Traditional culture has a long history, and the colloquial culture in it is a precious wealth left to us by our ancestors. The colloquial saying is not only the wisdom experience summed up by the ancestors of the people, but also the window of our traditional culture, and even the colloquialism contains a wealth of thoughts, cultures and emotions that belong only to our nation.
There is such a folk saying that "men are afraid of women with heavy eyes and feet, and women are afraid of men facing the wind with both ears". So, what does this sentence mean? Why did the ancestors have such a view?
It's easy to say.
"Men are afraid of women with heavy eyes" means that men are afraid of marrying a "woman with heavy eyes and feet". And "heavy eyes swinging foot woman" refers to the eyes are often pressed very low, and the feet are always dangling. The old ancestors thought that such a woman was very frivolous. The ancients believed that a woman must smile without showing her teeth, have a steady manner, have no unexpected behavior, etc., such a woman is the style of a virtuous wife and mother.
There is a folk saying that "men are poor and women are shaky", which also means that both men and women must be dignified.
And "women are afraid of two-eared windward men" refers to women who are most afraid of marrying a man with two ears facing the wind. The old ancestor once said, "Two ears forward and facing the wind, destroying the family assets and ancestors", which means that if a person's ears are attracted to the wind, he will not only destroy the wealth of the family, but even the wealth accumulated by the ancestors will not be saved.
Therefore, what women are most afraid of is to marry such a loser.
But in fact, the so-called beckoning ear, in our modern cognition, is only a kind of appearance. There is not much connection with his wealth and poverty.
In fact, the old ancestors' statements generally stem from people's cognition of "destiny".
In ancient times, people's general production conditions were relatively low, and people's material conditions were relatively scarce, which had a certain impact on people's cognitive level, and also created conditions for the birth of such sayings as "men are afraid of heavy eyes and feet, women are afraid of men facing the wind with both ears".
Especially after the birth of "Zhou Yi", people began to associate the so-called fate with these philosophical cultures, becoming the most unique existence in our traditional culture.
Especially in ancient times, emperors would also use this way to consolidate and maintain their rule, so in such a cultural background, the saying that "men are afraid of women with heavy eyes and feet, and women are afraid of men with two ears facing the wind" can gradually be accepted and recognized by people.
In summary, such sayings as "men are afraid of women with heavy eyes and feet, and women are afraid of men with two ears facing the wind" are actually only a one-sided cognition of the old ancestors.
Although we often say that "phases are born of the heart", we think that a person's appearance will generally be the embodiment of his heart. Although there is some truth in such a statement, after all, a person's psychological activity, under normal circumstances, is difficult to cover up.
Moreover, a person's behavior and external temperament will also be affected by a person's living environment. For example, in general, people with some life experience will see from a group of people which one has been a leader and which one has always been an ordinary working person. This is the influence of the living environment on a person's external temperament.
However, if we can judge a person's future wealth and poverty from the appearance of a person, such statements and assertions are actually an unrealistic and wrong view.
Although sayings like "men are afraid of women with heavy eyes and feet, and women are afraid of men with two ears facing the wind", it is more one-sided. But from these sayings, we can see the ancestors' views on life, as well as their cognition and attitude towards fate, and even reflect some of the ways of thinking of the ancients.