Why do Shaanxi and Gansu people call their grandchildren grinding sickle water ?

Grinding sickle water, originally intended to polish water。In the dialects Pingliang, Qingyang, Tianshui and Guanzhong in Gansu and Shaanxi, "Mo Sickle Shui" was introduced as a son or daughter of daughters, grandsons and granddaughters. Speaking of why the grandson and granddaughter are compared to "grinding water", there is an oral story.

It is said that in a certain generation of a certain year, my grandfather and grandfather were harvesting wheat in the field at the same time, and my granddaughter was carrying a kettle through the land. He said happily: "Hey, the doll brought tea to grandpa" I didn't expect my granddaughter to say:

It's not tea, it's grinding sickle water," and he went straight to the wheat field next to his grandfather. Seeing his granddaughter's tea, the grandfather stood in the scorching sun and sighed: "What a grinding sickle", so people call their granddaughter "grinding sickle water".

In Pingliangren, there is another version. Legend has it that the two parents are not far apart, and the two farmlands are also located on the hillside. During the summer harvest, the wise grandson will harvest wheat for his grandfather in the field every day.

After cutting the wheat, the two parents planted their own scorpions on their land, while the grandson brought a jug of water to his grandfather to eat. When he walked to the ground, unfortunately his grandfather had just farmed the ground. It's grandpa on the way.

When he saw a little grandson, he asked me if I was joking. The weird grandson lied about his grandfather's food: "I carry the water mill".

Water, this naïve lie is what foreign masters naturally see. When the two parents forced to eat, the grandfather couldn't help but smile at the innocent grandson and ask, "What about the sickle".

grinding sickle water", which reflects the ideas and concepts of patriarchy in rural society. For thousands of years, influenced by the traditional culture of male superiority and female worship, it is generally believed that a married woman is like splashing water and becomes a member of another family. Children born after marriage are called grandchildren and nephews.

Grinding sickle water means that there is no blood relationship, and they feel that no matter how good their granddaughter is, because they are not related by blood, they will not be grateful to their granddaughter.

In fact, this is a folk legend, that is, the granddaughter went to bring water to the grandfather in the field, and the result was grinding sickle water, and the result began to call the granddaughter like this.

Actually, this is not a good name, which means that there is no blood relationship. This is a reflection of gender discrimination.

Because their granddaughters would bring them tea while they were working, they would call them that dotingly.

It means that no matter how much you love your grandson, after all, in the heart of your little grandson, your grandfather is not as good as your grandfather.

In fact, it originated from a folk tale, mainly because of the sexism of ancient times.

In fact, such a name is more than a legend, and there are also some patriarchal thoughts.

The water spilled by the married girl, this title should also have some such meanings.

There doesn't seem to be such a statement in Yuxiang, maybe it's the name of the opening piece.

According to legend, the two parents' homes are not far from each other, and the farmland of the two families is also on the same hillside. During the summer harvest, the newly sensible little grandson had to bring sickle water to his grandfather, who was harvesting wheat in the field, every day. After the wheat was harvested, the two families planted millet in their own fields, and the youngest grandson carried the jar to deliver rice to his grandfather.

When he got to the edge of the field, it happened that his grandfather had just helped the plow to the other side of the field. It was the grandfather (grandfather, grandfather, "Wei Ye" in the Pingliang dialect, which is actually the transliteration of "grandfather"). As soon as the grandfather saw the little grandson, he jokingly asked what he was mentioning, and the eccentric grandson was afraid that the grandfather would eat his grandfather's meal, so he lied and said:

I'm talking about grinding sickle water. "Why do you still use grinding sickle water to farm, this childish lie was naturally seen through by my grandfather. When the two parents' families pushed each other to eat, the grandfather couldn't help but look at the innocent grandson and smiled, and asked

What about grinding sickle water"? The little grandson was blushing with shame.

At first, the food that the grandson brought to his grandfather was about to reach his grandfather on the way, and he was afraid that his grandfather would eat his grandfather's food, so he lied and said that he mentioned the "grinding sickle water".

This is a patriarchal idea, and some language will also show patriarchal thinking.

People call their granddaughter "grinding sickle water", a folk saying.

These names of the Shaanxi and Gansu people embody the concept of preference for sons.

The legend of "grinding sickle water" is a long time ago, and it is difficult to say whether it is good or bad.

The local dialect of Shaanxi and Gansu people also has something we don't understand, and we need to explore it at a deep level.