What's the difference between cousins and cousins?

Cousins refer to the descendants of uncles, menses and aunts.

Because cousins don't belong to the same family, the children born to each other's families don't have the same surname, so although they are relatives, they are not family. Basically, the two places are separated, and there are few opportunities for contact. In addition, the distance between cousins is getting farther and farther, and there are few opportunities to meet each other. It's been a long time, some are unfamiliar, and some still don't know each other. This explains why "a watch is three thousand li".

Cousin refers to the paternal uncle.

Although the relationship between cousins is average, the tradition in China is that most people live together in a family, and they usually interact with each other in big and small matters, such as weddings, funerals and weddings, and everyone helps together. Although some people don't live in the village, they still come back to visit their elders at home on holidays. It is for this reason that people in rural areas believe in the saying "one hall for 500 years".

Difference 2: Alienation is different.

Relatives in mom's family are represented by "tables". "Cousins are 3,000 miles away, and cousins are 500 years old" means that my mother's relatives have been away for more than 3,000 miles and rarely come and go, indicating that cousins are alienated.

The so-called cousin is a relative of my father's family. With the word "cousin", cousins are relatives of dad's family, and they have been a family for 500 years, which shows that cousins have a good relationship.

Difference 3: Different status in the family.

Cousins remember for a thousand years, but cousins don't mention it for a hundred years The so-called "cousins remember for thousands of years", in many rural areas, the status of cousins is much higher than that of cousins. There are clan ancestral halls in rural areas. Once an elder dies, someone will always record it in the genealogy and never stay! This is also the meaning of "millennium cousin".

However, the relationship between cousins, with the changes of years, once the generation with blood relationship dies, the relationship between children will gradually fade away. Maybe within a hundred years, when we meet in the street, we will be strangers!