Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism, which in short, is an easy-to-understand, concise and concise discourse. Many sayings, through generations of people, word of mouth, handed down to this day, do not look at the literal meaning of the saying is very simple, but the connotation is extremely rich.
For example, what does the saying today's saying, "The front door is not lit, and the backyard is not lit"? What makes sense?
First, there is no light in front of the door
In many costume film and television works, you will often see the ancient deep house compound, a pair of lanterns will be lit in front of the door, even today, people will light up the lamps on the door. In ancient times, the pair of lanterns in front of the door were very exquisite, it was also known as "air wind lamp", commonly known as "gas death wind lamp", because such a lantern is not easy to be blown out by the wind, therefore, people jokingly call it gas death wind.
Of course, the ancients were more taboo to talk about death, and in some places, for the sake of Tujili, they would also call the lantern in front of the door as: "Begging to seal the lamp"
Careful friends will find that the pair of lanterns in front of the ancients will be written, so what is written? The two front door lights, on the one hand, write the surname of the person who lives in this house, and on the other hand, write the ancestors, ancestors once did official positions.
Therefore, the pair of lanterns in front of the ancients' gates are not only for lighting and embellishment, but also represent a family.
Second, the backyard is not lit
The second half of the proverbial sentence, it is worth noting that "backyard" and "hall", the ancient people's house, after the gate, is the hall, for the daily activities of the gathering of guests, also known as the hall, after the hall, separated by a hanging flower door, is the box room, which is what is called "backyard" here.
The second half of the proverbial phrase refers to the fact that the backyard is also in dim light, and the lights do not shine in the hall.
Third, the front door is not lit, and the backyard is not lit
Looking at this whole saying, there is a logic of carrying on from top to bottom, on the surface, if the lamp at the front door is not lit, the lamp in the backyard will not illuminate the hall. Simply translating this saying, the saying does not reflect logic, is not smooth, and makes people obscure.
Therefore, it is not possible to simply understand the saying literally, according to the above explanation, the "front door" represents the ancestors of the ancestors, and the "backyard" is the box room, where people live, representing future generations.
The deep meaning of this saying is that if the ancestors did not set a good example and demonstration, it was as if the front door was not lit. If the upper beam is not crooked, the posterity will also fall into darkness, just like the light in the backyard is dim and cannot illuminate the hall.
summary:
As the saying goes, often has the role of warning and admonition, the core spirit of this saying, is the construction of a good family style, from ancient times to the present, people are very concerned about the family style, there is a good family style, the family can prosper, without a good family style, future generations will do nothing.
Parents and elders, is the guiding light of children and grandchildren and descendants, good family style lies in inheritance, if the predecessors or elders do not do a good job, it is "the front door does not light the lamp", and then lead to the late birth of the younger generations, there is a kind of learning, it is "the backyard is not bright", there is no good family style, even if the family is rich, the whole family seems to be shrouded in darkness, over time it will decay, with a good family style, even if the family is surrounded by four walls, the whole family seems to be illuminated by the light, one day, future generations will be able to come out.
The above is the explanation of the proverbial saying "the front door is not lit, the backyard is not lit", do you think it makes sense? Comments are welcome.