the seven necessities of life(kāi mén qī jiàn shì)

daily necessaries

The synonym "seven things of opening the door" generally refers to chaimi, youyanjiangvinegar tea (as the saying goes). Chaimi, youyanjiangvinegar tea is a necessity in the common people's families. It is the seven things that the common people need in their daily life. It is also the seven things that the common people rush about for their daily life. It is commonly known as the seven things to open the door. The arrangement and content of the seven things are very particular, all of which are related to China's long history of food culture.

Today, the meaning of the seven things to open the door is different from that of ancient times. In addition to referring to the necessities of ordinary people's families, they also refer to the "things" related to the people's vital interests.

Original intention

Ch á im ǐ y ó uy á NJI à NGC ù ch á 13; seven things necessary for daily life, commonly known as seven things to open the door. In menglianglu · Houpu written by song and Wu Zi mu, "if you can't build a house every day, you can't build a house with firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea." Yuan Dynasty Wuhan minister "jade pot spring" the first fold: "get up in the morning seven things, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea." Hibiscus, No.1, 1980: "what's bad in the mountains? There's food to eat, there's firewood to burn, there's cotton to grow, there's firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea, there's only one bag of salt the seven things to open the door are the seven things that the common people in ancient China rush about for daily life, which have become Chinese proverbs. From "opening the door" (i.e. starting the normal operation of a family or running a family to make a living), we can't do without seven necessities of daily life: firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea. Open the door seven things to remind the family of all kinds of necessities. the theory of seven things to open the door is generally believed to begin in the Song Dynasty. For people at that time, seven things were new. Rice was the main grain in Song Dynasty. It was only in the Song Dynasty that soy sauce was defined as soy sauce. Before the Song Dynasty, vinegar was still not a necessity. Tea was a luxury in the Tang Dynasty and even the Northern Song Dynasty, and it was not common. As for oil, it refers to the oil squeezed from sesame, perilla and hemp, which was popularized due to the development of handicraft industry and Commerce in the Southern Song Dynasty. the songs of many literati and refined scholars are all about the seven things of opening the door, and they are popular among the people. The arrangement and content of the seven things are very particular, all of which are related to China's long history of food culture. Today, the significance of the seven things to open the door is different from that of ancient times, mainly referring to the essential things that have vital interests with the people. When does the proverb "seven things to open the door" begin? It remains to be verified. In Meng Liang Lu written by Wu Zimu in the Southern Song Dynasty, eight things were mentioned, which were firewood, rice, oil, salt, wine, sauce, vinegar and tea. as wine was not a necessity, it had been eliminated in Yuan Dynasty, leaving only seven things. The seven things about opening the door came from the spoken language of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, it is generally believed that Wu Zimu was the one who created seven things. According to the records of the Yuan Dynasty book huhai Xinwen Yijian Xuzhi, there was a song people's saying: "Hu Nu Yan, Mo Jiao he, who is a man to eat on weekdays, the tortoise is still at home, the godmother is like that Zha! In the morning, there are seven things: spicy tea with soy sauce and salt sauce, silk in winter, and gauze in Luoxia. Don't you see that Zhang bazai in Huzhou has sold tens of thousands of hectares of good farmland, but now he's fishing for a toad. Two pieces of bone and buttocks can't be covered! " In addition, seven things about opening the door were mentioned in Yuan zaju "yuhuchun", "duliucui" and "baihuating". Among them, the "seven things" mentioned in "Liu Xingshou": "teach you to be in charge of your home or not, until you are in charge of your home, it's chaotic; get up early and open the door seven things, firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea." Thus, the "seven things" of the family leader's hard work for life are shown. In the Ming Dynasty, Tang Bohu pointed out the "seven things" through a poem "New Year's Eve kouzhan": "firewood, rice, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar, tea are all in other people's homes; there is nothing wrong in the twilight, and the plum blossom is seen in the bamboo temple." with the development of modern society and the improvement of people's living standards, seven things have been improved. In most areas of modern China, firewood has been replaced by petroleum gas, natural gas and gas. Rice, oil, salt, sauce and vinegar are still the main components of Chinese food culture, while tea has become a world-famous tea culture. On the other hand, the time spent on seven things is not as good as before. In the past, seven things took up quite a lot of time, but now the way to get and deal with them is becoming easier and easier.

Related Poems

During the reign of Kangxi in the Qing Dynasty, Juren Cha Weiren, who was named "Lianpo", wrote a book called "Lianpo poetry", which recorded a seven masterpiece by Zhang can, a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province: "music, chess, calligraphy, painting, poetry, wine and flowers." every piece of the poem was inseparable from it at that time, but now everything has changed. "Chaimi, youyanmaotai, vinegar and tea."

Other extensions

Chai, MI, you, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea can be surnamed a citizen surnamed MI in Zhengzhou wants to know the origin of the surname MI. mi Yuandao, a citizen, has studied the surname Mi to a certain extent. As far as he knows, the surname Mi originates from the official position. It is said that in the Western Zhou Dynasty, there was an official position called Sheren. The chief officer is the Sherin, and the official name is Sheren, commonly known as mishiling and susiling. His main duty is to take charge of the entrance and exit of nine valleys and six meters in the national treasury, which is under the jurisdiction of the local government. He was one of the important ministers in the Zhou Dynasty. Among the descendants of Sheren, those whose surnames are official titles are called Mi's, which has been handed down from generation to generation. in addition, there are other versions of the origin of the MI surname. One is from the descendants of Shun in ancient times, the other is from the descendants of Chu, the third is from the change of Chinese surnames in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the fourth is from the change of Chinese surnames in Manchu and other ethnic minorities. Ms. Mi knows that her surname is related to grain, but she doesn't know that there are many surnames related to grain. According to media reports, chaimi, oil, salt, soy sauce, vinegar and tea are all surnames. according to the dictionary of Chinese surnames, the surnames of Chai and MI are widely distributed in "Chai rice, oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar tea". according to the data reported by the media in 2010, the surnames Chai and Mi accounted for about 0.058% and 0.035% of the national population at that time, respectively. Oil, Shandong Province more than this surname, accounting for about 0.0028% of the national population. The surname Yan is distributed in Jiangsu, Sichuan and other places. the origin of the soy sauce surname is unknown, and it exists in Taiwan. Fufeng, Shaanxi, Chengdu, Sichuan, Taiwan, Shanghai and other places have surnames of vinegar. Tea as a surname has Cha and Tu, which are distributed in Yunnan Province.

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