How should I prepare for my baby's weekly catch? What's the significance of the week?

Children grasp the contents of the week, since ancient times, symbolizing the grasp of what the future will be able to become what kind of person. Development to the present are gradually faded different, according to personal preferences placed on the week to catch items, such as pens, RMB, books, calculators, scales and so on different, grab the RMB symbolizes the future is rich, many places in China, there are children full of weeks of age when the "week to catch the week" of the habit of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River is more prevalent. It is said that the custom of "catching the week" has a long history and can be traced back to the era of Wei Jin and North and South Dynasties...

The history of catching the week can be traced back to the Wei Jin and North and South Dynasties at the earliest. "Jiangnan custom, the child was born a period of time for the production of new clothes, bath decorative, male with a bow and arrow pen and paper, female with a knife, ruler, needle and strand, and add food and drink and treasures of clothing and toys, placed in front of the child, to see their hair will be taken in order to test the greed, honesty and wisdom of the fools, the name of the test child". In our hometown, the day of the week, the child's grandmother will give the child to buy a dress, from head to toe, usually traditional dress, such as tiger shoes, traditional hat, and so on, and the closest relatives, such as aunts, aunts will also give the child to buy things.

Whether or not the full age of mailboxes to catch the custom. Personally, I think this has something to do with local customs and family habits. Because my child is about to turn one year old, our side will usually prepare abacus, pen and food as a weekly item. The idea is that the child is like a blank sheet of paper, the child does not know what is good or bad, will not be able to pick and choose, with a few things, let the child to grab, you can see the child's future can do what career, in fact, it is a superstition, confuse the people, the child has no virtues, depending on whether the parents have virtues.

We have the custom of having a child here. On the day the child turns one year old, the adults in the family will prepare a lot of gifts, such as: money, pens, books, paper, toys, candy and other knickknacks put together to let the child to grab, to see what the child first picked up, that grab week is what. Some, catch week is a big tradition in China, the ancient people believe that children can be seen from childhood. What you choose as a child, your destiny or hobbies when you grow up will most likely be related to it.