What do you mean by "five clothes", "six relatives", "nine families" and "eighteen ancestors" in culture?

First, five clothes: from the high-impedance to the five generations, it is called five clothes. Specifically: great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, father and himself, all the people who are related by blood within these five generations are relatives, that is, all the people who share a great-grandfather are relatives, and after taking the five clothes, they have no blood relationship and can get married.

Second, there is no specific conclusion about the six relatives, and there are mainly the following five kinds:

1 refers to father and son, brother, stepfather brother, stepfather brother, grandfather's uncle brother and consanguineous brother.

2, refers to the father and son, brother, aunt, nephew, in-laws, in-laws.

3, refers to the father, mother, brother, brother, wife, son.

4, refers to the father and son, brother, couple.

It refers to the sons of grandparents, parents, sisters, wives and brothers, stepmothers and daughters.

Third, the nine clans generally refer to: great-grandfather, great-grandfather, grandfather, father, oneself, son, grandson, great-grandson and great-grandson.

Four, the eighteenth generation of ancestors refers to the next nine generations of their own clan members, specifically:

The last nine generations: father, grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather, great grandfather;

The following nine generations: Zi, Sun, Great-Great Sun, Great-Great Sun, Lai Sun, Sun, Shang Sun, Yun Sun and Er Sun.