Why do children take their father's surname?

It can be said that the ownership of the right of crown and surname is different in every family. Some children will take their father's surname, while others will take their mother's surname.

But in today's society, the phenomenon of taking the father's surname is still more common.

so why is this happening?

China social tradition that has existed since ancient times

In ancient society, a clan was formed around the paternal line, with an adult male surname as the center (called "the patriarch" or "the patriarch"), and it was traced back to the next according to the principle of succession from father to son, which was the main line of the clan.

Different clans are distinguished by surnames, and it is a necessary prerequisite to inherit the family name and family business. At this time, all women in the clan are vassals of men.

In ancient times, there was a tradition that a woman changed her husband's surname when she got married, so the children she gave birth to naturally took the father's surname, and the tradition that children took the father's surname was passed down from generation to generation.

The influence of the supremacy of male power in ancient times

The society centered on paternal blood in ancient society will naturally lead to the admiration of male power. This admiration further leads men to master the main resources of society, including political, economic and cultural resources.

In ancient times, only men had the right to do business, receive education and participate in politics. Men can explore the outside world at will, while ancient women can only be kept in boudoir.

Such unequal status leads to the low voice of women, and men have the right to speak and make decisions.

The right to a crown and surname is one of the many rights held by ancient men.

it can be seen that in ancient times, the right to crown and surname belonged to men, which was the inevitable result of many factors. And this tradition has been integrated into the traditional society of China, and has become the default traditional concept of generation after generation.

However, with the development of the times, women are gradually seen as independent individuals, and women begin to enjoy the same rights as men.

The dispute over the right of crown and surname reflects the rising status of women to a certain extent. From the beginning, there was no doubt that we should take the father's surname, and gradually developed to discuss whether we should take the father's surname or the mother's surname.

This process represents that the society sees and recognizes the role of women. It is precisely because women and men are supposed to have an equal relationship that people question the seemingly natural father's surname.

We began to discuss whether we should take the father's surname or the mother's surname.

At present, there are various situations in which the right to the crown surname belongs. For example, if a man is adopted by his wife, most children will take their mother's surname.

There are also cases where the eldest child has his father's surname and the second child has his mother's surname, and both sides are satisfied.

There are also couples who discuss the right to the crown name before marriage, and the families of both sides discuss the surname of their children.

There are also some special examples. For example, after the couple divorced, their children's surnames changed, and even the children chose to change their surnames.

Not long ago, there was such an incident, which set off a dispute on the right of crown surname on the Internet. The children born in the famous papi sauce in online celebrity chose to take their father's surname.

This choice has aroused some netizens' dissatisfaction. They think that papi sauce, as a representative of newly independent women, should not allow children to take their father's surname, and the right to be crowned should not be transferred to the man.

Some netizens also think that the choice of the right of the crown surname is a private choice of papi sauce and its family, which belongs to other people's family affairs.

In fact, taking the father's surname or the mother's surname is a personal choice, and the discussion of the right to crown surname should not be linked to political and economic factors too much, which is just a private matter of a family.

Different surnames will not affect the feelings between children and husband and wife, because children are the blood of both sides regardless of their surnames.