Chinese culture is broad and profound, and the working people of ancient China have created many ancient sayings with their own wisdom, of which "it is better to go north for a thousand, not to move a brick to the south" is one of many ancient sayings. The old man also often told his grandson, so how did this old saying come about and what does it mean? If you understand this meaning, you will get rich.
The meaning of the saying that it is better to go north than to move a brick to the south is that it is better to move a thousand meters north than to take a small step south, from which we know that the north is the place where people's hearts go, but the south is not. Why is there such a saying? First, let's talk about the background of the era in which this ancient saying appeared.
This ancient saying comes from the early years of the Tang Dynasty, before the Tang Dynasty, most of China's political and economic centers were in the north, and the capital was basically in Luoyang chang'an and other places, so for the ancients, the development of the north was more prosperous, the opportunities for development were more, and the space for development was also greater.
And the ancient people have a strong nostalgia complex, but also pay attention to the fallen leaves back to the roots, easy not to leave the hometown, so most of the people who are far away from the hometown are forced by life, some people are going out to be officials, some people are going out to do business, but more people are in their hometowns that have encountered droughts and floods and other disasters that cannot survive, so the family migrates.
Ancient transportation was not as developed as modern, and it was not easy for them to move with many packages, so they must find a suitable place to survive and not waste their efforts to move home. Therefore, the north has become the preferred place for ancient people to move, while the south is basically not considered for moving due to the lack of economic development.
However, in the last years of the Tang Dynasty, especially after the Anshi Rebellion, the economic development of the north and south began to change, and the south came to the fore with its superior climate, geographical location and rich resources, and soon became more than the existence of the northern economy.
In particular, the Zhejiang area is very rich, pottery, porcelain, silk is very developed, Sichuan is known as the country of heaven, has become a world-famous granary. The south also became a settlement of merchants, and commerce was very developed.
During the Southern Song Dynasty, paper money also known as Jiaozi began to appear in the south, because money was easy to carry, which further promoted the development of commerce, so the rapid rise of the southern economy, until today is still more prosperous than the north of China.
The saying that it is better to go north than to move a brick to the south can only be applied before the Tang Dynasty, and it is no longer applicable to the end of the Tang Dynasty, and today many young people choose to go south to start a business, because the connection between the south and the countries of the world is closer, and many factories are gathered in the south.
If it is a business, southern China does have greater development prospects than northern China. Of course, northern China, especially Beijing, is the political center of China, and many cities are also developing very well economically, especially in the northern cities like Jinan, the port city of Qingdao, etc. are all very good development.
It is hoped that China's cities, whether in the south or the north, will develop rapidly and can develop in a balanced manner, and only when the cities develop in a balanced way will China's society not decline in people's happiness index because of unbalanced development and excessive income disparities.
It is also based on this that many old people have told their grandchildren: It is better to go north for a thousand than to move a brick to the south, many young people do not understand what it means, in fact, as long as they understand, they can get rich.
At the same time, only when all the cities in China develop, will the motherland as a whole become stronger and stronger, so as to gain a firm foothold in the forest of the world's nations, and can we forever get rid of the sadness of backwardness and beating.