"sworn brothers" were very common in ancient times. Why are there fewer and fewer now?

Due to these great changes, China's "agriculture-oriented" social form has undergone profound changes, and traditional ethics have been greatly impacted and changed, and cultural phenomena such as "brother worship" will inevitably change.

China ancient social customs, also known as alliance, bowing, exchanging posts, etc. , are based on the common interests of * * *. Individuals or groups form brothers by kowtowing, changing posts, drinking blood, drinking wine and scolding the kingdom of heaven, and restrain and safeguard the common interests of * * through common beliefs and scolding. If ancient China people had no sons, they had to find a way to adopt one or an adopted son. If a person has no brothers or few brothers, this is a way to make up for it, that is to say, "sworn brothers" is an extension and amplification of blood relationship.

If people have difficulties, strengthening family strength and expanding blood network will become an important measure for self-protection. It is more necessary to "worship brothers with different surnames." Many times, there will be moral constraints between them, and they can share joys and sorrows, but it is hard to say in the face of huge differences of interests. It is not uncommon for people in Jianghu to sell brothers. This is the background of the popular petition by name in recent years.

With the change of society, cultural customs will also change. In retrospect, the inevitable trend of nostalgia and expectation of revival cannot be changed. "Brothers make friends" is like this, and so are many traditional cultures. Although they are not brothers, they regard each other as brothers, and betraying each other is tantamount to betraying their own brothers. So some people want to sing blood alliance as brothers, and mix everyone's blood in a bowl of wine to drink together, so that everyone is the same blood brother.

You know, cultural customs have a strong inertia. Up to now, there are still some areas that attach great importance to blood relationship and geographical relationship. The cooperation and mutual assistance with ethnic groups and towns is very active, from which we can see the continuation and evolution of the "worship of God" culture.