Sunday, September 18, 2016

New Start

New Start
In Chinese my name means a gorgeous pearl. It is a beautiful name, but it is very common in my home country. In the same school, there may be one or two people with the same name.
Even though my name is very common, I love it very much. My name was picked when I was born. I was my parents’ first child. When I was born, my parents started to choose the name for me. They thought girls are supposed to have a beautiful name, so my parents checked the dictionary and analyzed the meaning of the different names.

At last, they chose the name “Yan” and “Zhu” to combine together. “Yan” means gorgeous and “Zhu” means pearl, so they hope my future would be like a gorgeous peal and I could have a wonderful life. In the U.S., I always use my formal name not my nickname at school. I hope everyone can remember my name.

In addition, in many cities in my home country, some parents don’t like to name their children after the parents’ and their relationships’ name, but the siblings always have one same character in their names. Honestly, I don’t understand why my home country China has these traditions, but maybe one day I will research this and find out why.

5 comments:

  1. You have a beautiful name.  Yes, in China, children can not named after their parents and other elders. In our traditional culture, if you respect them, you do not have to call their name and take them the same name. This is very different other cultures.

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  2. Nice name, both name combined. Moreover, your american name is pretty cool as well.

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  3. Beautiful name and meaning. It was interesting to know that in China parents can't named their kids after another person. I didn't know that.

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  4. Beautiful name and meaning. It was interesting to know that in China parents can't named their kids after another person. I didn't know that.

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