a southern dynasty emperor wu of song, the original birth sent slaves.Great poet Li Baiyou son, birth is called the moon, it's lasting appeal with li bai poetry.
On the birth of method, because in the long history of influence each other, people around the ancient and modern around the same.We briefly introduce several:
1. The birthday name
This is based on the characteristics of the birthday that day, or by birth year, the zodiac birth method.As a dream of red mansions, jia yuan chunsheng in day, so its birth yuan spring.The ancient women generally have no name, only the best, is the birth."Yuan" spring is the birth of yuan princess.Again such as revolutionary martyrs roushi began to edit yusi magazineA tigerThe mountain tiger, birth is called.Lao she was born in the twelfth month, the folk off year, so the birth is double happiness.
2. English name
To wish to eliminate the evil the birth, the content of the main contents are health, longevity, wealth, happiness and so on, like centenarians, AZhuang, Alfred, seed and so on.Granny liu in a dream of red mansions "sister daughter named elder sister, is also a blessing.
In the countryside, many people believe thatPeople diedBecause the yan sent the little hook the sake, so the birth often take the meaning of "keep", with some lock, latch such things as a symbol.Such as "lock cylinder" and "door to door" "two doors" "three poles" "iron bolt" and so on.
3. The name list
To the child's ranking birth is the most simple, and is also very common.Such as: small two, three, younger sister (for ranking the most
Small) is only use the ranking.Also has "big cock son" "two stone" "three leng son" after the list plus the CNS.
This method of naming has since ancient times.Like Tang Chaoshan aunt sun of Beijing, the qing dynasty woman lusi niang, zhuang singer liu sanjie, there are "water margin" inside the small five, ruan xiao 'er and nguyen nguyen xiao qi is well known, the rest, such as bears two, on Wednesday, the names of the twelve, liu is more prone to carry.These names removed last name, in fact, the birth.
4. The nickname the name
Because many parents very love children, so a very cordial to name the child birth, as before a specific word "small" for the birth.Such as flower, orchid, xiaohua, xiaoling, lamb, calf, small fang, small show, etc.Some of these birth, then directly used for the name or scientific name, into xiao-lan zhang, Li Xiaohua, xiao-ling zhao, zhu lamb, etc.Some "small" to "xiao", become xiao-lan zhang, lindenli, etc.And on the basis of the birth of "transform", to become
Concerning the birth of a new name.Such as: xiao LAN, small show, xiaoling, small fang desertification xiu-lan zhang, jean lee, mei-ling zhao, ya-fang wu.
Again, for example, in a particular word "children" for birth after it.Such as, iron pillars, LanZi, xiaohua, etc.The birth and may deepen into scientific name, real name.Such as Zhao Zhu, li3 tie3, zhang LAN, wang hua;Or for tie-zhu zhao, yu-lan zhang, Wang Yuhua, etc.As member of the famous basketball player in China is an example.
With the birth of emphasis, such as jingjing, bud bud, fangfang, yuan yuan, worryingly, flat, both nickname.
5. Ugly base name
This kind of birth, such as big, dog, second son, the donkey.To base things to name the child birth parents, most of the cultural level is low and superstitious to think that a good support base of children, not easy to get sick NaoZai.
6. Expect a name
Some eager parents long to see, even in birth can also be reflected.Such as famous writers tien han, birth and son, parents want him to grow up is amiable, and rich, under one roof;Revolutionary martyrs, buoyant birth day spring;Modern painters feng zikai, birth CiYu.
Now, with the improvement of living standards, the parents from concern for the child's longevity and health problems start to fear of the child's future and destiny, so in recent years the birth also more gradually up.
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