In china's traditional culture, age is not just a simple number of years, but rather a combination of etiquette, growth, social roles and ethics. The ancient term is extremely age-sensitive and reflects not only the gentle cultural traditions, but also the unique name given to different ages and genders. Most of these age designations are derived from book entries and have been used to date。
襁褓: infants under the age of one. "there is no light in life, i'm 90 years old." it is intended to be the baby's blanket, later referring to a child under the age of one。
Yellow mouth: chick, baby. “the ancient kingdoms, which do not kill the yellow mouth, do not receive any cents, and are now laughing.”
晬: the child is a year old. "the teeth of two girls, after you're born and you're dead, will only be heard."
Children: children aged 2 to 3 years. Meng's heart: “the child who loves his family without knowing it.”
Primary (chèn): children aged 7-8. "the widow's wife of the neighbor of kyoshi has a son, who has to jump to help."
(c) tiáo: short hair on the heads of children aged 3 to 9 years, and on the heads of ancient children. Peach flowers: "the yellow-haired and happy."
Grand point: young people aged around 10. The ancient children divided their hair into two and a half, and placed it on the top of their heads, forming like two horns of sheep, thus calling it the “total horn”. Psalms, wives, "the grand curtain's dinner, laugh."
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The year of the spoon: the ancient aesthetics of 13-15 year olds. "at least three years, learning music, reading poetry, dancing spoons." at this stage, adolescents are required to learn musical instruments (“spoons” are ancient musical props) and rituals, and to receive poetry education。
(b) females are 15 years old and saluted as adults. "women have a five-year tradition." at the ceremony, the woman is transformed from ascendant to adult, married and socialized。
Tunnel: men 15 years old. At the age of 15, the old man wanted to disintegrate the former general horns into a band. It's called "little ridge."
Jade is 16 years old. The word “melon” can be reduced to two words “eight”, i. E. 16 years of age. "when the jade is broken, i'm in love."
Peach lee: 20 years old. The term "peach li" means youth。
Weak crown: 20 years old. The 20-year-old man's 20-year-old coronation means he is an adult, as he has not reached the age of majority, and is therefore called the “weak crown”. "twenty weak, crown." at this time, the man is crowned three times (a symbol, doctor, secretary) to mark the age of majority and may marry and participate in social affairs。
Flowers: 24 years old. Fan sung-dae, "the new year's eve": "who can beat the letter and hit the state with thunder?"
And the year: 30 years old, the word "stand" means "stand up, stand up." “thirty”
Semi-old miss seo: meaning middle-aged women who still have the rhythm. South s. Her highness passed on to princess seo liang yuan dynasty: “it's true that xiao zhenyang ma is old and zi zhu is loving.”
The age of no doubt: 40, “no doubt”, “no confusion, no confusion”. “forty without doubt”
The year of knowledge (air, ignorance): 50 years old, “knowledge”, the meaning of fate. “fifty knows the destiny”
Year of ears: 60, also known as “year of flowers”. In ancient times (a, b, c, d, e, v, g, c, c, c, c) and d, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c, c), 60 years of cycle (i. E. “a”. The word for policy: “sixty and one-six”, says that at age 60 you can hear different opinions。
Old age: 70. Duft's 2nd title: "drink debt is common, 70 years old."
耋 (dié): 70-80 years old. Qin fung cha neighbor: "the today is a bad day, the dead are their dead."
耄 (mpo): 80-90 years old. "80, 90 quid."
Period: 100 years. "the centenary."
In ancient times, there were special terms, such as “life expectancy” at age 60, “medium life” at age 80 and “life expectancy” at age 100. The age of 88 is the life of rice (“m”) and “eighty-eight”. The age of 99 is white (“100” to “1” to “white”)。
Finally, let us return to confucius's classic summary of the life cycle: 30 in one, 40 in one, 50 in one, 60 in one ear, 70 in one's heart and one in another。
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