How was the Jingshan folk song Little Son-in-law snatched away by Tianmen?

How the little son-in-law of Jingshan folk songs was robbed by Tianmen is as follows:

For a long time, Jingshan folk song Little Son-in-law has been regarded as Tianmen folk song. The reason is nothing more than that this song was sung by Tianmen people. In the early 1950s, "Little Son-in-law" was sung by Jiang, a folk singer from Tianmen, Hubei Province, and quickly became popular all over the country and went to the world.

Subsequently, all kinds of music publications and propaganda media designated Little Son-in-law as Tianmen folk song. Although it has been officially corrected: "Little Son-in-law" is a folk song in Jingshan. But the preconceived impression makes most people still think it is Tianmen folk song, and even refer to Baidu. Many materials still show that the little son-in-law is a Tianmen folk song.

Knowledge expansion:

On the Character Prototype of "Little Son-in-law"

Jingshan is located in the middle of Hubei, at the southern foot of Dahongshan and at the northern end of Jianghan Plain. It has been recorded in its own history books for more than 2000 years. Yangji is a mountain market town in the northwest of Jingshan, surrounded by mountains and located in the upper reaches of Lishui. According to research, the prototype of the folk song Little Son-in-law is here.

Yangji mountain area, with steep terrain and rare earth. In the old society, it was very poor here. Women, in particular, are not only dominated by old-fashioned marriage and clan rights for a long time, but also bound by feudal religious systems such as husband rights. After investigation, the phenomenon that a little son-in-law marries a big girl has gradually evolved into a local custom in the old society of Jingshan Yangji.

There are two situations here: one is the local custom that young children or unborn babies (referring to the belly as marriage) should adopt a child bride, that is, adopt a homeless girl of about ten years old whose name is actually a maid. When you grow up, you get married with your children, and there is a big age gap.

The other is that when a boy reaches the age of ten, and no one works in the man's house, the mother can get engaged on behalf of her son and find a daughter-in-law older than the boy to help with the work at home, named "Longevity Master". At this time, the man will invite the matchmaker, the local people or the prestigious gentleman to drink at home. First, the fortune teller discharged the eight characters of both men and women.

If the eight characters are combined, the man will send the gift money and the two-character red envelope to the woman's home together with the bride price, commonly known as "going through the door." In the second year, the woman's family will send her daughter to the man's house to get married. Commonly known as "eating cakes", such a daughter-in-law is generally about ten years older than a man.

In the investigation of Yang Ji, I gradually found clues about my little son-in-law and related people and things. However, it is representative, and then there are the prototypes of the three little sons-in-law, all of which were shaped by their folk writers.

The first son-in-law is Xiang and Yang Jiren. His father had money and land, and two years later, he gave birth to another item. Marry Xiang until he is ten years old. His daughter-in-law is Hua Gongying, eleven years older than Xiang. After marriage, when they sleep, they ask Hua Gongying for it back every day. One day, when Xiang didn't sleep, Hua lost his temper and cried.

Say, "I won't sleep with you." Xiang's parents heard the quarrel and came in and asked, "Why are you crying?" Hua had no choice but to go back to his room to sleep. Later, when he grew up, he didn't like China and went out to find women to fool around. He lived to be thirty and died. Hua Gongying lived to his sixties and died at home. Her family lives in Sankouyan Village, Yangji.

The second son-in-law is Chen Chaoqing and Xin Yangji. His wife's surname is Wu, and Yang Ji is from Jiangjunshan Village. The woman was ten years older than the man when she got married. Later, Chen suspected that Wu was old and they often quarreled.

The third son-in-law is Tang Benshan, nicknamed "Top Ten" because he got married at the age of ten. Daughter-in-law surnamed Chen, Yang Ji is from Yemaoziwan, Jiangjun Mountain Village. The woman is also a big man, ten years old. Tang Huanjian was here when the author interviewed at 1985.