In some backward and remote rural areas, when a child is born at home, the name is very important. It should be a happy event, but the names given to the children by the adults in the family are usually not pleasant, such as "Goudan" "Er Gou" and "Shit Dan", don't they sound weird? What's the reason for this?
1. Usually these rural areas are relatively backward and poor, and their parents are farmers and have never gone to school. , I have not read books and do not know any words, so I naturally have no knowledge, and it is difficult to think of any high-level words to name my child.
2. Usually in rural areas, food and clothing is a very important issue. Life at home is difficult and there is not much food grown. If there is another natural disaster, it will be very difficult to survive, so parents will provide Children are given some cheap names not because they dislike them, but because they hope they can survive. The older generation believes that the cheaper the name, the healthier the child will live.
3. There are more pigs, cows, sheep, and dogs in the name, because I hope that they can be like these animals. I asked what they eat, no matter how tired and miserable they are, they can live in peace and grow up. Adults
4. Some places have totems, which they believe in. Most of the totems are animals. For example, the totems in China are dragons. In some places, the totems are pigs, dogs, and cows. Children’s totems are The name carries a totem, hoping that it can be passed down.
5. Rural people are relatively superstitious. They believe that ghosts do not like children with ugly names and will let them go. In this way, the children will grow up healthily and live in peace. Another way is that the older generation all choose names like this, so everyone chooses names like this, which is also a kind of inheritance.
The main reason is that the culture is backward and the thinking is not advanced, but the original intention is to hope that the children can grow up safely. It is now rare in rural areas. Nowadays, parents are very cautious in naming their children, and the names are naturally very catchy.