Has Happiness and Zuoyuezi
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Chinese people put their family in a very important position as they re-gard it as a means to keep the family blood stream continuously running.And the running family blood stream maintains the life of the whole nation.
That is why children production and breeding in China becomes a focus of all members of families.It is even accepted by them as an essential moral duty.There is a Chinese saying that of all who lack filial piety，the worst is who has no children.
The fact that Chinese people pay great attention to children production and breeding can be supported by many customary practices.Many traditional customs about preproduction of children are all based on the idea of children protection.When a wife is found to be pregnant，people will sayshe“has happiness，”and all her family members will feel overjoyed about it.Throughout the whole period of pregnancy，both she and the fetus are well attended，so that the fetus is not hurt in any way and the new generation is born both physically and mentally healthy.To keep the fetus in a good condition，the going-to-be mother is offered suilicient nutritious foods and some traditional Chinese medicines believed to be helpful to the fetus.
Zuoyuezi
When the baby is born，the mother is required to“zuoyuezi”or stay in bed for a month in order to recover from the fatigue.in this month，she is advised to stay at home and not to go outdoors.Cold，wind，dirty air，and tiredness are said to exert bad effect on her health and thus her later life.
