When people talk about surnames, they will easily think of families, and from families, they will naturally think of genealogies. Genealogy has always been one of the important contents of mainland surname culture.
Since the family tree is the history of the development of a family and a surname, recording the process of its origin, life and reproduction, and is a "reliable blueprint for pure blood", each family and surname attaches great importance to the cultivation of the genealogy.
Who I am, where I come from, and where I go are known as the "three ultimate questions of life", and to this day, there are still many people who are struggling and wondering.
Many genealogies and family name cultural communities have recorded what a great man said: to the effect that the only Chinese people in the world who can solve these three ultimate problems without relying on religion, a genealogy can explain these three problems.
The first question is "Who am I?"
The answer is in your last name, in your first name. Some people say that the name is just a code name.
But in the eyes of parents, it carries the hopes and expectations of the elders.
Starting from the origin of the entire surname culture, in the middle of the Paleolithic Age, the lineage and inheritance of property are calculated according to the matrilineal lineage, the mother does not know the father, the same clan tribe has a common blood relationship, and worships the common ancestors. By the late Neolithic period, due to productivity and other reasons, the patrilineal line was dominant, and the clan was distinguished,
After thousands of years of development, surname culture tends to be integrated, but do not change the surname line does not change the name, the name contains multiple meanings such as history, blood, generation, hope, etc. With a name, you know who you are and what position you are in the entire family vein.
China is the earliest surname, generally believed to be from thousands of years ago Fuxi (wind surname), while western and European and American countries did not have surnames until 1500 years ago, North Korea and Vietnam did not have surnames until 1000 years ago, and the latest was Japan, until 1870 AD.
Second question "Where do I come from?"
Open the family tree, you can find your parents, parents' parents, along the lineage chart, through time and space, one by one to find up, and finally you can find out where the first root is.
We Chinese called the descendants of Yan Huang, no matter where they are in the sea or overseas at the moment, they are constantly related. The Second Emperor of Yanhuang, the second surname of Jiang Ji, and even the eight surnames of the ancients are the ancestral origins that most of our surnames can trace.
As for the blood relations of the same clan and other clans and the concept of nouns such as qizi and heir, you can pay attention to the public account [Genealogy Network] and search for keywords in the upper right corner to read.
The third question is "Where am I going?"
The tomb is also an indispensable content in the family tree, mainly recording the situation of the family's public cemetery, ancestral graves, grave directions, tomb maps, distribution of various cemeteries, etc., and is also a spiritual belief about feng shui in ancient traditional culture.
For Chinese, the ancestral tomb is also the root of a family, the death of a loved one, the selection of the grave, the fallen leaves return to the root, symbolizing an endless power;
Enhance the cohesion of family members, family members gather together to sacrifice ancestors, narrow the distance between members, thereby promoting resource integration and development;
The tomb map of the ancestors in the family tree will have praise, and the content is basically a moral quotation for people to deal with the world, which also sets a correct moral concept for future generations and provides a good example;
It is recorded that the content of achieving success through personal struggle is used to comfort the ancestors, revitalize the family, honor the ancestors, and achieve the purpose of honoring the ancestors, respecting the ancestors, and receiving the clan.
When facing the impact of Western culture, in the face of loneliness, emptiness, boredom, despair, and fear under material civilization, can we try to find the roots from the family tree and obtain wisdom in life?
Mencius said, "The foundation of the world is in the country, and the foundation of the country is at home." As a part of national culture, surname culture is worth exploring and inheriting!
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