Sitting in the column is a small world for Hakka children to grow up. In the old days, the Hakka people's sitting column was like the Miao people's small basket, which accompanied the Hakka children through the toddler process.

Hakka sitting fence

For people who have lived in Hakka villages, when it comes to sitting fence, a vivid scene will emerge: inside and outside the house, or in the workplace, a child who has not yet learned to walk is sitting or standing in a wooden sitting fence, looking around curiously and listening to adults humming softly: "Ah, ah, full (! Pick vegetables in your sleep, pick a skin (slice), keep a skin, and stay until the day after dawn (tomorrow and the day after tomorrow) to marry full aunt (young aunt), full aunt to marry some son's back (behind the mountain), chicken and rice valley (the way of milling rice in ancient times), dogs tread on the cymbals (the way of milling rice in ancient times), and foxes burn fire cats.

the sitting column is generally 7cm high and square. The sitting bar is divided into three layers, consisting of sixteen relatively thick wooden blocks, and each layer is fixed with wooden blocks; For ventilation, the four sides are separated by several small pieces of wood. Each floor is divided into front and back parts, the back part of the bottom layer is empty, and the front is just connected with a few small pieces of wood to facilitate children to put their feet; The front part of the middle floor is empty, and the back part is supported by a big wooden block for children to sit down. A hole will be dug in the middle of the wooden block so that the baby's excrement can fall from this hole. The back part of the top floor is empty, and there is a wooden block in front to prevent the child's body from leaning forward. Moreover, a gap will be dug on the left and right sides of the top floor, and a wooden block will be set up so that it can slide between these two gaps. The size of that piece of wood is generally long, and a few holes will be dug in the middle to facilitate fixation, so that no matter whether a fat child or a thin child, it can be adjusted to make him sit comfortably.

Legend of sitting on the fence

According to legend, in the State of Qin, in order to train warriors who ride horses and fight bravely, generals tried every means to train their feet, but it was still unsatisfactory, because everyone's feet should be exercised from an early age. Later, a counselor invented the "sitting fence" and issued a letter asking all boys to use it from an early age. In less than twenty years, all the warriors trained by Qin were tall and brave, and soon Qin unified the six countries. Later, the production process of "sitting on the fence" flowed into the people and was used by large families to raise babies.

the function of sitting on the fence

before the 21st century, as long as there are children, there must be sitting on the fence. With the sitting bar, adults can easily feed their children with food. With the sitting bar, adults can put their children beside them to do other things. Of course, this sitting cage is not only used in the hall.

During the busy farming season, the long tail of the field is very busy. The male shovels the seedlings and the female plows the fields. In the shade of the field, there is also a sitting fence. The baby sometimes sits and sometimes stands, looking at the busy family. Occasionally, if a farmer passes by the seat bar, he will amuse the child, or pinch the child's red face, or help the child blow his nose.

The existence of sitting on the railing has greatly reduced the burden of taking care of children for Hakkas. Moreover, it is convenient to sit on the fence and clean it. If you urinate, you can use it again after washing it with water and drying it in the sun.

With a sitting bar at home, you don't need someone to hold it all day, you can sit and stand, and the bar is multi-purpose. Adults can save trouble and rest assured, and the baby is happy and free, and can exercise its independence from an early age. More importantly, it has magical effect, which can exercise the baby's foot strength and waist strength, reduce the occurrence of "O" legs and "X" legs, strengthen the baby's physique unconsciously, form a good standing posture, and let the baby learn to walk faster and more stably.

goodbye! Sitting on the fence

Many children in Hakka mountain villages grow up slowly in the fence. In this sitting column, the childhood of Hakka children and the warm sunshine in the mountain village are loaded. Nowadays, you may still find sitting bars in the attic of some old houses, but with the development of the times, all kinds of rocking cars, trolleys and walkers have replaced sitting bars, so sitting bars have gradually faded out of people's sight.