As a vein of Chinese traditional culture, the rural proverbs are all the summaries handed down by the older generation, who believe them very much, but in the eyes of young people, they will be regarded as more traditional, pedantic and even superstitious. I don't believe in the so-called proverbs, but sometimes I feel that some proverbs are not unreasonable. After all, proverbs can be handed down and always have their meaning. Common sayings are one of the treasures left by our ancestors. Many common sayings have profound connotations, and even now, we have been using them.
Recently, I looked through the materials, sorted out some rural sayings and shared them with you, so that we can enjoy the literary treasures of an ancestor.
1. What's the truth of the rural saying: "You can't have meat on your cheeks, and you can't have meat on your face"?
In fact, this sentence means that if this person has no meat on his face, then you should not have too many contacts with him and cannot be friends with him, because this kind of person is not a good person. I believe that when watching TV series at home, or watching other film and television works, we will find a feature, that is, the bad guys are sharp-tongued and monkey-cheeked, as if those adulterers don't have much meat on their faces, and their faces are sharp and slender, which makes them look smart at first glance and smooth in handling things. This may be the common saying: "Two cheeks have no meat to hand over" characteristic image.
The second half of this proverb is "a man with a tough face". When you think of a tough face, everyone will think that he is definitely an evil villain. It's too late to retreat three feet, so it's terrible to say that if you have too much meat on your face, you're not a person you can make friends with. In fact, these two sentences are the recognition criteria taught by our ancestors to future generations, so we must think twice before making friends.
second, what's the point of the rural saying "My sister dies at a broken threshold, but my brother leaves my nephew and doesn't kiss her"?
In rural areas, the elderly often say, for example, "aunt, uncle" and "uncle, uncle's daughter-in-law". It can be seen that relatives are far and near, mainly because of blood relationship. In fact, it can be seen from many proverbs that blood relationship can determine the relationship between relatives. Just as the old saying goes, "the cow of my uncle's family is the head of my nephew's family" refers to the relationship between my uncle and nephew.
Therefore, relatives who are not related by blood seem to be far away. For example, an old saying in rural areas often says, "My sister's threshold for death is broken, and my brother's nephew is not close." This proverb means that if my sister is alive, the relationship with her brother-in-law will be very good, but once her sister dies, the relationship with her brother-in-law's family will fade and she will move less. Similarly, after my brother died, I had less contact with my brother's children and other descendants.
Third, there is a saying: Why do rural people say that "rabbits are poor and bees are rich"? Is there any reason?
First of all, let's take a look at what it means to keep rabbits in poverty. If anyone has ever kept rabbits, then they must know that rabbits are straight. Moreover, rabbits are vegetarians, so most of their food is grass, vegetable leaves, carrots and so on. Observing rabbits in reality, we will find that if there is forage in the rabbit's nest, it seems that rabbits are always chewing food and can't get enough to eat. In fact, in the rabbit's mind, they don't have the concept of being full. As long as there is food, they will keep eating until they die. Therefore, in the experience of raising rabbits, the saying of "poor rabbits" is left.
But it is not an easy thing to breed bees. Many beekeepers need to constantly migrate in the mountains in order to get more and better honey sources. Although this is to get honey, and honey is also the food of bees, although they don't eat much, but in order to raise young peaks. Moreover, keeping bees must follow a basic principle. For honey, the part that bees eat must be set aside. They also rely on honey to maintain their lives. Only by leaving enough food for bees can they safely collect honey and contribute more delicious food to mankind, so there will be such a saying.
In fact, "keeping rabbits poor and keeping bees rich" is based on the changes of nature. Each species has different living habits, just like people usually eat three meals a day, but some areas eat two meals. If you eat one meal every three days, it is inevitable that things will get out of control irretrievably, so you can live better by embracing nature and being close to it. Is that right?
fourth, what is the reason for the rural saying: "Speak of the devil and he will arrive"?
as we all know, at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the three countries were divided equally. At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the emperor was very young. One day, Dong Zhuo kidnapped the little emperor of the Han Dynasty, trying to "seize the emperor to make the princes" to achieve his goal of monopolizing power. Later, Dong Zhuo's move offended the people and caused public anger, and was finally killed by Lu Bu.
5. What's the reason for the rural saying: "Thunder strikes people in the first month and wheat piles in February"?
The so-called "people who thunder in the first month" means that if there is thunder in the first month, the year will be bad, and it is easy to encounter disasters such as floods, droughts and locusts, and crops will often fail. We know that in the past, farmers had nothing to do with going out to work, and they could only live by farming. Crop failure often led to farmers not eating enough, and they could only get together to beg for food. In serious cases, people may starve to death. If there is thunder in the first month, it can only show that the weather temperature is too warm, resulting in warm winter weather, which leads to pests in the soil not being completely frozen to death. This will affect the growth of plants in the next spring sowing, and will lead to agricultural production reduction due to pests and diseases, which will lead to starvation.
It is said that if the weather always thunders in February, it will be very beneficial to agricultural production. February is the solar term of the spring equinox. From the natural law, the awakening in February is that "everything is shocked and thundered". Most areas have entered the spring ploughing season. Lightning and thunder in this period are very beneficial to crops. Lightning can turn nitrogen in the air into fertilizer, and sufficient rain is also beneficial.
6. What's the point of the rural saying "I'd rather store it in a pot than let my stomach get full"?
This rural saying: "It's better to store it in a pot than let your stomach get full", which means that people should eat enough. If they can't finish this meal, they can put it in a pot and heat it up next time. Don't overeat your stomach in order to keep the food from being left. Of course, from the analysis of scientific theory, this proverb is also very reasonable, and it is in line with the way of keeping in good health. Because people who eat seven points full will be in good health, and if they eat until they are full, their iron appetite will be unbearable, and they will fall ill over time.
7. As the rural saying goes, "You don't look at your wife, but you look at your clothes." Is the ancestor's words reasonable?
The literal meaning of this proverb is: You don't have to look at whether a man's wife is virtuous or not, you can just see it from his clothes. The extension means: if he is clean and tidy and well dressed, it means that his wife is virtuous and capable; If you are sloppy and untidy, it means that his wife is lazy and does not do housework.
8. What's the truth of the rural saying: "Men don't go to Yue Bai, and women don't sacrifice stoves"?
The moon represents feminine beauty, mainly referring to Chang 'e. In rural areas, parents often teach us not to worship the moon on August 15th, and men should be masculine. You can't point your finger at the moon, where Chang 'e lives. There is also a saying in Xinrui Eco-local that a man named Yue Bai will divorce the husband and wife or separate the two places. In the farming era, no matter how busy men are, they have to go home for reunion on August 15th. Yue Bai, a man, explained in the local countryside that a man can only go to Yue Bai if he leaves forever and can't come back. Husband and wife together, the man Yue Bai, is bad for his wife.
In rural areas, most women are not allowed to participate in sacrificial activities, including offering sacrifices to stoves and ancestors. Sacrificing the kitchen stove is to worship the kitchen god. Every year, on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, God reports and returns to earth on the fourth day of the first month. In Du Taiqing's Kitchen Book, it is mentioned that "Kitchen God, surnamed Su, is named Geely", which is a fairy who conveys public opinion. In many rural areas, it is a custom to offer sacrifices to stoves. I hope that the kitchen god will put in a good word when conveying public opinion in heaven, "God will say good things and return to the palace for peace." In the local rural areas of Xinrui Eco-region, women are not allowed to offer sacrifices to stoves. Old people in rural areas think that women are feminine, which is not good for the kitchen god. They even think that women are dirty and can't participate in sacrifices such as offering sacrifices to stoves and ancestors.
9. What's the truth of the rural saying "Don't drink three drinks, don't walk three relatives"?
Don't drink three drinks, including: don't drink wine, don't drink urgent wine, and don't drink too much wine. During the Chinese New Year's dinner, friends and relatives will try to persuade each other to drink. Whether they can drink or not, they will find ways to let you drink, especially if you have already drunk a lot of wine. It is easy to get drunk when it comes to persuading people to drink. But some people can drink more, they start toasting before the food comes, and drinking on an empty stomach without eating is very harmful to the health, and it is very easy to drink too much. Therefore, you must do what you can when drinking, and others will not look down on you because you don't drink. If you are drunk, it will be a real shame. It doesn't matter if you drink, but don't drink the extra wine. Everything is for your health.
Three relatives who don't leave include snobbish relatives, relatives who don't keep their promises, and relatives who love to belittle others. After the year, everyone began to visit relatives from house to house, but some people are particularly snobbish, especially relatives with poor economic conditions, and always try to hide for fear of being borrowed. Because some people have limited financial conditions, many people will ask their relatives and friends to borrow money when they are in a hurry to use money. Since they are relatives and not outsiders, most people who have spare money at home will lend it to them, and the borrower said very well that he would guarantee when to pay it back, but often after borrowing money, he delayed it for various reasons and did not keep his word. Some people especially like to belittle others and compare their own advantages with others' shortcomings. In fact, relatives and friends have a general understanding of who is good or not, and for these relatives, they don't have to leave.
Note: Common sayings are colloquial and popular language units created by the masses in Chinese vocabulary and circulated in their spoken language. They are popular and widely popular stereotyped sentences, concise and visualized, and most of them are created by working people. Reflect people's life experiences and aspirations. Saying, also known as saying, saying, these three are synonyms. The word common saying has been widely used as a linguistic term; As the saying goes, it has the color of classical Chinese; As the saying goes, there is a colloquial flavor. Proverbs make people's communication more convenient and interesting, with local characteristics. Let's learn more about rural proverbs, which are the crystallization of the wisdom of the older generation and let this precious culture pass on.