In ancient times, Chinese people had a tendency of preferring boys rather than girls. And they think boys should be the person to learn, to work and to do some important thing, while girls should stay at home and learn to look after the family, do some embroidering and making clothes such kind of things.

And for boys, people think there are three most blessed events in the life. One is marriage, to find a kind-hearted and clever wife and then live a good life with her is the most urgent thing. And he second is to give birth to a child, has no child is one of the “three not filial things” and the most serious one. The last one is to pass the imperial examination.

As a man, he should bear the responsibility of supporting the family and making contribution to the country’s development. So there were a lot of Chinese men devote their whole life to pass the imperial examination to get an official position. Then, if you had a happy family with children, also you had a good career, then you life can be complete.