In ancient my country, pregnant women were called pregnant Liujia. There are different opinions about Liujia. It is said that Liujia refers to the six Jia days of Jiazi, Jiayin, Jiachen, Jiawu, Jiashen, and Jiaxu after the heavenly stem and the earth are matched. It is the day when God created all things, so women are the easiest to conceive, so they are called pregnant with Liujia. There is also a folk saying that a child has just been born with wrinkles and looks like an old man or an old lady who is over sixty years old, so it is called Liujia. There is also a saying that a woman will not be pregnant when she is five months pregnant, but she must be pregnant at six months. This is called hiding five and not hiding six, so it is called being pregnant.
Influenced by Taoist thought, there is a saying that you are pregnant with Liujia. Taoists have arranged the heavenly stems and earthly branches in a fairy-like order. The name of the god of Jiazi is Yuande, the name of God of Jiayin is the fossil of the name of God, and the name of Jiachen is the name of Yanchang. Tongyuan, the Jiawu god character Ziqing was named Churen, the Jiashen god word weighed the name forgotten, and the Jiaxu god word Lin Qi was empty. Liujia represents Yang, Taoist Shangyang, generally speaking only Liujia.
In ancient times, the level of productivity was low, and agricultural production needed labor, so there was a patriarchal ideology, and every family wanted to have a child and inherit the family business. Yang represents males in the traditional theory of yin and yang and the five elements, and Liujia represents yang on the heavenly stems and earthly branches. Therefore, pregnancy is called being pregnant with Liujia, which means praying for the birth of a male.
Under the condition that the average life expectancy of ancient people was relatively short, it was believed that a person’s life was a six-year one. Being pregnant with Liujia is a blessing to this child, and I hope this child will grow up healthily. In ancient times, the level of productivity was low, medicine was underdeveloped, sanitary conditions were poor, and the survival rate of infants and children was relatively low. It is an extremely good blessing to wish pregnant mothers a healthy and strong child who can grow up without any disease and disaster.
The ancients also believed that Liuding Liujia was a celestial soldier, a godly warrior. Therefore, it is also a good wish to say that other people or that they are pregnant with Liujia, wish their children become outstanding talents in the future.
