What is Chow Chow and where does it come from?

Chew year is a Chinese word with the pinyin zhōu suì, meaning one year old.

Grabbing the week, also known as swabbing, trying the first birthday, flicking the week, trying the week, in English as Draw lots. this custom, which has been passed down in the folklore for a long time, is a kind of ceremony to predict the future and temperament of a child when he turns one year old, and it is a way of celebrating the anniversary of the first birthday.

It is the same with the birth of a child annunciation, three Chao wash children, full moon ceremony, 100-day ceremony, etc., the same belong to the traditional birth rituals, the core of which is the continuation of life, smooth and prosperous wishes, reflecting the parents of their children's licking calf love, with the nature of the family game, is a taste of humane, to the pursuit of parenting as a faith custom, but also in the objective test of the mother is how to lead the mother, how to carry out the initiation of education

With the improvement of the standard of living, the custom of catching the week, more and more by many families, many places are also organized to hold collective activities, as a way to celebrate the baby's birthday.

The influence of the week

The custom of the week is not only related to the primitive beliefs, but more importantly, it is the people's secular hierarchical concepts, the official mentality of the left and right to promote. Throughout the ages, people in different times have always regarded certain classes and trades (professions) as noble and others as lowly, expecting themselves to be rich and powerful one day.

If one's own destiny is not good enough to realize the ideal, then turn to hope that future generations will be noble and honorable, to honor their ancestors, they will use the week to express this wish and prayer.

With the development of society, scientific progress, the level of thought and culture to improve the people no longer believe that the prediction of the future of the week said, and now catching the week of the activities is more as a kind of fun and games to help the children to the week of the happy happy, children's aspirations and hobbies and the future career of the concern is to be through the scientific method of pragmatic and meticulous education and training.