One of Huaiqing Folk Customs (Life Etiquette)-Naming Children
The name is a code that distinguishes everyone from others, and this code will accompany people's life.
Therefore, as soon as a person is born, parents should name their children. Generally speaking, they also take two names, a nickname and a big name. Nicknames, that is, milk names or milk names, are called by family members, elders or people who are particularly close. Big names, that is, scientific names or official names, are used for formal occasions after going to school or taking part in work. Naming, also called naming. Children's names contain parents' expectations and high hopes, so Gu Huaiqing people pay more attention to naming children. How to name a child must first follow the public order and good customs, and then be meaningful. However, due to the differences of times, people's educational level and concepts, the names given to children, especially boys, have their distinctive characteristics in each era.
Before the founding of New China, due to poor living and medical conditions, the survival rate of newborns was low, and the living environment of children was relatively bad. So people think that the meaner a child's name is, the less it is noticed by evil spirits, and the better it is to feed. So in ordinary families, illiterate parents give their children some vulgar names at will, such as dog baby, dog egg, spoon, drooping, sheepfold, black pig, donkey, smelly, brick and pimple. Because such names were quite common at that time, everyone took it for granted, so no one would laugh at anyone.
After the founding of New China, with the deepening of the national literacy campaign and the vigorous development of education, people's cultural level and cognitive ability have been improved to varying degrees, so the naming of children has gradually changed from vulgar to elegant.
In the early 1950s, when New China was just founded and the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea broke out, people followed the situation and named their children Jianguo, National Day, Peace, Aid Korea, Anti-US and Guoqiang.
In the late 1950s, due to the rise of the People's Commune and the Great Leap Forward Movement, many children were named Commune, Leap Forward, Satellite, Cooperative and Village.
In the early 1960s, the society was basically stable and life gradually improved. Therefore, people pray for peace and pursue wealth psychologically, and more children call it Xi, wealth, blessing, security, prosperity, prosperity, forever and luck.
In the 1960s and 1970s, due to the unprecedented profound influence of the Cultural Revolution, some names with distinctive political colors were produced, such as Cultural Revolution, Weidong, Yonghong, Wei Hong, Anti-revisionism, for the people, Revolution, Dongjin and Xiangyang.
Entering the 2 1 century, people are easy to accept new things and especially love new trends. Therefore, young parents, when naming their children, will be ingenious, unconventional and even mysterious. If someone names a child a prince, Bi Xia, Xie Xie, Zhen Haipi, Ai Shunzhi, Yao Shunyu, Ji Changming, Chen Jisi Han and so on, especially one person is called Cuo. If you don't add the pinyin xuān bìng dá, I believe that few people can pronounce these three rare words with complicated glyphs.
However, most of these trendy names mentioned above are not intended to be added to the genealogy. If you want to continue your family tree, you must have a name. Children's parents are still very cautious about naming names, and they should ask a local learned gentleman to name them. Generally speaking, three principles should be followed when choosing a name: First, in the past, if boys wanted to enter the family tree, they had to choose their names according to the characters drawn up by the family. If the child is "loyal", then the name must have the word "loyal". Second, the words used in children's names should be avoided, and they should not be the same as the names of their elders. Third, according to the law of five elements, most names should use the word "gold" as a radical when they are short of gold; If there is a shortage of water, use "three-point water" as the radical in the name.
After careful consideration, careful consideration and careful selection, Mr. Naming was finally decided.
In short, naming is also a manifestation of culture, which incorporates the ardent hopes of the elders. A good name should be: nice to read, loud to shout, beautiful to write, rich in meaning, profound in meaning and unique.