"It happened that my daughter-in-law was pregnant, so she easily fled overseas and gave birth to a granddaughter, so she lived here perfunctorily." -"Jing Hua Yuan"

Li Ruzhen, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty, wrote a sentence in the novel "The Edge of a Mirror Flower", which translated as "It is impossible to escape from overseas, but my daughter-in-law is pregnant, but she wants to keep her granddaughter here", which makes people wonder. What does six in one mean? Why does Liu Jia appear frequently in ancient poetry? Today, we will discuss with you why the ancients called pregnancy Liu Jia, and what is the specific meaning of Liu Jia?

In ancient times, people didn't have calendars and telephones. As time goes by, there is no tool to help them remember the year and date. However, with the wisdom of the ancients, they invented the heavenly stems and earthly branches Chronology. Therefore, the original "Liu Jia" refers to six groups, namely Jiazi, Jiamao, Shen Jia, Wu Jia, Chen Jia and Jiayin, which have continued to this day.

At that time, a Jiazi year meant 60 years, representing a reincarnation. Even today, this chronology continues and will appear in many calendars.

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"Heaven and earth have no end, and life is like sunrise." -Cao Zhi's Two Songs of Ying Ying

There is a saying called magic weapon, and Liu Jia refers to the magic weapon of the six countries. There are six cauldrons in ancient poetry, and Huai refers to being pregnant with a magic weapon. This is a beautiful proverb. After all, everyone wants their children to be reincarnated as immortals.

Coupled with the poor living conditions of the ancients at that time, children born in that era were prone to premature death. After all, the medical level is not in place and the sanitary conditions are not up to standard, so it is difficult to support the born children. I hope my children will grow up safely and have an elf.

Secondly, it also refers to the old man or the old lady, because at that time, people thought that 60 years old was a reincarnation, and being pregnant with a wife was a metaphor for life rebirth. When a child was born, his face was wrinkled and he looked like an old man, so he was called Liu Jia.

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In addition, there is a saying of "six armor", which means that people are too tired to wear six pieces of armor. When a woman is pregnant, she has a big belly and a heavy weight, just like wearing six pieces of armor, in order to express her hard work during pregnancy.

"In October, the baby is heavy, and the three students are light." -Liu An's Song of Persuading Filial Piety

It can be seen that Liu Jia is usually the ancient people's good wishes for women's pregnancy, hoping that the fetus can come safely. This statement is still very popular in China. As a country with thousands of years of inheritance and history, some rich cultures and customs in ancient China have been continued. For example, Liu Jia used several months to express the arrival of people's new life. Although the medical conditions are more developed now, we still continue the inheritance of the ancients, which is also a continuation of culture.