People call a child a hundred days a hundred years old. The 100 days since the birth of a baby were called "Hundred Days" in ancient times. It is believed that a long life of 100 years is auspicious, so the 100 days are called "Hundred Years". On this day, relatives and friends send clothes, food, Baijia locks, etc. to express their congratulations. Hundred-year-old clothes are also called "hundred-year-old clothes". After the baby is born, the baby's grandmother goes to the neighbors to ask for various kinds of cloth, and makes clothes for the baby to wear. It is commonly known as wearing a hundred-year-old clothes, which symbolizes warding off misfortunes and bringing good luck. .
Exploring the meaning of words: "hundred years old" and "one year old"
Tan Ruwei
A baby born one hundred days ago is called "hundred years old". In fact, "hundred years old" is originally pronounced as "hundred days" and "rizu" are pronounced as "anniversary", especially when a baby is one year old or a hundred days old. Meng Yuanlao of the Song Dynasty wrote in "Tokyo Menghua Lu·Raising Children": "A hundred days after the birth of a child, it is called a hundred days of death, and when the next birthday comes, it is called a Sunday death." It can be seen that "a hundred days of death" and "Sunday death" respectively refer to celebrations A ceremonial banquet held when a baby turns 100 days or one year old.
In the process of the development of Chinese vocabulary, the glyph and meaning of "Rizu" seemed relatively unfamiliar and unfamiliar, and was later abandoned. Because in the baby's 100-day celebration, "blessing the child good health and a long life" is the only theme; so it was later mistakenly called "100-year-old" by the people. According to old folk customs, when a boy turns 100, his parents would ask a barber to shave off the child's hair, leaving only a tuft of hair on the lower part of the back of the head, which is called centenarian hair. It contains the blessing of a long life.
The baby’s birthday in the coming year is called a Sunday death. In ancient times, during this ceremonial celebration, a longevity lock was tied around the baby's neck and a "week-catching" ceremony was held. The so-called "Zhu Zhou" is a folk activity of divination to predict the future of babies. Wu Zimu of the Song Dynasty recorded in detail the situation of "grabbing Zhou Zhou and testing Japanese soldiers" in "Mengliang Lu": "The family arranged a brocade banquet in the middle hall, burned incense and candles, had a meal of fruits and food, as well as imperial edicts, gold and silver from fathers and ancestors. Qibao toys, study books, Taoist scriptures, scales, rulers, knives, scissors, buckets and other items, colorful satin flowers, official money, needlework, practical objects, and children's playthings, but Zhou's son was placed in the middle seat. See what he picks up first, and he thinks it is a good prophecy, which is called "picking Zhou to test and die on the same day." Yan Zhenqing's "Inscription on the Li Jun Monument in Guangling of Mr. "It's like reading." This is a positive example of the effectiveness of week-grabbing predictions. On the contrary, in the second chapter of "Dream of Red Mansions", Baoyu captures Zhou with no other focus, only grabbing hairpins, rings, and the like. As a result, Jia Zheng was so angry that he scolded him for being a drunkard and a womanizer in the future. In fact, this prediction of Baoyu's life is not ineffective, but it is contrary to the parents' expectations.
Since the "hundred-day death" is said by the people to be "a hundred years old", it is logical that the "Sunday death" becomes "one-year-old". Later, the word "Japanese soldiers" rarely appeared. Shen Deqian, a native of the Qing Dynasty, wrote a poem called "Shuo Shi Ri Zu Yu". Why is the book called "Japanese Language"? The author writes in the "Preface": "I tried to make a test of the sun's death plate, but the objects were mixed and there was no explanation." The author compared his various opinions and discussions on the poem to being placed in a mess on the day's death plate. Various items are included for readers to pick up at will.