What are the "three aunts and six grandmothers" in ancient China?

Ancient Sangu refers to three kinds of women related to religion, and Liulao refers to several occupations of ancient folk, with specific analysis as follows:

1. Ancient "three aunts and six grandmothers" refer to several types of women in different occupations. The word "three aunts and six grandmothers" can be traced back to the Ming Dynasty, and the classification of three aunts and six grandmothers is clearly defined. Sangu refers to ancient women who believed in or devoted themselves to different religions. The first is a nun who fled to Buddhism and practiced in a nun, the second is a Taoist who is committed to Taoism and spreads Taoist culture, and the third is a divination aunt who is good at others.

Liupo refers to six kinds of women engaged in different occupations in ancient times. First, he has a bad reputation and is hated by people. He is mainly engaged in buying maids and concubines for some rich families, which is what we now call human trafficking. Followed by the mass media, mainly for single men and women to bridge the gap and promote marriage.

Thirdly, we often hear that witches, also called Shipo, use some tricks such as drawing symbols and chanting spells to deceive and kidnap honest people who are superstitious or timid. The fourth kind is a devout woman, that is, a madam who works in a brothel. Everyone must know the quality of this profession.

The fifth kind is a woman who buys medicine and is hygienic. Personally, I think this profession is more meaningful. The sixth type is a stable woman who specializes in delivering babies to pregnant women, also called a midwife. Secondly, there is another function of stabilizing female corpse, that is, if a female corpse is found, it is necessary for them to check whether the deceased was raped and killed first, which will help solve the case. Generally speaking, there are six kinds: tooth woman, teacher woman, pious medicine woman and steady woman.

2. Modern three aunts and six grandmothers refer to all kinds of ordinary women in real life. On the other hand, whether in modern or ancient times, these women referred to by three aunts and six grandmothers have not given a very good impression, even to a bad degree. For example, the novel "Mirror Flower Edge" in the Qing Dynasty described three aunts and six women as representatives of derailment. In modern life, three aunts and six wives also refer to those women who love to gossip, do nothing, are ignorant and superstitious or like to gossip.

It is true that according to the ancient classification of "three aunts and six grandmothers", many of them have jobs that people really don't like. For example, grandmothers, teachers and devout women do the most shameful things. However, the occupations of medicine woman, stable woman and matchmaker are acceptable even in modern times in terms of work content.