Birth Ceremony.pptx

Birth Ceremony ——By Wang ShangfengA New Form？！Some net friends say when you have a child, you should just create a network mailbox immediately. And then you begin to upload all the funny pictures, interesting videos and silly stories about your child into the mailbox. Finally, when your child grow up and become an adult, you now give him/her the password. And this can be the best rite of passage.Your childBirth Ceremony in ChinaA baby‘s completion of its first month of life(满月)WearName and NicknameZhua zhou(A form of lucky draw)…….A Baby‘s Completion of Its First Month of LifeOn this day, the baby’s parents should hold a party and invite many relatives to join. In traditional custom, relatives need to take much cloth for the child. But now the things become rich. Some families will give locks to the baby or give it some toys. Anyhow, we are all accustomed to it.WearWhen a baby is born, there will be many requierments about his wearing. The most famous one may be this……Clothes made by cloth from many families. （百家衣）Also it can be this……Longevity lock（长命锁）Birth announcements（弄璋弄瓦）These two things will be given to babies as toys when the babies are newly born in ancient China. And in some way it shows that men enjoy higher status than women（男尊女卑）.Zhang, a kind of precious jade.For boys.Wa, a part on the spinning wheelFor girls.Name and NicknameGiving a name to their child is an important task for parents in the birth ceremony. And of course, parents will try their best to name their child. According to Chinese tradition, the name should be elegant and extensive.Besides, in ancient China and even nowadays in some countries, parents or grandparents will choose to find a nickname for the baby. In their eyes, babies having a nickname will be more healthy than others. These nicknames are so funny like Erwa, Goudan and so on. Babieis having those names may act like ths when they grow up. Zhuazhou(A form of lucky draw)When the baby is one year old, then comes Zhuazhou.Paren