The origin of Jiangxi old watch

There are two theories about the origin of Jiangxi laobiao. First, Hunan people are descendants of Jiangxi people, and their ancestors are cousins. Second, Jiangxi's ancestors believed in Feng Shui and always carried watches, so mainlanders called Jiangxi the cousin.

Jiangxi cousin is from Jiangxi. Old cousin, also called old cousin, is the name Jiangxi people call their fellow villagers in the same province, and has a certain intimacy. Jiangxi cousin has also become a kind name for Jiangxi people from other provinces. In addition, some immigrants from Jiangxi to other provinces from Ming and Qing dynasties to modern times also maintained the title of old cousin, such as Hunan, northern Fujian and southwestern Anhui.

One argument is that Hunan people think that their ancestors and Jiangxi ancestors are cousins, so they call Jiangxi people Jiangxi cousins. There is also a saying that the ancestors of Jiangxi believed in geomantic omen, and it was easy to master the direction during migration. They always like to carry a watch (an ancient compass), so people in other provinces call Jiangxi an old watch.

Other statements

1. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, many areas in eastern Hunan were deserted due to war, and a large number of Jiangxi people moved to Hunan. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Jiangxi people moved in, and even nine out of ten households in some places came from Jiangxi. When these descendants of Jiangxi people who moved to Hunan returned to Jiangxi to pay homage to their ancestral graves, they liked to call local Jiangxi people cousins, meaning cousins. This is the legend of Guan Hu Guang in Jiangxi, and it is also the most popular statement about the origin of the word Lao Biao.

According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang was killed and rescued in Jiangxi at the end of Yuan Dynasty when he was not an emperor. In order to repay the kindness of Jiangxi people, he promised that if he won the world, Jiangxi people could directly find him in the name of his cousin.

3. Taoism and geomantic omen have prevailed in Jiangxi since ancient times. People in nearby provinces like to invite Mr. Feng Shui from Jiangxi to see Feng Shui. As a feng shui master, the dial is a necessity, and mainlanders call these Jiangxi feng shui with old watches. Over time, it is also used to address all Jiangxi people.

The above contents refer to Baidu Encyclopedia-Jiangxi Old Table.