Article | Fan Nana
2022
It can be said that there are good “pregnancies” one after another, and female celebrities are getting together to give birth to pig babies. Zhao Liying gave birth to a son, Liu Shishi gave birth to a daughter, Gao Yuanyuan was pregnant, and Myolie Wu announced that she was pregnant with a second child...
In the news, there were so many pig babies that maternity and infant hospitals had a hard time finding beds, the wages of confinement nanny were soaring, and even birth certificates All out of stock, as if we were really getting ready for a baby.
"Know" tells you the secrets of zodiac babies.
Wherever there are people, there are chains of contempt. It’s no surprise that chains of contempt exist widely. Chains of contempt, chains of contempt in colleges and universities, and chains of contempt on blind dates. If you are not careful, you may be despised.
Today, the zodiac contempt chain is on the rise again. Pigs and Dragons are auspicious, while sheep are unlucky, so the saying that "the year of the pig may be the year of peak fertility" is also popular on
.
Speaking of which, are people really competing for baby pigs? Is there any inevitability between zodiac preference and family fertility decisions?
Is there really any pattern in which years Chinese people like to have babies?
Is it a good year to have a good son? Do you also look at your zodiac sign when giving birth to a child?
2022
It can be said that there are good “pregnancies” one after another, and female celebrities are getting together to give birth to pig babies. Zhao Liying gave birth to a baby, Liu Shishi gave birth to a daughter, Gao Yuanyuan was pregnant, Myolie Wu announced that she was pregnant with her second child... In the news, there were so many pig babies that it was hard to find a bed in the maternal and infant hospital, the wages of confinement nanny were soaring, and even birth certificates were out of stock. It seemed like we really to prepare for a childbirth.
From "millennium baby" to "baby" to today's "golden pig baby", under the exaggeration of the media, zodiac preference seems to be getting more and more intense, but such intensive news reports are inconsistent with personal intuition. Feelings cannot definitely prove the universality of Chinese people choosing the time to have children based on their zodiac signs. Facts must speak for themselves.
An article in "Population Research" in 2010 "A lucky year gives birth to a lucky son?" The academic paper "An Empirical Study of Chinese Zodiac Preferences" analyzed population data since the founding of the People's Republic of China 60 years ago and confirmed that there is no zodiac preference at the national macro level. Fluctuations in the size of the birth population are more due to the influence of population inertia.
Judging from the population data of the past seventy years from 1949 to 2022
In addition to the population fluctuations caused by natural disasters and childbirth, the trend of my country’s birth population has begun to gradually Stable, there is not much difference between each zodiac year.
Number of births in the years since the founding of the People’s Republic of China (unit: 10,000 people)
In fact, Chinese people may not be as fond of the Year of the Pig as we thought. The top three zodiac signs for the number of births in the past 70 years are not the Year of the Dragon or the Year of the Pig as popular thinking. Unexpectedly, the Year of the Rooster actually ranks first. The total number of births in the Year of the Rabbit and the Year of the Horse also exceeds that of the Year of the Dragon. The Year of the Sheep, which is dubbed as "not suitable for having children", actually has more births than the Years of the Pig, Rat, and Ox.
The total number of people born under the twelve zodiac signs since the founding of the People's Republic of China 70 years ago (unit: 10,000 people)
Although with modern technology, zodiac sign preference and zodiac sign avoidance are easier to operate, but for a long time The accumulated data is enough to show that the theory that rushing to give birth to baby pigs will usher in a population peak in the Year of the Pig is really untenable
As for whether the zodiac affects people's destiny, Vietnamese scholars gave the answer. Do Phung examined fertility decisions in Vietnam from 1976 to 1996 and found that the birth cohorts in auspicious years were significantly higher than those in other years, and that children born in auspicious years had better health and education. Research proves that the key mechanism behind this is: in a prevailing world, parents are willing to have children in auspicious years and provide better material, psychological and emotional conditions for the development of their offspring.
In other words, the so-called zodiac sign brings good luck is really unreliable. Destiny is not determined by nature, but is constructed by multiple factors. Success should be attributed to the cultivation of parents, rather than the birth of a person. An auspicious year.
The zodiac destiny theory will make believers more confident and unbelievers more frightened, but actions taken from here on out may actually make the prediction come true. Just like the precious jade Jia Huan in "A Dream of Red Mansions" who was born with a jade in his mouth, he has more family members than Jia Huan
. The child is born in an auspicious year, and the parents are highly invested under high expectations. In this way, the output is really high, and it is not difficult to explain why one becomes the best among people.
However, it is worth noting that if you are born in an unlucky year, you may encounter negative psychological cues subconsciously, which may affect people's behavioral standards like Murphy's Law. The more afraid you are, the more problems will occur, so you belittle yourself and let yourself be restrained by the "zodiac effect", then you will lose more than you gain.
Behind the Zodiac Preference and Blind Obedience
As the totem of China, Chinese people have always believed that it is the incarnation of auspiciousness. The ancient emperor was also called the True Son, so in the public mind There is a popular saying that "dragon brings great luck", and the dragon is at the top of the zodiac's contempt chain, standing proudly among the crowd.
But in the zodiac contempt chain, the sheep has always been at the end. "A woman born in the year of Sheep will not live long", "A woman born in the year of Sheep will have a broken family", "A man born in the year of Sheep will be bright and bright, while a woman born in the year of Sheep will be tearful"... There is even a saying that "nine out of ten sheep are incomplete".
Looking back, sheep were once also auspicious animals. Otherwise, how should we explain the three sheep's Kaitai? However, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, false rumors and exaggerated imaginations pushed the sheep out of the spotlight and became a negative cultural slogan, and people born in the year of the sheep were discriminated against.
In addition to the inheritance of historical concepts, the unlucky zodiac signs also carry cultural stereotypes. Chinese people think that those born in the year of the sheep are unlucky, but people think the opposite is true. Chinese people believe that people born in the year of the Tiger are naturally domineering, while in Singapore, they believe that the people born in the Year of the Tiger will bring bad luck to their family members.
Generations of people’s subtle understanding has created the public’s concern for the zodiac, and it is the same today. Nowadays, expectant fathers and expectant mothers attach so much importance to the zodiac, and they have good expectations for their children to be successful and their daughters to be successful. But to a greater extent, they would rather believe in what they have than what they don’t have, and just go with the crowd and follow the crowd to have a happy child. Baby, if you want a good omen of good luck and will not suffer any loss, why not do it?
From the zodiac to the birth month, time, and the eight-character metaphysics combined therefrom, just like foreign horoscopes, the analysis of fortune, future, taboos, and destiny meets the needs of the public who like to follow the zodiac sign.
If we use psychology to explain it, the belief in zodiac signs and the preference for zodiac signs actually stem from the Barnum effect. That is: people often believe that a general, general personality description reveals their own characteristics very accurately. When others use some ordinary, vague, and broad adjectives to describe themselves, they often easily accept these descriptions. , thinking that the person described in the description is himself, even if he is not such a person at all.
The zodiac destiny theory is such a psychological routine that makes people fall into the trap of "average description" without knowing it. Directly link a person's zodiac sign with personality, physical condition, wealth, and marriage prospects, giving it a sense of mystery, and then people can't help but believe, surrender, and worship. Under the influence of group irrationality, the public's blind obedience to the zodiac will only get out of control.
What needs to be understood is that there is no inevitable connection between the zodiac and destiny. Ultimately, it is just a way of timing and cannot carry so much meaning and expectations. This artificial hierarchical construction divides the zodiac animals into three, six or nine grades and labels them as rich and powerful in the Year of the Dragon, smart and lively in the Year of the Monkey, and full of blessings in the Year of the Pig. Reason is abandoned and thinking becomes solidified. At most, it is false. Self-comfort, after all, "I have no control over my destiny."
Li Ruzhen, a native of the Qing Dynasty, had already seen through the absurdity of telling zodiac signs and fortune telling in "Flowers in the Mirror" - "I also heard that in a secular world, there are theories of fortune telling and marriage matching in addition to wind mirrors and divination. ... It’s particularly ridiculous. It is said that women born in the northern year are inferior to those born in the year of tiger, and those born in the southern year are tiger. I don’t know what it means, but it is still incomprehensible. How can it be compared to the year of sheep? How could she turn into a tiger when she was born? Moreover, not all the henpecked people in the world are tiger women. Rats like to steal, and snakes are the most yin. Are those born in the year of rat and snake all thieves and yin people? Oxen are beasts of burden, so they shouldn't suffer from this. Is it true that people born in ugly years are suffering from misfortune? This is a fallacy that is often made by ignorant people. ”
So it is ridiculous. Today, more than a hundred years after the Qing Dynasty fell, the blind faith in the zodiac can come to an end. It should be noted that life is based on self-realization. Just listen to the metaphysical talk about zodiac signs and destiny. If you take it seriously, you will lose.