As the saying goes, "the big husband does not change his name, he does not change his surname", and the study of surnames in the Chinese nation can be traced back to the inheritance culture recorded in history. It is enough to see that in Chinese civilization, surnames are extremely important cultural symbols. And Vietnam, as a follower country that has always pursued or even imitated Chinese culture, even the surname must be chased by the gourd, for example, in the names of Vietnamese women today, a "clan" character must be sandwiched, do you know what the reason is?
First of all, the practice of adding "clan" after women's surnames makes people think of the characteristics of China's feudal society.
In ancient education, the literacy teaching at the beginning of enrollment began with the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names", instilling in students the concept of "first filial piety" and "filial piety", which has made everyone pay attention to the inheritance of surnames from the root.
In China's feudal society, because it is a large country of agriculture and industry, so the man's labor force is more valuable, women need to rely on men to survive, many women after marrying into the man, according to the husband's family life, but also in their own name into "clan", it means that they have no formal name, and everything after that should be based on the husband. This is actually a manifestation of the unequal status of men and women.
In fact, looking at the history of Vietnam, you can find that Vietnamese culture originated in China, but in the early days, Chinese characters were abolished and spelled in French letters. After all, Vietnam had also served as a base for French colonial rule before. Therefore, according to the influence of foreign cultures, women recognize the importance of gender equality, so they do not want to be completely attached to men, not even their own names. Unfortunately, each country has its own cultural heritage and persistence, and although Vietnam has restored the right of women to retain their names, it still insists on retaining the practice of adding "clans" between women's names.
Because Vietnamese culture originated in China, they wanted women to insist on retaining the "clan" to adhere to their traditional feudal concepts, and they wanted to be different from Chinese culture and cater to the political needs of colonial rule. Therefore, a "clan" was deliberately added after the woman's name. When women name it, such as Li Hong, they must add a "clan" in the middle of Li Hong and become Li Hong. This also shows that although women have their own "names", the "clans" in the middle of the names still do not make women equal.
Second, this is also extremely closely related to the economic development and national strength development of the two countries.
After all, the previous society was an agricultural society, a patriarchal society, and the reason why people attached importance to their clan blood, the surname of their heirs, and the circulation of blood was actually a manifestation of underdeveloped productive forces. After all, the previous low productivity, the clans hugged each other to support each other, in fact, it helped the family's blood lineage, which could be safely passed on.
If there is no mutual support from families, a natural disaster and a man-made disaster will come, and floods and droughts may directly wipe out a large number of people in a village and an area. If there are no children between relatives, it is possible that the clans will also inherit each other and pass on the generations, this clan concept is greatly related to the close relationship between the families, but because women cannot pass on the surname, and men can pass on the characteristics of the surname, it also represents the status of the traditional ancient woman, which is actually extremely low.
But today's Chinese society is an information-based society, a fair and open society. Everyone not only talks about democracy and law, but also men and women, can enter the social work, women can also rely on their own ability, play a world, everyone's clan concept may be relatively weak, with the development of China's economy, women's status is getting higher and higher, so everyone for the inheritance of surnames, and did not deliberately before.
But Vietnam is different, and a little understanding can find that the status of women in Vietnam is still extremely low, and there are still many women in Vietnam who are proud to marry into China. Because they aspire to a more prosperous, more equal, more respectful of their own society, and the "surname" after the surname, although imitating the Chinese feudal surname culture, but today's Economic prosperity and development, Vietnam has not kept up, even the most basic surname, need to be positioned for women. This shows that in terms of surname imprints and symbols, in areas like Vietnam, women are one head lower than men.
Even harshly speaking, the inheritance of this surname of Vietnamese women is actually a manifestation of gender inequality that the country's economy is not prosperous and the national culture is not developed.
"Surname" has an extremely important cultural inheritance role for a country and a nation, especially the influence of Vietnamese culture on traditional Chinese culture. Although they used this feudalism for their own purposes to give women the symbol of dependence on men, information technology is now so developed that information dissemination and cultural compatibility between major countries are becoming more and more frequent. Vietnamese women also have a "clan" in their names. This not only shows the traditional Vietnamese culture, but also represents the road of equality between men and women in Vietnam, and there is still a very long way to go.