What do you mean, Nongzhang?

Nongzhang tile making is an ancient name for the opposite sex among the people in China.

It was first seen in Zhou poetry. The ancients meant to give birth to a boy and give him a card to play with. Zhang refers to a kind of jade, and hopes that his son will have a jade-like character in the future. Therefore, later generations called having a boy "Nongzhang". Later, I called giving birth to boys "the joy of playing tricks" and giving birth to girls "the joy of playing tricks".

"Zhang" is a good jade with an oblique acute angle on the top. It is a ritual vessel used by ancient nobles for weddings, sacrifices and funerals. Playing for his son Zhang, on the one hand, I hope he has jade-like character, on the other hand, I hope he will become an aristocrat and be able to "honor his ancestors". Later, I called having a boy "the joy of playing tricks";

"Tile" is a part of a spinning wheel. Playing with my daughter "Wa" is in the hope that she will be qualified for needlework in the future. Therefore, "Nongzhang" means having a son and "playing with tiles" means having a daughter.

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The wife of Cen Junhou in Shaoxing is pregnant. One day, when the county magistrate was traveling, a man got in the way and was tied up in the house. Hou Jun asked him, "What do you do?" The man replied, "fortune teller."

The county magistrate said, "My wife is pregnant. Please have a look. What about Nongzhang? " (Is it a boy or a girl? The man didn't understand the meaning of "making tiles" and casually said, "Zhang should also make tiles." ?

Hearing this, the magistrate thought he was talking nonsense and severely scolded the fortune teller. But not long after, Mrs. Hou gave birth to a boy and a girl twins, so the fortune teller became famous and was called "psychic".

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