Family tree is a family encyclopedia, through the family tree, we can understand the historical development of the family, lineage reproduction, population changes, changes in residence, family members, marital status and so on. Moreover, the family tree also records the family rules and family rules, etiquette and code system. So what kinds of genealogies do you know? Let's take a look at it with the small editor of the family tree network.
Chinese genealogy has a history of thousands of years, in this long history, genealogy has also developed a variety of forms of existence, different ways of recording can be divided into different types of genealogy.
1. Knotted rope family tree
Before writing was produced, the ancestors recorded things by knotting knots on ropes, which was called knotted rope counting. The use of knotted rope to record the family lineage, reflecting the basic situation of the members of the family, is the knotted rope family tree.
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In the tradition of ethnic minorities, if a boy is born, a small bow and arrow, a small basket, and a small basket are tied on the rope, which means that the boy does not forget the ancestral kung fu when he grows up; if he gives birth to a girl, he will tie a red cloth strip on the rope of the offspring, which means auspicious and happy, and the girl can be virtuous and gentle after she grows up.
2. Oral genealogy
Oral genealogies are genealogies handed down through oral traditions. This is also the way to record the genealogy before the writing was produced. Oral genealogies rely on memory, so the information that can be conveyed is very limited, and may focus mainly on lineage development and the deeds of important people.
3. Oracle bones and gold genealogy
Oracle bones and gold genealogies are family trees engraved on oracle bones or bronzes, which were more common in the Shang and Zhou Dynasties, and are based on the production of writing and the casting of bronzes. Because oracle bones and bronzes can be preserved for a long time, these two ethnic trees have gradually been discovered with the development of archaeology, and have become important historical materials for our current study of genealogical history.
4. Inscriptions
As the name suggests, the genealogy is a genealogy carved on the stone stele, and a very common form of the stele is the tombstone, which records the life deeds of the deceased, of course, there are also some family deeds that are also recorded on the stone stele. Now this kind of inscription can already be regarded as a cultural relic in the genealogical culture.
5. Cloth spectrum
A genealogy is a genealogy recorded on a cloth. It is a relatively new form of genealogy, which can be mainly used for the purpose of preservation and has certain inheritance significance.
6. Paper notation
It mainly refers to the genealogy printed on paper. This is the most important type of surviving genealogy.
7. Tower Spectrum
This form is relatively rare, mainly referring to the genealogy carved on the stone tower. Famous people include the genealogy of the stone pagoda preserved in Cui Jiaping, Linxian County, Shanxi Province, which was carved in the sixteenth year of Ming Jiajing (1537 AD).
Genealogy is a literary form, there are many types of objects that carry it, according to the era, social development level, habits, etc., the existence of genealogy is not the same. Among them, paper notation is the most common type, and some types also have certain cultural relics value.