Giving birth to children is an important event in family life and clan. The increase of population can make families prosper, clans develop and improve the status of families and clans in society. In the areas of Shimen, Yecun and Yangcun in Shexian County, the ancestral hall will issue "hundred lanterns" to newly-married families, and the ancestral hall will not be recovered until the baby is born.
On the third day of the baby's birth, when he "established three dynasties", he named the child. Under the strict clan system in Huizhou, the law of "different relatives and friends, aging in an orderly way" cannot be ignored, but must be named in turn according to the ranking drawn up by the ancestral hall. For example, the poem "Fu Xi Da Ben Tang" by Wang "Seventy-two to Nine Fu Yi" reads: "Bachelor, Dachang Sect in Yuan Dynasty; Yude should be successful, after the book is opened, Kun. " One word represents a generation. In case of house inheritance, you can find out the seniority according to Zhao Mu, and then apply for the adoption of Zongzhi.
Generally, men 18 years old adults, and women 15 years old adults. At that time, men should take the "coronation ceremony" and women should take the "ceremony" To crown a boy, he must be a respected male elder; Gifts for girls must be given to old ladies with children and grandchildren. After the coronation ceremony, people began to be eligible to worship their ancestors in temples and add their names to the genealogy. When you enter the shrine for the first time, you should give your ancestors a "grateful" gift, commonly known as "crown money". This number depends on the family that is closed. On the second day after the wedding, the bride and groom came to the ancestral hall wearing dresses and offering sacrifices.
Social etiquette is an important part of life etiquette and occupies an important position in Huizhou social life. These rituals are not only the symbol of hierarchical order and the code of conduct for interpersonal communication, but also a strengthened moral concept. Clan etiquette is an important part of social etiquette and customs, and it is also an indispensable part of Huizhou people's daily life. At the same time, it has also become a social force dominated by morality, which directly reflects the social outlook of Huizhou and reveals the essential characteristics of social customs in Yuzhou.