The origin of Jiangxi old watch

The title of "Jiangxi Cousin" originated from Zhu Yuanzhang's theory of being saved in Jiangxi and repaying his kindness.

Zhu Yuanzhang, the leader of the peasant uprising at the end of Yuan Dynasty, was injured in Kangshan when he pacified Jiangxi, and was later rescued by the people. In order to thank the people of Jiangxi for their help, Zhu Yuanzhang promised that if he won the world, the people of Jiangxi could directly look for him in the name of "old cousin" when they were in trouble.

1368, Zhu Yuanzhang proclaimed himself emperor in Nanjing. One year, when there was a drought in Jiangxi, he recommended a representative to visit the emperor in Nanjing in the name of "cousin" and asked for tax relief. In order to win over the world, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered tax relief. Since then, Jiangxi people are happy to call themselves, and are also called "Jiangxi cousins" by others.

The original meaning of "cousin" refers to cousins, who are very close. Jiangxi people, whether in their hometown or in a foreign land, all know who they are. As long as they know who they are, they are called "cousins", which means that everyone is in the same circle of relatives. This is the concrete embodiment of "sweet or not, hometown water, relatives are not close, hometown people".

Folk proverb

1. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, many areas in eastern Hunan were deserted due to war, and a large number of Jiangxi people moved to Hunan. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Jiangxi people moved in, and even nine out of ten households in some places came from Jiangxi. When these descendants of Jiangxi people who moved to Hunan returned to Jiangxi to pay homage to their ancestral graves, they liked to call local Jiangxi people cousins, meaning cousins. This is the legend of Guan Hu Guang in Jiangxi, and it is also the most popular statement about the origin of the word Lao Biao.

According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang was killed and rescued in Jiangxi at the end of Yuan Dynasty when he was not an emperor. In order to repay the kindness of Jiangxi people, he promised that if he won the world, Jiangxi people could directly find him in the name of his cousin.

3. Originated in the Hakka area in southern Jiangxi, Cantonese who moved from eastern Guangdong called the local people "old cousins" (because both places are Hakka), and later spread to the whole of Jiangxi, becoming another name for "hometown".

4. Taoism and geomantic omen have prevailed in Jiangxi since ancient times. People in nearby provinces like to invite Mr. Feng Shui from Jiangxi to see Feng Shui. As a feng shui master, the dial is a necessity, and mainlanders call these Jiangxi feng shui with old watches. Over time, it is also used to address all Jiangxi people.

5. In villages named after surnames in Jiangxi, such as "Wang Jiacun, Li Jiacun, Zhangjiabao, etc.", most men in the villages share the same surname and clan, and there is an ancestral hall in the village, while women have the custom of marrying far away, which leads to more distant cousins in neighboring villages. Foreigners call it "cousin Jiangxi", which means that the more complicated the relationship, the closer it is.