During the Chinese New Year, the younger generation will kowtow to their elders to pay New Year greetings.
There are also many rules for kowtowing and saluting, which does not mean that kowtowing is considered as a courtesy to people on any occasion.
To kowtow to others is to kowtow to people who sit down normally, which is considered as a respectful etiquette.
Go to your elders' home and see them resting. Don't kneel and kowtow.
Folk proverbs are a microcosm of the social form at that time, and every proverb has stood the test of time.
The following two common expressions are analyzed and explained in detail to avoid the adverse effects caused by taboos.
Avoid expressing the wrong meaning with your own mind, causing great misunderstanding and affecting interpersonal relationships.
First, people don't kowtow when lying in bed.
In ancient times, there were many red tape such as three worships and nine knocks, and kowtowing was also a sign of etiquette.
On different occasions, we should adopt different manners according to the object we are in.
In the past, young people in ancient times had to kowtow and bow to their elders, and they also had to kneel and bow.
In addition to seeing the elders bow down and kowtow every day, they should also bow down and kowtow when offering sacrifices, praying for blessings and offering incense, and the same is true for the deceased.
People will stay in bed before they die, and they will stay in bed when they die.
So when lying in bed, you can't kowtow to the people in bed.
This violates the taboos of our ancestors, who think it is a curse and a disrespect for people.
There was a very strict hierarchy in ancient times, and people were divided into different grades.
People with lower status will also be despised in life.
In addition, people with lower status should kowtow to their elders and people with higher status.
Especially when worshipping ancestors and gods, you should kneel down, kowtow and burn incense.
It means that you should worship your ancestors, bless your family's safety and make their life better and better.
Bowing down and kowtowing is also a kind of significance to the spiritual sustenance of ancestors.
I hope to bow down and kowtow and let the gods protect themselves.
In ancient times, after someone died, they had to kowtow and bow before the bed.
Never kowtow when the living are lying in bed. It is also unlucky to kowtow to the living.
When someone is resting in bed in daily life, don't kowtow to others in front of the bed.
Kowtowing to people in bed is the same as kowtowing to the dead, which will make people angry and bring unnecessary disasters to themselves.
Bow and kowtow to the people in bed, so that those who rest in bed will feel disrespectful.
It will also show great dissatisfaction, so that it will treat others in an extreme way.
Second, people climb trees without shouting cows.
Cattle, an animal, gives people the image of diligence and hard work, so cows also imply the spirit of tenacious struggle and hard struggle.
In many cases, cattle have replaced the mature labor force. Using an ox to describe a person also means that this person is strong and powerful as an ox.
In the vast industry, there are often cattle people working hard.
Especially in ancient times, there were not as many means of transportation as there are now, making it difficult to travel.
In the past, people made kayaks out of animal skins and used kayaks to cross fast-flowing rivers.
In kayaks sewn with animal skins, only people with great strength can blow them up.
In the process of kayaking, people with strong body and good lung function will not have symptoms of qi deficiency.
Up to now, some people use bragging to describe themselves as particularly capable and capable.
Now that the child has scored a satisfactory score, he has achieved ideal results and gone home.
Parents will give a thumbs-up and praise their children for being awesome.
Giving encouragement makes people more confident, and it will also make children work harder in the future, trying to break the boundaries and break through themselves.
Everyone will be more confident in doing things because of others' praise.
Praise a person when he sees that he is doing better, and he will work harder.
People should be careful when climbing trees.
At the same time, the speed of climbing trees should also be slowed down, so as to make yourself safer.
When someone tells this person that he is awesome under the tree, the people on the tree will climb the tree faster because of complacency.
In this case, it is particularly easy to fall down because of climbing trees too fast.
Summary:
Similarly, when someone climbs a tree, he is praised for his fast climbing and strong climbing ability.
It will make people feel more proud and climb faster and higher in the praise of others.
People all know that climbing trees is dangerous. If you are not careful, you will fall off the tree and cause fracture and death.
Some people won't praise him when climbing trees.
Cow here also means that this person is excellent.
Praising him at this time will increase the risk factor and lead to accidents.