How old is 16?

Jasper's youth broke the melon: the woman was sixteen. (In the old days, scholars took the word "melon" as 2008, which was called sixteen years old, and was mostly used by women. There are many poems about Jasper, among which Sun Chuo's Song of Jasper is the most famous.

"Jasper broken melon, lang upside down. First frost Furong Mausoleum is glorious, and its autumn capacity is still good. Jasper, a little girl, dare not climb your virtue. Feeling a thousand dollars, the whole city is ashamed. Jasper's little girl is afraid to climb in virtue. I feel very strong. I got Jin Lan. When Jasper broke the melon, she felt the opposite. Feeling lang is not ashamed of lang, turn around and hold lang. "

Vernacular: "Jasper breaks the melon, and lang's feelings are reversed. Furong Ling Shuangrong, Qiu Rong, so I still like it. Jasper's daughter dare not climb your virtue. Thank you for your kindness, but I am ashamed that I am not beautiful. Jasper's daughter dare not attach importance to moral climbing. I think you have a strong will, and the result is Jin Lan. Jasper turned upside down when he was a melon. Thank you for not being ashamed of Lang. Turn around and hold lang. "

Extended data:

I. History of age appellation

In the process of reading ancient prose, we often come across some words expressing age appellation, such as "weak crown" and "fatigue". Students are often confused about this.

In fact, there are many words like this, which we must know in the process of reading ancient Chinese. The ancient age appellation came from different sources, most of them were named according to the physiological characteristics of different ages, but some of them followed the words of their predecessors and became fixed names.

Of all age appellation, the title "ninety" is the most interesting. Or "mackerel back", mackerel is a kind of fish, and the stripes on its back are like the wrinkled skin of an old man. In old age, senile spots appear on the skin, such as the skin of frozen pears, so it is also called "frozen pears".

There are also names based on physiological characteristics, for example, people are called "babies" at birth because they need to be held on their chests to feed them. Babies can pass fake, fake breasts. A baby is a child held on his chest.

Seven-year-old is not only called "mourning", but also called "losing teeth", so it is called because it is the period of changing teeth. Fifteen years old is called "child" and "when there is no vegetation on the mountain, it is called" child ". Ancient 16 years old adult, 15 years old men were not crowned, women were not crowned. Metaphor is used here.

Second, other ancient appellations.

1, soup cake: after three days of birth, invite friends and relatives to eat soup cake.

2. First degree: one year old. "Li Sao" "The emperor's view is more than the beginning, and Zhao Xi has a good reputation." Vernacular: "My father guessed my first degree carefully and gave me a good name through divination." Later, the birthday was called the first time.

3, small: childhood. Peacocks fly southeast. When I was a girl, I was born in the wild. Vernacular: "When I was a daughter, I was in a foreign country when I was a child."

4. Total angle: total, bunching; Horn, small bun, means sending and receiving knot, that is, the way children's bun is separated upwards, commonly known as Xiaoya horn, so childhood is called "total horn"

5, crying: refers to childhood. In ancient times, boys were not crowned and their hair drooped, so "crying" was used to refer to childhood.

6, the beginning: children change their teeth, that is, take off their deciduous teeth and grow permanent teeth. According to the physiological routine, when a boy changes his teeth at the age of eight and a girl changes her teeth at the age of seven, "the first time" becomes synonymous with childhood.

7. Teaching number: 9 years old.

8. Foreign Fu: 10 years old, studying abroad.

Baidu Encyclopedia-Jasper Years

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