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Help[Opinions] Wow. Thanks. (m)
in reply to a message by Chinese name for Ann Marie
I really like Ya. I'll go with your suggestion of Ya Li. But I don't fit that description at all. :-)
My family / surname means bear in Irish, as in the animal. That's why I use Bear as my name here at behindthename.com. That may be too strong for a woman in Chinese culture though. Do family / surnames change according to gender? If I need to soften beaq, perhaps I could use the word for a panda bear? Too cute.
This was a lot of fun. Thanks again!
My family / surname means bear in Irish, as in the animal. That's why I use Bear as my name here at behindthename.com. That may be too strong for a woman in Chinese culture though. Do family / surnames change according to gender? If I need to soften beaq, perhaps I could use the word for a panda bear? Too cute.
This was a lot of fun. Thanks again!
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wow . Panda is the most precious treasure animal of China. very cute very good.
In fact, family don`t change according to gender.
I am proud to tell you that every family name character in China is given by the Emperor in ancient time. Any family name character at leat has 1000 years` history. It means your very very old ancestors living thousands of years ago share the same name with you.
In fact, in ancient ,not every family would have the chance to get a family name. Only those that the Emperor thought have made very honorable and great contribution will be given a family name character by the Emperor.
This means the Emperor admits that your family can leave some foot-prints in the history.
So the family stands for a whole family. It means all the persons who have the same family with you have the same one ancestor.
More commonly, a family name history would be more than only one thousand years. Often 2000 years or more.
So will you change it easily if the family contains so long history and cultural backgrounds.
In fact in China, we will have a Family Tree of a family. All the persons of a same family name are recorded on that book.This book`s history may also be of hundreds of years. Isn`t it Amazing! You will find your grand grand grand grand grand grandpa`s name on it.You will know his wife his sons his brothers. This helps us know our family history and build the love the sense of pride.
If you change your family reckless you will lose your root in the history.... Ha ha So we all love the family we have.
Long history Honored by the Emperor Great World-renowned ancestors. Why not love it!
In fact, family don`t change according to gender.
I am proud to tell you that every family name character in China is given by the Emperor in ancient time. Any family name character at leat has 1000 years` history. It means your very very old ancestors living thousands of years ago share the same name with you.
In fact, in ancient ,not every family would have the chance to get a family name. Only those that the Emperor thought have made very honorable and great contribution will be given a family name character by the Emperor.
This means the Emperor admits that your family can leave some foot-prints in the history.
So the family stands for a whole family. It means all the persons who have the same family with you have the same one ancestor.
More commonly, a family name history would be more than only one thousand years. Often 2000 years or more.
So will you change it easily if the family contains so long history and cultural backgrounds.
In fact in China, we will have a Family Tree of a family. All the persons of a same family name are recorded on that book.This book`s history may also be of hundreds of years. Isn`t it Amazing! You will find your grand grand grand grand grand grandpa`s name on it.You will know his wife his sons his brothers. This helps us know our family history and build the love the sense of pride.
If you change your family reckless you will lose your root in the history.... Ha ha So we all love the family we have.
Long history Honored by the Emperor Great World-renowned ancestors. Why not love it!
This message was edited 1/5/2011, 2:47 AM
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