Second, why did you hit still thrilled - the naming ceremony

LanPing County in northwest of yunnan province, the life of a real "minority ethnic group, pumi.

The fifth day in the morning of July each year, often have some pumi young women hold their own children, one hand holding a wooden stick, hidden in the side of the road or bridge, waiting for the first pass of adult men and women, the elderly or take it unprepared, suddenly jump out, a stick on people.

It is interesting to note that the attacker surface without regret;Despite being frightened, he don't angry, rather smile, amused.

This is how to return a responsibility?

Originally, pumi people believe that the beginning of the child is born, tend to be young and foolish, the weak disease easily.Therefore, to find a Chinese name rid disaster to disaster.Their "name" ceremony in July fifth day this day, to this day, the boy's mother early in the morning to bring the child hiding in the village, the road, a bridge.

Passers-by, after finished, the mother of the child immediately say: no matter you children?Why don't you give the child a name?

Beaten, no matter who encountered this kind of scene, must give the child a lucky name.It is not the body anyway.So, in the fifth of July each year on this day, is not a man of learning is not to get up early walk alone.However, if the party the man living in the city ", must first day can not sleep at night.

This is the pumi people hit people line of ceremony.

Grand naming ceremony, today, in addition to the part of the backward and closed, centre for ethnic minority areas, is a kind of rare are dried the demise of the old customs.But as an important aspect in the name of the learning, there are still some research value.

The naming ceremony, both ancient and modern, Chinese and foreign.

A naming ceremony, Chinese

Since the ancient times, people read the name very mysterious.Think that the person's name is closely linked with the body, the soul of the people.Therefore, the ancients believed that in all the blessing and the curse, name is the key.The name of a person with his people or soul is mysteriously linked together, must be careful to protect.

Since the name is so important, so at the beginning of the fame, people will be held a grand ceremony, prudent in and take a good name.The same people to hold the wedding ceremony, ribbon-cutting ceremony today is a reason.

In ancient China, only princes and dignitaries and noble family have names.As a result, only the upper society also has a naming ceremony of manpower.If the prince was born, to "name" ceremony, law of name.The big rites fu bao dai yue: prince born to cry, a surname blow copper yue: in a certain law.A too slaughter yue: we taste.Then your name.

It said that the prince is a lifetime of crying, brass instruments stood at this moment a surname was taken to blow, and I will blow out and prince cry some melody, harmony too slaughter after listen to think, began to use beautiful melody in the voice to BuDing prince's name.About the name of the elders is used to call more, so must the sound of loud, call up and catchy, so named according to the voice.For the name of the font and meaning, not to serious.

Since the ancient times to the spring and autumn period and the warring states era, Chinese named special ceremonialism.But only the "name" a ceremony, at that time, the people also does not taste to the high-tech development, dared not to compete with the day, with a pipe, passively adapt to the nature, naming ceremony is a case in point.Ab method and burning turtle signs and first.Such as the great poet qu yuan in his masterpiece "of the opening," li SAO "is by its office, dates when it comes to his own name and word.Political:

After the "emperor Gao Yangzhi branch, I huang yue" agent, taken her virginity in busy meng xi, but heptyl Yin us to drop.More than emperor lam Daniel ChuDu xi, ZhaoCi by name.More than a regular xi, both word yu yue ling.I have the good points, again to fix the can."

Tell yourself is the offspring of ZhuanXu poet in the poem, on in Yin Yin Yin, who in this very auspicious day.During the day he was born, his father BuZhao burning turtle, "zhao" tarkett name.Zhao and signs in the ancient gm.His name is yu divination trillion.

Poet in "nine songs" in the article "departure" added:

True "mega called regular xi, send word yue ling are."

The two sentence speak more clearly.Will be signs in the hexagrams names given in the poem, the value of people at that time in divination ritual.

With the name of divination, after burning turtle divination, and there was a choice.Such as tea, its name, the name all by divination.Legend has it that he is a derivation of an illegitimate child, drifting water, for JingLing intellectual Jackson income, education as a disciple.When I grew up, liu yu is ashamed of himself already a monk of an experience, namely, moved hereThe I ching, augury, "Jian" of "fade" cloud: hung-chien in lu, the feather is available for the instrument.Then the surname Lu Wei, feather and name instrument.Later, Mr 钱锺书 and put the name of "hung-chien", from the book "siege" of ownership.

Han Chinese name has a unique point, which is not only famous but also have a word, and word supplement each other.This phenomenon can be found in the "rites" of more than two thousand years ago."Rites" cloud: "fifty to close baby name, word, and dead Shi, stood also."And word is one of the stood."Born march in the beginning but adding name," said the child was born after three months to give him a name, at the same time of naming, forbabyMale Angle of female haircut, bun, father of the baby hand, cough and name.Named after the man twenty words, woman xu marry Ji and words.According to research, ancient aristocratic men at the age of 20 to in temple held a grand ceremony, as the word is the champions league and one of important content."Twenty years for the path to the parent," crown ceremony is a major ceremony for the meaning of life.In this ceremony for adult after the second name "word", also symbolizes the trouble the beginning of life.

ABU, crown word is antique, along with the development of history, the dynastic change, gradually to later generations.However, abandoned the unified naming ceremony life word, various culture, the region is relatively close to fashion and develop some new naming ceremony, this system in the han Chinese name, mainly reflects in jiangnan, the wu yue area.Grasp a week, layup scales, JiMing, stealing, bump name naming instrument and so on, all out of the jiangnan water.

Grasp a week, and try.Before your child's birthday that day, in all kinds of toys and articles for daily use, as a common choice, caught was thought life can predict children's temperament and interest.If caught copper, suggest that the child can make a lot of money in the future;If catch a brush, suggest that the child will color brilliant, later production.Boy, of course, if a hand is holding a handful of flowers, the people around you will laugh at him when I grow up is a "flowers bar".Such as "a dream of red mansions" Gu Fu two childe of jia baoyu, grasp a week when the hand only put some powder earth ring caught, zheng torre is great anger, say: the future is aspersed color and ears!So was not pleased with."Jia baoyu was mixed in a pile of girls all day long, also often pleasure in eating the rouge.

About grasp a week, beiqi YanZhiTui "YanShi family precepts FengCao" description: "jiangnan customs, and a stage for new clothes, and decoration.Men with bow and arrow paper pen, female feet with a knife needle is used and diet and treasures, suit to play, the son of former and view its meaning from the, in order to check corruption at stupid-wisdom. Try is the name given to the son."

Grasp a week besides used to "predict" the boy in the future, there is also a important mission is named.Grasp a week naming is not only popular in the han nationality, but also the effect of many ethnic minorities.If the ceremony as mentioned above, holding a bow and arrow, for the son named longbow, strength bolts and so on name associated with bows and arrows.If holding a book, such as bell book, learning more name.Such as the literature 钱锺书 Sir, the name for a quick to grasp a week.

Layup scale custom originates in jiangnan.At the beginning of the baby is born, will be packaged baby plus contentment mascots together, according to the scale to weigh out to name a few jins a few jins.Mascots from the baby's parents to decide, by his father's boots, her mother's hair, in order to serve the child future one party or get rich;By books, collectors, want their children to DE, wealth and longevity.Mascot should not be overweight, but said the baby weight the higher the better.Lu xun's novels have a "old lady" 9 kg, the most like to say that the "generation than a generation".Reason is that he has a name is seven pounds, the son of the grandson daughter then only 6 jins.

In wuxian, jiangsu province, still remaining pediatric JiMing deities of ancient customs.Take most of the time this naming ceremony is the home of the riches and honor, as rich kids more spoiled as a child, and state of health and disease.For father to bless the children strong, recreation, just call my wife with a red cloth sewn into a pocket, the child is born (date) (month) (year) to write good, packed in bags, for the "bag".Bag after sewingtempleKowtowing, incense, inquire, and then in the temple monks to pleaseThe childA name.If bag deities kims, child yue "kinson", "Jin Shou", the children to the temple incense, deities of the hang bag shout "ye".

Lunar year-end JiMing form at the end of each year, in the temple monks to examine again hanging on your comment "mail bag", remember the name and address of do some rough rice vegetable, roadmap, to send you home, must send the child to the family reunion dinner, his father in thousand of thanks, at the same time, will also be some copper for monks, this form to go for three years.Children get married later, must do well the last procedure, namely "bag", by its my bag out to the temple.To some, JiMing deities "make" is an end.However, the name is keep for a lifetime.

Steal name and name is said to have also jiangnan naming conventions.Steal of the adults, must be a certain risk.Is crucified for many children, who thrive, neighbourhood relations coupled to an admiration, admire, not also a multi-port, so how to catch up with others' population density?Stealing is for one of the method.Children at the beginning of the fame, please people to steal the prosperous home to a pair of chopsticks and bowls, and named the child "WanEr" or "chopsticks", and stealing, then you're done.Turning to kay, to embrace the young child, the mother stood at the door.Steal a person see the children, that is, mouth in yue, "chopsticks son!"Or "WanEr"!The boy's mother is generation child cannot speak answer yue "ah!Ah!"After they thought of stealing, since children but no disease no disaster.However, this method can suffer more than those of the home, originally of eating food is not enough, so jia-lai zhang steal, Li Jialai steal, bring homeHave a mealBecame a problem.However, steal can't help but steal -- never thrive together, then whether to "method of charge of stealing", it is unclear.

Hit a ceremony and hitting line name has the same effect.In no hurry to first named after the child was born, but choose an auspicious day to Mr Yin and Yang, such as day arrived, and then the family, on the side of the road, on the fruit food, burning incense, paper money, and then stand the side of the road, waiting for pedestrians.When the first full pelt, pass by the people around you hold the food, set, please people enjoy to eat, and when do your parents give their children.Passerby shall not refuse, must do admitted to being a father or mother, and given to the child in its own name for the surname, don't take a name for name.It is said that some rogue proletarians and Mr Yin and Yang are often complicit, in order to enjoy free food, do not bear foster a responsibility of doing father mother.As for the name, take a random see flower is the flower, grass was grass, saw the donkey, they opened.Visible, the boundless universe, what people have.

Against rogue, hit a person has invented a "not to be taunted hide up", that is his name.Its method is similar to this, that is, "on the road, with three of incense prayers burn money and food, to satisfy the past evil spirits."And to his sons and his daughters called "road to raise" and "LuDi" "Ruth" and so on.This method, the rogue except by the "dry" parents name change for the "ghost", enjoy a pity people are eating food but still not to break.

Bump name, JiMing, in a different way, the purpose is the same, is safe for children to live, grow up healthy, does not suffer from, and more sad.This approach, however, in addition to get a little comfort on psychology, in the individual in the future to be able to help you?Materialists know and I'm afraid it's a full face of scorn.

2. The naming ceremony of ethnic minorities.

The naming ceremony is quite different from that of the han nationality of ethnic minorities.The influence of the cultural development of morning and evening, their ceremony is often at the name "fetishism" idea of Yin influence, naming ceremony with a primitive religion.In addition, some ceremony not only appeared on the history books, even in the social development today, breadth, still popular today.

In yunnan jinghong county JiNuoShan jino people in addition to name, as a child and "soul".The naming ceremony has lasting appeal: the child is born after 9 days, the parents to kill a pair of red chicken, fete relatives and friends and rural elders.Then in the child's hat and a red velvet knot, in order to prosperity, and presided over by the "he mu" wizard named (soul) ceremony., such as wizard for "not" run at the soul of "not" as a child of the beginning of the pronunciation.If not yesterday, not Racine, do not pull the and so on.However, settle the soul only boys use, and not continue to pass it on, just as a symbolic name recognition from society.

The naxi people mainly live in lijiang prefecture and yongning area.Lijiang prefecture of naxi people in family dinner held in children during a full moon, and ideas, at this time for the baby.And yongning area naxi support the mosuo for naming much more important than the former.They are on the same day or the next day after the birth of the baby, please, or stabbing down heavy naming ceremony for children.Chicken, pork, rice and so on for the first ancestor worship before it, and then for divination, according to the age of the mother, the animal sign and birth year, month, day, and the calculated belongs to gossip on which bearing, bearing is consistent with the child the names of deities hung up one or two words, as the name of the child, to pray for the deities bless.

Hani people since birth ceremony the most unique and interesting.After giving birth to babies, mother-in-law to burn up in the courtyardThe fire, which will be destroyed.After the burning of the afterbirth should be filled in the stored into small bamboo tube, at the same time, another old man picked up the baby in the house, mouth prayer of blessing, and the index finger in the baby's forehead gently click, speak his mind at the same time think of the baby's birth.

Birth announcement also has rituals, that is in a child born after the third day in the morning.Time, the baby's father to do a series of preparations.First of all, he had to do many of the size of a fist on sticky rice ball, stick the ground of rotten old strip milk beans and meat, chicken wings in mie pile on the table into a tower, if a child is male, a boy, would also like to mention a bamboo tube glutinous rice, dressed in a denim, carry a small hoe;If is a girl, a girl, please raise a tube of sticky rice, back a pair of hemp fiber back frame, with a machete.After everything is ready, the baby's father to announce the kid's birth.If a child is called ", "kuyt, are men, wearing a denim boy then get master yard outside hoeing, said the baby grew up to plow the land;If the child is called "chu Angle" girl, girl back the coir back rack is in front of the baby's mother and daughter shakes his machete three times, said his daughter grow up to chop wood to cook something.

Live in ailaoshan and days of millions of hani people in yunnan, the birth of this for the next generation.

Ethnic minorities is also simple and funny in chic naming ceremony.Life in my ethnic in the south of the lung is a representative of Chinese and western.Child born on the same day, his father go out find out name for the child, the first object is the name of the child, do it is said that is mainly used for the difference with the name.As one name plate yao cellular gave birth to the third daughter, named coil three younger sister.To distinguish the other plate of three younger sister, he has to go out to find the name, if one out of the door and saw a swallow, the child was called the swallow three younger sisters.If someone drove the sheep up the hill, is called the sheep three younger sister.I don't know have to pick the toilet.If yes, call a toilet three younger sister is not elegant.Still alive now, it is said, one named yao cellular room buy DE stone, one male, "stone" is the name of his father to go out at the first sight of a stone to take.

3, foreign friends naming ceremony

Filed abroad naming ceremony, I'm afraid the first people to think of "given name" and "dharma name".Because religion abroad tend to be higher than the above political power of the spirit, its influence spread to almost every family of every member of a great thing.Have named the baby, no doubt, coated with religious color.

In the west, Christian name is also called the baptism, is the church clergy in the name of baptism for the child to take.In Asia, given name is to take by brahman.No matter the eastern, western, ceremony was fixed for given name.In Nepal, for example, the naming of children at a ceremony to the brahmin, according to theThe HinduTo make their books, read again and again) recite the scriptures, the last to determine a formal name is given name.Cambodia people come up with a method number, usually get home practice more than three months.Method number after get, even their own parents are not allowed to call names, and must be addressed method number.

Naming ceremony countries have national flavor.Like Nepal, 89% are hindus, the naming ceremony are undoubtedly is dominated by Hinduism.In there, baby naming ceremony is usually at the end of the "impurity period", namely the 11th day after birth.Degree of the scale of ceremony and the grand, due to personal social status and economic conditions, but the rich or poor, has the ceremony, the so-called "fish have fish, shrimp shrimp road".Such as nepalese king birendra was born on December 28, 1945, its naming ceremony in January 1946 by the regulation.All across the country, that day, guests gathered, the famous brahman were invited to the palace, in a predetermined time, the suoluo to gather in a courtyard, decorate meticulously carefully calculated birendra birth horoscope position, and then according to the Hindu texts of hurrying.They are concerned with the repeated reciting the text, and finally in a solemn atmosphere announced a "B" word, which means with the first name is the most auspicious "B".Thus for Birendra took now use a better name: Birendra (Nepal).

The average person can't be rich and powerful like a king, they only ask two or three even a brahman to the house for the naming ceremony.Held a ceremony, asked the wedlock father must be present, because without a father present out-of-wedlock births will be included in an contacts.I wonder if born out of wedlock in Nepal is very much, otherwise, not specifically make a provision for this.

Afghans naming ceremony and the same, Nepal is just replaced by imam mullah or brahman.But Afghanistan some minority naming ceremony is special.As some tribes, nuristan region name to rekindle the fire, when the whole family sitting by the fire, a member from their wheat thrown into the fire, the father of the child sit there to read himself, the name of the father, grandfather, if read a name the wheat were thrown into the fire, so, the name was named for the name of the child.

Burmese is also in favour of the birth of the baby, one to four weeks, choose a good day for the naming ceremony for children.Ceremony presided over by a highly respected people commonly, and to meet the monk, please.After read the scriptures, the host say some auspicious words, for babies with prepared Chinese honeylocust fruit waterWash your hair, invited participants also symbolically some shampoo, baby's head shaved for baby hair, then wear white clothes, perfume on the wine.Host award children a suitable name again.Since then, for a mirror to let children enjoy themselves, then catch a small knife, needle, pen or something like that to let him go to grasp, to take one million head.Finally had the baby, called him to do two feet screeve, like walk, squatting on the seven times, expressed the hope that he grew up as soon as possible.

Russians thought that water is a symbol of life, so the baby be born, his parents carrying children and with others, please to the water's edge, by the wizards to the baby shower, and then to chant buddhist scripture exorcism, foretell the future for their children.Later, the child's parents to select the ancestors or hero names for their children.After the October revolution victory, the baby naming ceremony in rural village Soviet auditorium or club, principals of the Soviet President.The cities there are for the new baby naming ceremony of "palace" baby.

In foreign countries, whether in Asia or Europe, naming ceremony is often mixed with very strong religious atmosphere.At home, regardless of the han nationality or ethnic minorities, naming ceremony of the superstition color also pretty.Basically, with the feudal color naming ceremony itself is a kind of ancient customs.Therefore, with the development of science and technology, the progress of culture, this ceremony is getting more and more being abandoned by people.So far, in addition to religious constraints, real naming ceremony few have other meaning, just referring to the hinterland.In the future, I think, the naming ceremony will be along with the demise of religion and eventually pour into the waste heap of history.