As the saying goes, "People don't ask three times, don't eat four things, and touch them": the bottom line of the wise.
Chinese culture is broad and profound, from ancient times to the present there are many famous proverbs and classic proverbs, these ancient proverbs are often mentioned in our lives, and there are often some old people who like to talk about this topic, among which there is such an ancient proverb"Three don't ask, four don't eat, **touch"So what does this old proverb refer to?Let's find out.
Don't ask his age.
For the matter of age, people nowadays are not taboo to ask others, but in this matter, the ancient people were a bit of an exception, because in ancient times, asking the age of others at random is a kind of disrespect for other people at the dinner table, that is because they also pay more attention to the birth of the eight characters, so it is not common to ask everyone's age, and China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, so this kind of thing should be even more taboo. China has been a country of etiquette since ancient times, so this kind of thing is absolutely taboo.
People who don't pay attention to the details of the family business.
For this sentence, many people can understand it better, after all, there are some things in the family that are not suitable to ask more, especially emotional things, often feelings are two people's affairs, if you don't understand the situation as an outsider, it is easy to point the finger at other people's families is influential, and since ancient times,"Don't let the ugliness of the family be publicized!", so for many people in the family, the problem of the elderly is still relatively taboo.
Don't inquire about other people's family property.
Since ancient times, this is also a secretive thing, because all family property such things cannot be hidden, or because if some thieves know, then it is easy to have a bad impact on the family, so it is often particularly taboo about how many family properties in ancient times, so how many family properties in ancient times, others do not know.
Dogs can't eat it. Dogs are good servants and are very loyal to humans, so the aborigines consider eating dog meat to be a sign of immorality.
You can't eat goose.
This is because of the loyalty of the goose;If something happens to one goose, the other geese usually can't find another mate and eventually die of old age. The ancients believed that this was a sign of great loyalty, so they believed that geese should not be eaten.
Plough oxen cannot be eaten.
Because the role of the cattle is particularly important in the ancient agricultural society, and there was no technologically advanced mechanical planting equipment in ancient times, at this time the whole family can only rely on the power of the cattle to plant and harvest, so the ancients believed that the cattle brought great help, if you eat the cattle are also immoral, because the life of the cattle is to serve the people.
You can't eat fish.
Mainly because the fish has filial piety to the existence of this fish, because when the small fish is just born, the body of the fish will be very weak, basically in a state of waiting for death, at this time some small fish will swim to the mouth of the fish mother, so that the weak fish mother will survive, the ancients believed that this is the embodiment of great filial piety, so the consumption of fish is contraindicated.
You can't touch a carpenter's axe.
This is because, as a qualified carpenter, an axe is definitely better, and as a carpenter, an axe is certainly not a tool that can be enjoyed casually, because it can easily cause damage if it is not used properly by many people.
Scissors. The scissors needed for razors often need to be carried around in order to cut someone else's hair, and they can be easily misused or lost.
Sewing scissors. This also falls under the category of tailor-made, since the main use of an item at work certainly does not allow it to be taken away, such as the main catering tool.
A suitcase.
Because singles are generally alive, they generally carry luggage with them, everything they can take away, and often some valuables exist, so the ancients believed that the luggage of singles could not be moved.
Clearance documents. Since it has always been believed that men and women are not intimate, and the aborigines attach great importance to honor and chastity, and the chastity of girls is the most important, this is also an old taboo.
In fact, this idiom is also a very important existence in today's life, the bread here actually contains many people's practices, unlike many people, this is a taboo, it is actually respect for others, in fact, this ancient idiom can continue to this day There is still a certain truth.