A few days ago, after my child finished class, he excitedly asked me: Mom, where is our family’s genealogy? I haven't heard them mention this at home, so I asked him to ask his father. After asking the child, he came back tiredly. When he asked, he found out that the child's father said that the genealogy had been stopped a long time ago, and he didn't know whose hands it was now. I asked the child why he asked this question, and the child replied: The teacher said that genealogy has a history of thousands of years, so I want to know who our ancestors are and where they are from. ?Then the child asked again? The teacher said that in the past, names were based on genealogy. Mom, don’t you use it now? ?
The child’s curiosity also aroused my interest. In order to answer the child’s questions, I searched for a lot of information and found several answers. Why was it that genealogy was used in naming in the past, but is rarely used now? These three reasons are true.
What is a genealogy
A genealogy records all the people in a family who are related by blood and has a long history of development. At first, the genealogy was used to record members of the royal family. Later, as it developed, it was also used in many civilian homes. Among them, there is a deep cultural charm. Because genealogy can reproduce the basic situation of family members. It can also tell the origin and trajectory of the family. From another aspect, it can also reflect the economy, culture, and customs of the society where it came from, which is of great historical significance.
In the eyes of ordinary people, the so-called genealogy is a generation of people with the same name in the middle. That is what we commonly call the generation, just like my generation, it is the Ming generation, and its name is Wang Mingx. But why do families rarely use genealogy to name their names nowadays?
Using genealogy, naming is limited
A family has more branches and more children. Names based on genealogy are more limited. Everyone wants a good name with a meaning, so there are more duplicate names. Therefore, when naming a child, there is no need to name the family tree. Gradually, the names in the family tree will be discontinued from a certain generation. As a result, people nowadays rarely use genealogy to name their names, which is also a very key factor. Furthermore, due to special reasons, the genealogy was lost and future generations could not rewrite it, resulting in fewer and fewer people using the genealogy to name their names.
The concept has changed
People from the same family used to live together. Today you lend me a green onion and I give you a piece of ginger. The relationship is relatively close. But things are different now. In order to achieve better development, we have to go to different cities. The whole generation is fine, and they still miss their hometown people. But if you go through several generations and have less contact with your parents, your genealogy awareness will be relatively weak. Therefore, in today's generation, family trees have been slowly forgotten, let alone naming based on family trees.
Improvement of aesthetic ability
In the past, names were all dog eggs and cow dung. People at that time believed that the cheaper the name, the better they could make a living. Therefore, some of the names included in the family tree are given more casually. But now the concept is different, everyone wants their children’s names to sound good. Genealogy naming, as the first step, gradually fades away from people's sight. With the improvement of aesthetic ability, more and more people do not use genealogy to give names.
Why was it that genealogy was used to name names in the past, but it is rarely used now? The above three reasons are true.