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In the traditional literary works and the folk customof appellation, the relationship between brothersand sisters was usually used to express lovers'passionate affection and good wishes for having ahappy marriage, just as a widespread folk song inChina called Love Song of Lushengsings, "Brothers and sisters have a deep affection, as ifthe plantain grows from one root..." In fact, it is avivid description of the oldest custom that the kindredmarriages within the same clan were dividedaccording to generations. In such a family pattern,only the marriage of the linear relatives was excluded,like the marriage between an ancestor and his or heroffspring, or a parent and his or her child. Brothersand sisters with the same parents and cousins were allviewed as brothers and sisters in the same generation,so, they were allowed to get married.
