People who have lived in the countryside know that the people in the countryside are very enthusiastic, and all the villagers in the countryside can get along as a harmonious "big family".
In this family, there is a generational relationship that makes people puzzled, which makes people have unique China characteristics at first glance.
In the past, in rural areas, teams were also formed according to their surnames.
basically, a large group of people all have the same surname.
China used to be a society that paid attention to consanguinity and consanguinity, and a family would have numerous collateral branches, forming an irreplaceable huge family.
This tradition has been preserved in the countryside, and a genealogy of the brigade has been formed.
First, the generation of the smash hit takes the word
When naming their children in rural families, they always refer to this past genealogy or family and choose names according to the generation.
Just like the Yunzi generation and Linzi generation of Deyun Society now, they all show respect for their ancestors.
this way of naming names is also an insistence on the tradition of orderly aging.
Many old ancestors in rural areas have given their descendants a good word, waiting for future generations to distinguish their generations according to this.
These words usually exist on the second word of a name. The first word is one's own surname, and the third word can be taken at will according to each child's personality or parents' expectations.
there is another place where the third word is graded, and the second word is taken casually.
these are different according to some local traditions.
Generally speaking, selecting characters according to seniority at that time was a smash hit.
For example, the ancestors of the Zhao family put forward "Ming Guang Huai Yu", so the descendants are Zhao Mouming, and the descendants are Zhao Mouguang.
Second, the outdated method of selecting characters by generations
This method of selecting characters was passed down by our ancestors, and it was also very popular in rural areas where large families lived together at that time.
Many parents can identify their children's names before they are born.
But now, with the progress of the times, many rural people have abandoned this old way of taking characters.
The influx of new things and new ideas has brought about earth-shaking changes in the countryside.
The rural areas are no longer closed to the outside world. People's ideas are gradually modernizing, and they are also pursuing freedom and equality.
Nowadays, young parents in rural areas pay attention to the meaning of happiness when naming their children. On the contrary, they don't like the old people getting names.
The old people are no longer closed-minded, and gradually they learn to accept the young people's ideas and don't force their children to have "ugly" or "awkward" names.
They only hope that the next generation can grow up happily. The name is a wish of parents and elders, and it doesn't matter who takes it.
In addition, in the past, the way of naming names in rural areas was too prone to duplicate names.
Basically, you can see the founding of the People's Republic of China, building a strong country, Shu Fen, Gui Fang and so on all over the street.
Even in the close-knit rural areas, it's a piano with ten steps, diligence and affection.
Names with high repetition rate will make children feel that they are not unique.
Therefore, many rural parents no longer name their children according to their seniority, lest their children can't get rid of the possibility of "rotten streets".
More rural people think that poetic names will be more elegant than those that talk.
As a result, the custom of "naming names according to poems" rose in rural areas for a period of time.
people in the old peasant village always remember to update their genealogy and do a good job of inheritance for future generations.
But there are not many families who attach importance to genealogy in rural areas now.
the old people in the countryside have either died or been taken to the city by children because of their old age.
These old people who left their hometown gradually forgot to update their genealogy.
This makes the genealogy of many families insufficient, and children don't know where they are, so there is no way to choose words according to their genealogy.
this tradition will gradually disappear in rural areas with the old people's retirement.
There are very few people who can stick to it now.
finally, the reason why it is out of fashion lies in the massive outflow of rural population.
with the development trend of society in 198s and 199s, many rural people moved to cities.
The descendants of these rural people who live in cities are basically registered in cities, and they hope their children can have a better starting point.
These children rarely or never go back to their hometown, and naturally they are not familiar with their own genealogy.
When these children grow up and give birth to the next generation, they are basically completely disconnected from their hometown.
In the hearts of these children, they don't feel the excitement of a big family, and naturally they won't stick to the inheritance of genealogy.
Summary
Genealogy and genealogy are both a reflection of Chinese traditional culture and a proof that China people value consanguinity.
At present, some families who insist on inheriting Chinese culture may choose characters according to their generations.
But most people who have integrated into modern life no longer adhere to this tradition, but choose their names according to their wishes for their children.