What are the traditional folk naming methods?

The traditional folk custom of naming modern people think that names related to turtles will bring bad luck. However, do you know that in ancient times, turtles, dragons, phoenixes and Kirin were called "four spirits", which were auspicious animals and were often used as names. During the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty, the successor of the State of Chu was Li, and there was a singer named Li during the Xuanzong period of the Tang Dynasty. The poet Du Fu also wrote a poem "Meeting Li Guinian Downstream" for him. Bai Juyi has a nephew nicknamed "A Gui", which is very popular with Bai Juyi. He wrote in "De Gui": "My nephew started at the age of six, and the word is Gui." This psychological change reflects the status and values of turtles in the evolution of folk customs in different times, from which we can see the relationship between naming words and folk customs. There are various traditional customs in folk naming: Festival law: flowers are named according to the festival when children are born. Such as Chun Shen, Yu Xia, Qiu Yan, Xiao Dong, Lan Zhen, Ju Xiang, Gui, etc. Common in women. Place names: Shenshen (Shanghai), Yugen (Chongqing), Zheguang (Zhejiang), (Shaanxi) and Huang (Yunnan). If Lao She's eldest daughter was born in Jinan, she will be named "Ji Shu". There are also people who take a word from their ancestral home and birthplace and become famous. For example, Zhang Shaoqing, whose ancestral home is Shaoxing, Zhejiang, was born in Chongqing, mainly to commemorate. Pan Zifa: Parents are eager to give birth to a baby girl. They will use some interesting names when naming their daughters, such as Gendi, Lingdi, Zhao Di and Pandi. Child-holding method: the husband and wife have no children under their knees and adopt a child from other places or surnames. In the names of such children, there is often a word "Lai", such as, Lai Jiao, Lai Gen and Lai Fa. Animal Law: According to the old man, pigs, dogs, cows, sheep and other livestock are despicable animals. Because they are despicable, they are not noticed by evil spirits, and it is easy to raise children by name. Such as A Yang, A Niu, pigs, rabbits, puppies and so on. In addition, there is a kind of name related to this, which is named after the zodiac of the child's birth year, such as Xiaolong, Jiajun (Horse), Yutu and Niu Gang. This kind of words is more common in rural areas. Power law: Lu Xun's novel "The Storm" describes: "The habits of this village are a bit special. When a woman gives birth to a child, she likes to weigh herself with a scale, so she uses her weight as a nickname. " For example, "nine-catty old lady" is a special naming custom among the people in eastern Zhejiang. Ranking method: brothers have two names, the first word or the next word is the same, which is called ranking. For example, there are four brothers in Zuo Zhuan, named Qiao Ru, Burning Ru, Rong Ru and Jane Ru. Another example is Ruan Xiaoer, Ruan Xiaowu and Ruan Xiaoqi in Water Margin. Five-element method: Named according to the missing lines of the five elements, it accounts for a large proportion of the names of people over 40 years old in Chinese mainland. In the past, when people named names, they would ask fortune tellers to calculate "eight characters" and "five elements"; If someone hits five lines and misses one or two lines, they have to use the word "missing line" or use the word "missing line" as a radical name to remedy it, otherwise the child will live a long life. For example, the name of Runtu in Lu Xun's novel "Hometown": Because he was born in a leap month and the five elements were short of soil, his father called him Runtu. Another example is Fang Youhai (lack of water), Jin (lack of gold), Gao Senquan (lack of wood and water) and Xu (lack of fire soil), which are also named by the five-element method.