Why is there such a saying as "cousin Jiangxi"? What story or allusion does Jiangxi laobiao come from?

Because the expression "Jiangxi Cousin" is to express the cordial address to Jiangxi people and bring them closer together. Originated from two viewpoints, one is that Hunan people think that their ancestors and Jiangxi ancestors are cousins, so they call Jiangxi people "Jiangxi cousins".

There is also a saying that the ancestors of Jiangxi believed in geomantic omen, and it was easy to master the direction during migration, and they always loved to bring a watch (ancient compass), so mainlanders called Jiangxi people "old watches".

The name of Jiangxi laobiao can be traced back to the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty. Many places in Hunan were abandoned by the war, and many Jiangxi people moved to Hunan. Later, the descendants of the immigrants returned to Jiangxi ancestral graves and called each other cousins with Jiangxi people.

Hubei and Guangdong have a history of Jiangxi people moving in, so neighboring provinces often call Jiangxi people old cousins. Therefore, it later evolved into Jiangxi people's address to fellow villagers in the same province, with a certain degree of intimacy or became a kind of address for Jiangxi people from other provinces.

As for its source, it can be roughly summarized as follows:

1. At the end of Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of Ming Dynasty, many areas in eastern Hunan were deserted due to war, and a large number of Jiangxi people moved to Hunan. Later, in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of Jiangxi people moved in, and even nine out of ten households in some places came from Jiangxi.

When these descendants of Jiangxi people who moved to Hunan returned to Jiangxi to pay homage to their ancestral graves, they liked to call local Jiangxi people cousins, meaning cousins. This is the legend of Guan Hu Guang in Jiangxi, and it is also the most popular statement about the origin of the word Lao Biao.

According to legend, Zhu Yuanzhang was killed and rescued in Jiangxi at the end of Yuan Dynasty when he was not an emperor. In order to repay the kindness of Jiangxi people, he promised that if he won the world, Jiangxi people could directly find him in the name of his cousin.

3. Originated in the Hakka area in southern Jiangxi, Cantonese who moved from eastern Guangdong called the local people "old cousins" (because both places are Hakka), and later spread to the whole of Jiangxi, becoming another name for "hometown".

4. Taoism and geomantic omen have prevailed in Jiangxi since ancient times. People in nearby provinces like to invite Mr. Feng Shui from Jiangxi to see Feng Shui. As a feng shui master, the dial is a necessity, and mainlanders call these Jiangxi feng shui with old watches. Over time, it is also used to address all Jiangxi people.

5. In villages named after surnames in Jiangxi, such as "Wang Jiacun, Li Jiacun", most of the men in the village are of the same surname, and there is an ancestral hall in the village, while women have the custom of marrying far away, which leads to more distant relatives in neighboring villages, and outsiders call them "Jiangxi cousins". The more complicated the relationship, the closer the relationship.

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1, the story of Marshal Chen Yi and Cousin Jiangxi

Marshal Chen Yi, who is well-known at home and abroad, once insisted on guerrilla warfare in the border region of Jiangxi and Guangdong, and also forged an unforgettable and profound friendship with his cousin in southern Jiangxi through thick and thin.

After the national victory, Chen Yi became a marshal and deputy prime minister. Zhu Zanzhen, a guerrilla who slept with him in the mountainous areas of Jiangxi and Guangdong, went to Beijing to visit Teacher Chen. The identity of the unknown caller will not be notified.

Zhu Zan was really stubborn. He shouted angrily, "How dare you! Just say that I am Zhu Laobiao of Xinfeng! " Hearing this, Chen Yi hurriedly told his secretary to send someone to pick him up.

When they met, Zhu Zanzhen's eyes filled with tears, and he raised his hand and punched Chen Yi. His relatives said: "Zi Gutou (dialect, called spoken English, called Zi Gutou by peers, called Zai Youde by the next generation), I thought you forgot that we are old-timers!"

Chen Yi put his arm around his shoulder and said, "Don't forget each other if you have money. Cousin, do you think I am Chen Yi? Cousin Gannan and Chen Yi are like brothers, and I am grateful to my parents. How dare I forget! "

2. The story of Chairman Mao and Jiangxi Cousin

In the early 1960s, Liu Junxiu, then deputy secretary of Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, went to Beijing to report his work. Premier Zhou introduced to Chairman Mao: "This is Jiangxi's cousin Liu Junxiu." Mao Zedong ha ha smiled and said, "a sight for sore eyes! Oh, Jiangxi's cousin is famous. " ?

Jiangxi people like to call themselves "old cousins", and foreigners also use "old cousins" to express their affection and welcome to Jiangxi people. Therefore, Jiangxi people are born with a subconscious attachment to their cousins, especially their respect for their uncles so far, which is unmatched by outsiders.

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