Where did the birth ceremony come from and what is its significance?

Birthday ceremony is one of the traditional folk customs in China, which has been circulated with the culture for many years. Birthday ceremony, as its name implies, is a celebration ceremony for newborns, which was very grand in ancient times. At present, it is also a folk custom for babies to grasp the week at the age of one. So do you know where the birth ceremony came from? This issue of "National Culture" reveals the answer for you.

After a long gestation in October, the baby's crying finally ended the parents' uneasy speculation and proudly announced the arrival of a brand-new life. In order to express their love and blessing for the new life, adults immersed in joy use various rituals to pray for their children. This is a birth ceremony.

The Chinese nation is a nation with extremely developed etiquette culture, which has a complete life etiquette system from birth ceremony, adult ceremony, wedding, adult ceremony to funeral. China people's life etiquette is full of China's humanistic characteristics, including the coming-of-age ceremony of "crown" and "fall", the quiet and beautiful "faint ceremony", the solemn and serene funeral and the birth ceremony are also unique.

The traditional birth ceremony of the Han nationality consists of several ceremonies: the birth and birth ceremony of the baby; After three days, there will be three dynasties; Born in January, it is a full moon ceremony; Be born for a hundred days and perform a hundred-day ceremony; There will be a year-long ceremony when you are one year old. In this way, the process of welcoming new life is completed.

The traditional birth ceremony has been completely alienated, the inferior ingredients have been infinitely magnified, and the positive, healthy and beautiful elements have been very thin. Birthday ceremony has become a harassment of interpersonal relationships and a burden that plagues many people. The truly beautiful national characteristics are almost nowhere to be found, while the false and vulgar "traditional style" is stubbornly passed down from generation to generation.

To revive the traditional birth ceremony, we should let it return to the etiquette itself, to the real blessing for life, and to the prayer for the happiness of children. Some vulgar social ethics should not be passed down, and the emotional and material pressure brought by the birth ceremony should be removed. We believe that birth ceremonies should not force people to compare the amount of money with the dignity of gifts. The cost of birth ceremony should follow the principle of economy, moderation and giving priority to one's own family expenses. In principle, we should not accept gifts from others, and advocate sincere blessings and indifferent manners. At the same time, the birth ceremony should strengthen the etiquette elements, grasp the scale of happiness in life, and return to the authenticity and characteristics of the Chinese nation.