In the past, people of the older generation were named according to their seniority. People would know who you are from and which generation you are from. But nowadays, few people name their children according to their seniority, because people nowadays have relatively new ideas and no longer stick to the previous rules. Besides, they all name their children according to their seniority. There must be two of the same characters in the three-character name. So it's easy to have the same name.
A beautiful and resounding name can deepen the impression of others. An ordinary name, that is, the sense of sight of passers-by. For friends who grew up in rural areas, they all know that there is a "generation" in naming, which is the name that is listed in the family tree. This is a naming method that has been passed down in our country for thousands of years, and it is also a special "ritual" system in ancient times.
The reason why naming is not based on seniority is because there is a big difference between modern and ancient social forms. In ancient traditional societies, people lived together in families and clans. The entire village was descended from the same ancestor, and everyone was actually one family. So far, in many villages in China, they all share the same clan.
To be honest, it is very rare now to have seniority in your name. In the past, big families lived together, and it was difficult to tell the difference between the seven aunts and eight aunts who had no seniority. Nowadays, we are all a family of three, and the hierarchy of seniority has become very useless. Moreover, we are now in a commercial society. In the future, there will be no relatives or friends in society. They are all strangers. Seniority can only be said to be the inheritance and continuation of tradition, which does not have much practical significance.
Nowadays, people’s thinking has improved a lot with continuous development. Rural areas originally attached great importance to tradition, but now there are more frequent exchanges between urban and rural areas. Many urban people’s trendy ideas have affected rural areas. When raising children, We also pay great attention to the name. Many people think that if they continue to name according to the old traditional ideas, they will be called out in a vulgar way. In the future, when their children go to the city, they will inevitably be laughed at, so they should follow the example of city people when naming their children. It will make people feel foreign.