What is a Chinese Generation Poem?

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What is a Chinese Generation Poem?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: We name our children's middle name with a word from a Poem. All the children of the same sex from that generation is given the same middle name, then you can trace each generation from the middle name if you recite the poem. Mine and my brother is the word li for strength. My father and his sibling yun, and so on...