Woman 16 years old, also known as "the year of broken melon", or the year of jasper. Many people think that "broken melon" is a woman's "broken body", but it is not. Zhai Hao wrote in "Popular Women": "Song Xieyou wrote:' A broken melon has a small waist'. According to custom, it is wrong to beat a woman to pieces. The word melon is broken into two or eight words, and it is said that it is two or eight years old. "
sixteen years old
The word "melon" in Lishu and Weibei inscriptions in the Southern and Northern Dynasties can be divided into 20 or 86 words, so 16 years old is called "the year of broken melon". The title of Jasper Year comes from Li Qunyu's poem "Give Monsoon after Drunkenness" in the Tang Dynasty: "The laurel shadow smokes the Liang family lightly, and the melon word is divided into Jasper Year." As for a 20-year-old woman, it is called "the year of peaches and plums".