Why Hunan people call Jiangxi people old table

Everywhere there should be a customary way to show intimacy, like a key, a name, a gesture, can open the barrier between you and the locals. If you are in Jiangxi, especially in Gannan, which is known as "Zhongzhou Qingshu Qi", there is a good secret to communicate with the locals - affectionately address a "cousin"! Don't underestimate this seemingly rustic title, it is a bridge between strangers in Jiangxi, and perhaps the hospitable hosts will invite you to their homes to try the Hakka's unique "ring tea"! Jiangxi people themselves also call each other "old table" instead of "comrade", "hometown" and other sayings, simple and add a friendly. Jiangxi people on the "old table" favor for a long time, I'm afraid the earliest statement should be traced back to the totem era. According to the test, "table" in the old days refers to wood, such as "Xuan Gong 12 years": "tomorrow, to table corpse, are regained in the wood." Du note: "table, refers to the wood." Qingjiang Wucheng site excavations cleaned out the red clay altar of the Shang dynasty, "the distribution of hundreds of postholes of different sizes, mostly arranged in rows or stacked between." This is obviously the Jianghuai basin and the Jiangnan extension of the Dongyi ethnic groups primitive worship of materialism totem table column belief. In the middle of the Shang Dynasty to the end of the Warring States period, "the old table" has written records. So there is a saying that "old table" was originally a totem table column of the local colloquialisms, is a totem impression of the memory of the Jiangxi ethnic groups in the residue. Such a totem traceability although the origin of the "old table" forward, but after all, it involves a lot of ancient documents, historical evidence of things that can be understood and accepted by not many people. The people are more inclined to today's way of thinking, the "old table" is understood as the aunt cousin. But whether it is a cousin of Jiangxi Province, or Jiangxi and neighboring provinces of the cousin relationship, which in the legend, and the flowers bloom two, each table. Some people say that the "old table" title is the Hakka people in Jiangxi in order to adapt to the unfamiliar living environment and spontaneous initiative. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Han Chinese in the Central Plains were either relegated, or stationed, or looking for a new living space, moving south, mostly settled in the mountainous areas of Fujian, Guangdong and Gan, which were heavily blocked by the Guanshan Mountains. The natives called themselves "sitting tigers" and the Hakka (i.e., the Han Chinese of the Central Plains) "passing tigers". The indigenous people and the Hakka people (i.e., the Han Chinese of the Central Plains) called the Hakka people "tigers of the mountains". And each other of different origin, different surnames, different clans of the Hakka people, will be wise to use "old table" this kind of like a relative non-relative, like an old non-story of the name to strengthen the feelings with other Hakka people, in order to achieve unity and solidarity, the same boat ****, in times of trouble and dependence on each other for the purpose of. Over time, the "old table" will be customary, became the Hakka people in Jiangxi Province, the establishment of new interpersonal relationships between the friendship of the cordial title. Another argument is also related to migration, but not into Jiangxi, but out of Jiangxi, "old table" is the neighboring provinces to Jiangxi ancestor of the nickname. I am afraid that the historical reasons for the inclusion of Jiangxi in the national political map is not very early, after the Qin Dynasty, Guangzhou, Fujian and other provinces into the geographic location is gradually revealed, but still mainly agricultural, because of the premature saturation of the population, the Jiangxi people are all for the harvest farming and reclamation of the four sides of the world, more than in the poor countryside between the backwoods. Fujian people feel that only they can call the Jiangxi people "old cousin"; Guangdong people also believe that they and the Jiangxi people have a cousin kinship; Hubei has a legend, is that the Hubei people had been killed, and then it is by the three brothers from Jiangxi migrated over to the inheritance, and there are still places to commemorate the three brothers of the shrine; more still have to be counted! Hunan people, in Mr. Zou Huaheng's "Hunan Genealogy Jane" in this statement: "the first ancestor from Jiangxi. Now see Hunan genealogy, in the strand of the lineage of origin, more than 60% of the genealogy are said to be the first ancestor in the Song, Yuan and Ming Dynasties from Jiangxi, especially the late Yuan and early Ming from Jiangxi Ji'an Province, Taihe, Luling, Jishui, Nanchang Province, Fengcheng, Nanchang counties. ...... the late Yuan and early Ming years of war and conflagration, so that most of the areas of Hunan fields are barren, huts into ruins, the original residents of a large number of scattered deaths. Subsequently, Suzhou, Zhejiang, Anhui, Fujian, Gan people, especially Jiangxi people flocked to Hunan ...... ballads will be rumored 'Jiangxi fill Lake Canton'. Now, Hunan people speak of Jiangxi people, more than the old table of Jiangxi, the author is at a loss as to what to do, given the ancestors of Hunan people from Jiangxi historical sources, the Gou Delusion explained: table, with the meaning of cousin, refers to the father and mother of the children born of siblings and siblings are called cousins; the old, the ancestor's name is also. 'Old table' that is, the ancestor's cousin, 'Jiangxi old table', refers to the existence of cousins of the ancestors of the people of Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, is a nickname for the people of Hunan to the people of Jiangxi." In addition, there are a number of statements, although not recognized by the public, but also quite interesting, may be one or two, to the readers. Gannan is the birthplace of feng shui culture, Gannan Hakka believe in feng shui in the local records are also loaded: "good talk about feng shui, more confusing shape of the family said, Qingming, winter solstice to change the burial of people have." "The common belief in feng shui, often buried more than ten years after the opening of their own vision, to check the point of auspicious." At the end of the Tang Dynasty, Yang Yunsong lived in Gannan and created the Feng Shui "Situation School". Some people will be based on these historical facts, judging Gan ancestors believe in feng shui, at the same time in order to facilitate the direction of migration, Jiangxi people love to carry a table, that is, the ancient times of the compass, and is therefore known as the "old table" by outsiders. There are more esoteric claims, and Zhang Tianshi related. As we all know, Zhang Tianshi is good at scratching, that is, scratching frame. He once "occupied the world for 37 years, but the people had many disasters. It is the king of the emperor's will Yi, three yuan, three products, three officials of the emperor down to look at the good and evil on earth, the good more than the people, to avoid a family disaster. If you copy one with people to avoid a family disaster, copy ten to avoid ten family disaster." His charm framing was appreciated by the emperor, the folk will be circulated "jiangxi old framing", and only later dissimilated into the "old table". However, the spread of the term "old table" is also attributed to the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang. In the history of Ming Dynasty, there is a passage in Zhu Yuanzhang's chronicle about his battle with Chen Youliang, the King of Han, in Jiangxi Province. Chen Youliang was the leader of another uprising, and at the beginning of the war, he had Chen Youliang had deployed dozens of huge ships to beat Zhu Yuanzhang to almost total annihilation. Zhu Yuanzhang fled for his life in a panic with the remnants of his army. Zhu Yuanzhang himself was seriously wounded by several arrows. Luckily, the local villagers helped him to heal his wounds in time, and Zhu Yuanzhang recovered quickly and eventually rose again to defeat Chen Youliang, laying a solid foundation for the unification of the whole country and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. In order to thank the villagers in Jiangxi, Zhu Yuanzhang promised them that if he made a fortune in the future, they would surely receive hospitality if they said they were "old cousins from Jiangxi". As expected, after Zhu Yuanzhang ascended to the throne of the emperor in a few years, Jiangxi floods year after year, the people struggled with hunger and cold, suffering. Remembering Zhu Yuanzhang's promise, the villagers really went to Yingtianfu to find the emperor. Zhu Yuanzhang received the Jiangxi "old table", asked the reason, allocated a large number of silver money grain and grass relief Jiangxi victims. Since then, the "old table in Jiangxi" has spread throughout the country. As for which area of Jiangxi townspeople saved Zhu Yuanzhang, there are many different opinions, some say it is the Kang Lang Mountain, some say it is the foot of Mount Lushan, and some say it is the Gannan mountainous area of Nankang County, in short, each holding the word, but all sent Jiangxi people to the word "old table" of the deep affection. However, Zhu Yuanzhang's reputation in history seems to have been not recognized by future generations, he can kill and he experienced a bloody storm of life and death of the generals, will really care about a few small "Jiangxi old table"? Thus, there is another rumor. In 1368, Zhu Yuanzhang destroyed the Yuan Dynasty and became emperor in Nanjing. His men from all walks of life came to the capital to pay homage to him and to celebrate. When he saw so many people pouring into the capital, not only was it difficult to stay there, but it was also difficult for him to cope with them. So he hurriedly ordered all the people to enter the capital in order. When he heard that the southwest of the way all the way manpower day and night, has reached the Changsha House, it is urgent to send word of command, order this group of manpower "in Changsha rest for three days, and then listen to the decree to enter the capital." The staff listen to the wrong oracle, mistakenly "rest" heard as "blood wash" - "blood wash in Changsha for three days". The emperor has a golden mouth and a jade tooth, and the person who violates the decree will be beheaded. So the Ming army in Changsha House carried out a bloody massacre. They see people on the kill, regardless of men and women, young and old, killed Changsha ten room nine empty, corpses everywhere, blood into the river, no trace of people. But after many years, one day, from the Jiangxi side of the "squeak, squeak" pushed over a dirt car, car sitting on a beautiful girl, behind the girl is a handsome young man. He steadily pushed the car, rushed the road, out of Jiangxi, over Liuyang, all the way to Changsha Dongxiang, see the mountains and waters here, fertile land, pleasant climate, here under the tenure of the men and women weaving, live in peace and prosperity, reproduction, until the end of the hundred years old. Later many Changsha people regard the pair of young boys and girls from Jiangxi as their ancestors; Jiangxi is their parents place, Jiangxi people are their relatives. So, call Jiangxi people old table. There is no coincidence. Famous Marshal Chen Yi, when in the Gan-Guangdong border area to adhere to the guerrilla war, the same with the old table in Gannan life and death, rest and ****, and formed an unforgettable deep affection and friendship. After the national victory, Chen Yi became a marshal, Vice Premier, when he was in the mountains of Guangdong and Ganyue wind and dew, sleep in the same bed **** guerrilla Zhu Zanzhen went to Beijing to visit Mr. Chen. The staff did not know the identity of the visitor and did not inform him. Zhu Zhanzhen's stubbornness came, angrily shouted: "Outrageous! Let's say I'm Xinfeng's Zhu old cousin!" Chen Yi heard, hurriedly ordered the secretary to send a special car to meet. When they saw each other, Zhu Zhanzhen burst into tears, raised his hand and punched Chen Yi, saying intimately: "Cub Gu Tou (meaning the person who leads the troops), I thought you had forgotten about our old cousin Zuotian!" Chen Yi hugged his shoulder and said, "Where where where, Gou rich and powerful, do not forget each other. Old Cousin Comrade Brother, do you see me Chen Yi is that kind of character? Gannan old table and I Chen Yi love like brothers and sisters, grace is better than parents, how can I dare to forget!" In the early 60s, then deputy secretary of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Liu Junxiu reported to Beijing, Premier Zhou introduced to Chairman Mao: "This is the old cousin of Jiangxi Liu Junxiu." Mao Zedong laughed and said, "Rare guest, rare guest! Heh, the old table in Jiangxi is famous." In fact, as early as the primitive society matrilineal clan system and patriarchal clan system early, because of the confusion of sexual relations, uncle and nephews between the existence of a kind of rights and obligations as a matter of course. Uncle as the nephews and nieces of the closest male elders, and sisters with the responsibility of raising the next generation of education, old age by the nieces and nephews to provide for the position (chiefs, priests, etc.) and personal property by the nieces and nephews inheritance. Many places still have the "heavenly Lei Gong, underground uncle", which is a matrilineal clan system of residual, but in Jiangxi there are many ceremonies to this "honor uncle" tradition has been preserved. Take Ganzhou marriage ceremony, nephews get married, uncle is the guest of honor. In the wedding day, but also by the uncle in the hall of the conspicuous place to hang a wooden plaque (now more glass instead of mirror), on the book of the nephew's name as well as the words of good luck, in the hanging of the time, the uncle's mouth also need to keep reciting the words of good luck, this ceremony is known as hanging the number of cards. Also, the Hakka people marry their daughters, there is the custom of marriage. In the people who give away the marriage, the most important is to give away the marriage uncle, that is, the bride's younger brother (usually the youngest brother), which is an essential character. If you do not have a brother, you must ask your closest cousin to go. The task of the bridegroom is to give his sister a bag of money (in the past, it was to hold the money box). Before the bride is married, she has to cry to her parents, relatives and friends, and the money from the crying is put in this money bag. According to Hakka rules, the bride is not allowed to take the money of her mother's family out of the house when she gets married, so she can only let her brother, who is giving her away, hold the money bag. The bridegroom's brother is the guest of guests, the most honored of honored guests. The bridegroom has to pay special respect to him and serve him warmly and attentively, not daring to have any negligence. The marriage uncle will not enter the door of the man's house at the same time with his sister, after the bride and groom worship heaven and earth, the groom's family should go to the door to meet the marriage uncle, and also give the marriage uncle a big red envelope. Some of them are naughty or want to get a few more red packets, so they always have to wait outside for a long time. The groom's family will serve him a bowl full of food as soon as he enters the house. In addition, the groom to get the money bag, and to wrap a few red envelopes. When the banquet is opened, the man's family has to perform the ritual of settling the banquet, and there is no doubt that the uncle of the bridegroom, regardless of his age, has to sit on the banquet. The wedding ceremony also involves blowing and cracking firecrackers, and some of the bridegroom's uncles will hide at this time, and the bridegroom will find them by searching for them and wrapping up a few red packets before they will be seated. The time of the cave, the marriage uncle will generally accompany the sister's side. When the night is quiet after the people in the bridal chamber, some of the marriage uncle, especially the young marriage uncle will rely on the place, refused to leave, said to sleep with his sister. At this time, the groom has to take a lot of effort, to take both hard and soft, with red envelopes to lure methods, to send uncle coaxed away. At this point, no matter how anxious the groom and the male family members, how irritable, will endure. Fully demonstrated Jiangxi people in the treatment of uncle's attitude in the slightest dare not be ambiguous. Moreover, whenever the banquet, every table, as long as there is an uncle, are required to sit on the seat. This kind of cousin relationship is recognized by the whole society. Jiangxi people are so lovely to sincerely like the "old table" name, and warmly greeted the guests from the north and south, physically act as a good national people's "old table" role!