Jiangxi Laobiao is the name that people in Jiangxi give to fellow people from the same province. It has also become a more affectionate name for people in Jiangxi by people from other provinces.
Jiangxi Laobiao, "Laobiao" is also written as "Laobiao", which has a certain degree of intimacy. Jiangxi laobiao has also become a more affectionate name for Jiangxi people from other provinces. In addition, some immigrants from Jiangxi to other provinces from the Ming and Qing Dynasties to modern times also maintained the title of "Laobiao".
In Hunan, northern Fujian, southwestern Anhui and other places, there are two academic theories about the origin of "Jiangxi Laobiao". One theory is that Hunan people believe that their ancestors are cousins ??with the ancestors of Jiangxi people, so they call Jiangxi people "Jiangxi old cousins". There is also a saying that the ancestors of Jiangxi believed in Feng Shui. In addition, they always carried a watch (an ancient compass) to help them grasp the direction during migration. Therefore, people from other provinces call people in Jiangxi "Laobiao".
Folk sayings of Jiangxi Laobiao
At the end of the Yuan Dynasty and the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, many areas in eastern Hunan were desolate due to war, and a large number of Jiangxi people moved into Hunan. Later, during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, a large number of people from Jiangxi moved in, and in some places, eighty-nine out of ten households came from Jiangxi. When these descendants of Jiangxi people who moved to Hunan returned to Jiangxi to pay homage to their ancestors, they liked to call the local Jiangxi people "old cousin", which means "cousin." This is the legend related to filling Huguang in Jiangxi Province, and it is also the most popular theory about the origin of the word Laobiao.
Taoism and Feng Shui have been popular in Jiangxi since ancient times. People from nearby provinces like to ask Feng Shui masters from Jiangxi to see Feng Shui. As a Feng Shui magician, dials are a must-have. People from other provinces call these Jiangxi Feng Shui masters "Laobiao" division. Over time, it was also used to refer to all Jiangxi people.