Zi (mouse), Ugly (cow), Yin (tiger) and Mao (rabbit). Seeing that the "mouse" will appear in the cycle of the zodiac, China people's annual Spring Festival will soon come into our lives. It is necessary for people who have been busy for a year to be happy. When friends, relatives and family meet and get together, we must greet each other. However, in the traditional culture of China, people of all ages have different ancient appellations, and now people may not know the appellations of different ages that their elders were familiar with in the past. Now we are going to tell them as anecdotes here. In the following issues of Baoji anecdotes, we will talk to our friends about the names our ancestors called people of all ages during the Spring Festival to enrich the interesting life of our friends during the Spring Festival.
It is very casual for modern people to live to 70 years old. If you look around at the people you know, you will find that people are living well now. Look at the square dances blooming everywhere in the squares of various cities in recent years. Old people who are grandparents are dancing and enjoying their happy time happily. Especially when you swipe your card on the city bus, you often hear the voice prompt of the birthday card. Look at these old "birthday girls" who got on the bus. Where did the ancients call them birthday girls? Like a middle-aged healthy man!
From "The Year of the Heart": Because "standing at thirty, not confused at forty." Confucius said, "Nine times out of ten, I am determined to learn, and I am determined to do it at seventy." . -"The Analects of Confucius governs"), so later generations call 70 years old "the year of self-mind".
Gu Xi: It is not easy for ancient people to live to 70 years old. Du Fu said in a poem: "Wine debts are common, and life is seventy years old." According to this poem, later generations called seventy years old "seventy years old".
Ancient rare birthday: refers to the 70th birthday. From Du Fu's poem "Life is Seventy Years Old".
Seventy years old, the year of trailer and the year of hanging pole: all refer to seventy years old. Today, we only know seventy years old, but few people know any other names. Remember, the year of the staff around you: 70 years old. Zhongshou: 70 is Zhongshou. Year of suspension: 70 years old.
The 77-year-old ancients called it Happy Birthday: it means 77 years old, the cursive word is 77, and it is 77 years old on purpose.
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80 years old, the ancients called it the year of the dynasty, the year of the dynasty and the year of death: all refer to 80 or 90 years old.
Yao: It refers to eighty or ninety years old, and generally refers to old people, such as old women and octogenarians.
Yao [Mao] wrote in "On Salt and Iron, the Book of Filial Piety": "Seventy is Yao." "Book of Rites Quli" says: "890 is the time to die." Yi [dié], "Erya Shi Yan" Note: "Eighty is the best." Combined with the above statement, we can see that "one age" refers to a person's longevity, which is probably "seven old and eighty". [mo][dié]: refers to old age. Mao in his eighties and nineties. This cave is seventy or eighty years old. Mao and die mean eighty.