Traditional Culture Encyclopedia - Traditional festivals - How to interpret age in the traditional way of China?

How to interpret age in the traditional way of China?

1, Chizi (0 years old)

The skin of newborn baby is reddish, and the ancients called the child "red" at this time.

2. Childhood (2-3 years old)

"Lift" refers to the action of an adult holding a child under his arm. "Child" is not a child, but an ancient word for "cough".

3, crying (3-9 years old)&; Total angle (9 years old-13 years old)

The ancients named their ages after their hair. Children don't braid their hair before they are 9 years old, and their hair naturally hangs down, which is called "crying". After 9 years old, tie a knot on each side of your hair, like two horns, called "total horn".

4. Cardamom (female 13- 14 years old)

Cardamom is a plant that blooms in early summer. Ancient girls can wear hair accessories and dress themselves up from 12 years old.

5. and&; Bundle hair (15 years old)

At the age of 15, boys and girls in ancient times had to dissolve the two "total horns" on their heads, and the boys tied them into a bun to show that they were children. When a girl reaches the age of marriage, she will roll up her hair with a quilt and begin to learn various life skills.

6. Year of Broken Melon and Year of Jasper (female 16 years old)

/kloc-women aged 0/6 are called "broken melons" and "melons". The word "melon" can be divided into two "eight" characters, and "broken melon" means breaking the melon characters, which is called 28 16. A woman is sixteen years old, which can also be called "Jasper Year".

7. Weak crown (male, 20 years old)

The coronation ceremony is one of the most grand ceremonies in ancient times. In the witness of his family, a man in his twenties was crowned by a designated VIP in the ancestral hall to show his masculinity. Because men of this age are not strong, they are also called "weak crowns".

8. Standing (30 years old)

Standing means being able to stand on your own feet.

9. One year without a doubt (40 years old)

Not confused means "not confused, not confused".

10, knowing the destiny (50 years old)

It means understanding the basic laws of heavenly physics.

1 1, Hua Jia, Ping Jia, listening year, Zhang Xiangnian (60 years old)

In ancient times, the chronology of trunks and branches was six families. It is also called "Huajiazi" or "Huajia", because it is collocated with heavenly stems and earthly branches in turn for 60 weeks.

12, Gu Xi, year of country, year of career, year of government (70 years old)

13, octogenarian (80-90 years old)

Mà o dié, 80-90 years old, is also a general term for the elderly. Most of them are called ninety years old.

Ren Rui Qiyi 14( 100 years old)

100 years old "period".