A large family in Chengdu, they are very particular about etiquette, and they are sincere and polite in entertaining guests.
Whether we are watching ** or watching TV series, we often encounter a word - big family.
What is a "big family"?
First of all, this is an old social term, and there is no title for "big family" in the new era.
Secondly, "big family" is a neutral word, which is different from the nature of "landlord" and "capitalist", because large families are not simply high social status and strong economic strength, but also usually scholarly families.
In the old society, the standard personnel of the "big family" included: master, housekeeper, maid, housekeeper, long-term worker, short-term worker and teacher (private tutor).
What was the standard of living of the "big families" in the old society? Below, let's take a look: a foreigner named Carl Mydans, a rare "big family" photographed in Chengdu in 1941**
Ordinary people in the old society slept on relatively simple and practical beds, but the beds of large families were "carved beams and painted buildings", which were very exquisite.
In 1941, a large family in Chengdu, although there were no kitchen appliances and running water, this was more than 80 years ago. Women from large families, hairstyles are still not out of fashion.
The lord of a large family, although he does not have a car when he travels, he travels in a sedan chair, and the person who carries the sedan chair is a family member or a long-term worker.
Big families are buying cloth, although the fabrics are not tall now, but ordinary people at that time were still wearing linen, which is already very good.
The ** who eats in a large family, the old man in the middle, is probably the old man. At that time, many women in the family were not allowed to sit at the banquet, and this family was quite enlightened.
Large families have old mothers, maids, and housekeepers to take care of daily family affairs, they have lived in the old man's house for a long time, and even worked in a large family for several generations, and do not worry about changing jobs.
Large households, which are distinguished from ordinary families, are not directly engaged in manual labor. ** is a store run by a large family, although it is 1941, but the store decoration seems to be very exquisite.
Unlike the evil landlords and capitalists, the big families not only have money and status, but also have a very high cultural accomplishment, and many of them are scholarly families. ** is a large household performing a family instrument.
Although it was still 1941, the young people of large families received significantly more education and social novelties than ordinary families.
The above 40s old ** is what the "big family" looks like in the old society. Now, 80 years later, everything has changed dramatically, and what was once a "big family" has become a historical term.