In Jinan, when two people have a special relationship, they will call each other "Lao Ba", that is, brothers mean as big as brothers in the Water Margin. When they were young, it was what Jinan's daughter-in-law often said. Therefore, the "old eight" culture has become a unique culture in Jinan and even in the northwest of Shandong, and the "old eight" emotion has also become a unique emotional factor for Jinan people and even Shandong people.

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Because "ba" and "ba" are homophonic, Jinan dialect is used to calling them "sworn brothers", which means a way to show closeness because of similar interests. Some individuals or groups based on common interests become brothers and sisters by kowtowing, exchanging positions, drinking blood and wine together and swearing to heaven. Over time, I called "Lao Ba" the meaning of "sworn brothers".

"Becoming sworn" originated from the story of "Three Oaths in Taoyuan" in the Three Kingdoms Period, in which Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei became brothers. Later people worshipped it and then imitated it. Those who attend the worship are called brothers and sisters, which means to live and die together, to share happiness and hardship.

With the changes of the times, social environment and people's thoughts, this form of mutual care, support and help has different forms, contents and functions, forming a close and complicated social relationship between people.

Everyone in Jinan knows that you had a friend named Lao Ba when you were a child.