Pingyao fortune-telling

Query on the name of Wangdagua village

The origin of the name of Wangdaguai village in Pingyuan County "Pingyuan County Records" 1993 edition records: "Wangdaguai, in Yongle period of Ming Dynasty, Wang Xing moved to build a village and named it Wangjiazhuang. Later, a rich man of Wang Xing sued an imperial history, spent all his possessions and continued to complain in Beijing with his income. In the end, he won the lawsuit, which is even more famous. " "Guagua" refers to divination. In old China, the year, month, day and hour of birth were arranged in eight characters according to heavenly stems and earthly branches (called "eight characters"), and then used in the five elements of this branch to infer the fate of life. This is superstition and a skill of begging in the old society. In addition, the story of "Wang Xing, the rich man, went to court with Yushi" can't prove his surname.

Xuantongyuannian (19 10) "Rebuilding the map of county annals and geographical annals of enxian county": "Three townships, three maps, Wang Dazhao village, 80 miles away from the city." In the 31st year of the Republic of China (1942), List of Rebuilding the Records of En County and Names of New Districts, Towns and Villages: "District 1, Dajin Township, Wangdazhao Village". The "gown", that is, the over-the-knee shirt, is a kind of China shirt. As the name implies, the gown made by Wang Xing in this village is very famous, so it is called gown.

To sum up, the name "Wang Gua" is superstitious and does not conform to the new era. A "doctor Wang" is simple and has no negative effects.