What is the meaning of the Republic of China Tangke

Tangke that is the wife, Mrs., wife, mother-in-law, the head of the house, the mother of the children of the baby, speaking of tangke in addition to Chongqing, there is Hunan, and Wuhan, Hubei, Huangpi, Xianning called the tangke. This is a very unique slang.

The learning is quite deep - this involves the traditional Chinese family building forms, residential architecture. In the old days, wives in Hunan had a higher family status than wives elsewhere, as evidenced by the term "tangke" (堂客). "Hall guest" is "guest in the hall", and the hall is for the ancestral tablets, the most sacred place, but also the family deliberations to make decisions, the most important place to go, which proves that the husband's family does not marry into the wife as outsiders, directly to the hall to invite. Because, after all, is a foreign name, not *** ancestors, so gave a "guest" title, called "hall guest", otherwise it will be called "hall master", visible husband's family to give the treatment and status The first thing you need to do is to get your hands dirty.

Tangke is a Hunan dialect, Hunan people married women are called "Tangke". Call their own wives in front of not add the surname, directly called "Tongke", called someone else's wife in front of to add the surname, not the husband's family name, is the maiden name, such as "Zhang Tangke", "Li Tangke" and so on, if you do not know the mother's family name. If you do not know the maiden name, her husband's name as a qualifier: "Hey, Wang Sanmazi's cousin," and so on.

The word "cousin" Chongqing people understand, but outsiders are puzzled, even with the city's neighboring Chengdu, there are many people can not understand. The three children work in Chengdu, the mouth is not away from the "Tongke".