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China's child-rearing custom, why give the baby a long life lock?

In the old society, many people put a lock piece on their children after they were born, commonly known as "longevity lock".

When the child grows to 100 days or one year old, this lock piece is essential in the gift he receives. This is a custom that has been popular in Han nationality for a long time. It is used to pray and bless the healthy growth of children. The post-80s generation should have a deep feeling that they are wearing long-life locks.

The custom of children wearing longevity locks evolved from the ancient custom of longevity locks. Longevity rope, also known as "longevity rope" and "longevity rope", began in the Han Dynasty.

At first, people usually tied this long-life rope to their arms only when they were in the sun to pray for longevity and eliminate disasters.

"Chronicle of Jingchu": "On May 5, the arm was tied with colorful silk, which was called the longevity rope." "The Story of Jiyuan" quoted "Local Customs" as saying: "Jingchu people tied their arms with colorful silks at noon, which is the thread of long life, and it is the same today."

Later, the custom of hanging a long life rope around the baby's neck began to appear. "Youth Day": "Children are one year old, and there are five-color silk ropes on their heads, which are called Baisuo." This kind of white cord is usually woven by red, yellow, blue, white and black silk threads, representing east, west, north, south and China respectively.

The ancients thought that this kind of long-lived rope could ward off evil spirits and drive away epidemics, and hung around the child's neck, so that the child could get rid of all diseases and grow up smoothly.

Later, this long-lived rope further evolved into a long-lived lock, thinking that children can "lock" their lives and grow up healthily by hanging this long-lived lock.

This long-life lock is not only made into a lock shape, but also made into a wishful shape, with auspicious words such as "long life and wealth" and "long life and a hundred years" engraved in the middle.

In some places, it is also popular to bring a hundred locks to children, which is called "changing a hundred locks". The method is like begging a monk for alms. The children's parents go from house to house asking for copper coins, and then they collect the money from hundreds of families and make a lock for their children.

Summary: Life lock is also called "name lock". It is an ornament hanging around children's necks, especially popular in Ming and Qing Dynasties. According to superstition, as long as she hangs this ornament, she can help children eliminate disasters and ward off evil spirits and "lock" their lives. Therefore, many children hang this kind of jewelry from birth soon and hang it until adulthood.