There were many names of "children" in ancient times.

When we call our children now, we often say "What about the child?". In ancient times, the appellation of "children" was much richer than today.

In the Chinese textbook Peach Blossom Garden, there are "yellow hair weeping" and "drunk pavilion" with "listlessness", all of which refer to children. There are different appellations because in ancient times, people paid great attention to life and life etiquette, so the appellation of age was naturally taken seriously. In fact, in addition to the metonymy of "mourning" and "raising", there were special terms for addressing children in ancient times.

Before a child is ten years old, people often use animals, clothes and teeth to indicate his age. If a newborn is called "baby", it is also called "yellow mouth". This is because the chicken's mouth is yellow, and later the baby is described as "yellow mouth". In some places, children are usually called "Mao Mao", "Little Mao Mao", "Little Hairy Boy" or "Old Baby". The "Mao Mao" here means that when a child is born, there is a lot of hair on his body and face; "Age baby" means counting the age from now on. In the Tang Dynasty, Xu Wei (the fourth voice of Que) said in On the Wall of Nanyue: "Huangkou children are beginners and only know the sun, the moon and the east." It is to extend the meaning of "yellow-mouthed children" to young children or young and ignorant children.

In terms of age, people call children under one year old "babies". "Ring" refers to the small quilt that wraps the baby, and "ring" refers to the belt used to bind the small quilt and quilt. 2 ~ 3 years old is called "childhood", which means that children are young and light, and can be held up or held in their arms. The age of 7 to 8 is called "two tones and four tones", which means that children change their deciduous teeth, and "age" is also childhood. Zhang Zuyi, dean of Zhejiang Shao Theatre, is a famous drama actor. He became famous at the age of 6, and his stage name is "Six Young Children". The son's stage name is "six-year-old boy" and the son's name is "six-year-old boy", which makes the title of "age boy" shine. But people often can't tell the relationship between the three, and it is inevitable that some jokes will be made.

Besides, girls are called "babies" and boys are called "children", so babies are also called "babies".