What does Jiangxi laobiao mean?

Jiangxi laobiao refers to the local appellation in Yunnan, which indicates that the appellation is rustic and derogatory, and is also used as a friendly appellation between friends.

Cousin in Jiangxi, cousin, also wrote "cousin", with a certain intimacy. Cousin Jiangxi has also become a kind name for Jiangxi people from other provinces. In addition, some people who immigrated from Jiangxi to other provinces from Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times have always maintained the title of "old cousin", such as Hunan, northern Fujian, southwestern Anhui and other places. There are two theories about the origin of "Jiangxi Cousin".

One argument is that Hunan people think that their ancestors and Jiangxi ancestors are cousins, so they call Jiangxi people "Jiangxi cousins". There is also a saying that the ancestors of Jiangxi believed in geomantic omen, and it was easy to master the direction during migration, and they always loved to bring a watch (ancient compass), so mainlanders called Jiangxi people "old watches".

The origin of Jiangxi old watch

Jiangxi people's favor for "Lao Biao" has a long history, and the earliest statement may be traced back to the totem era. According to textual research, "table" refers to the old wood, such as "Twelve Years of Gong Xuan": "Tomorrow, to show it, it will be restored under the wood." Du Note: "Table refers to wood."

However, the excavation of Wucheng site in Qingjiang River reveals that there are "hundreds of column holes of different sizes, mostly arranged in rows or staggered" in the laterite altar in Shang Dynasty. This is obviously the primitive fetishism totem pole belief of Dongyi ethnic group in the Jianghuai valley and the extension area of the south of the Yangtze River. From the middle of Shang Dynasty to the end of Warring States Period, Lao Biao was recorded in writing. Therefore, "Lao Biao" is the vernacular expression of totem list, and it is the memory residue of totem impression of Jiangxi ethnic group.