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"The steps do not step on the double, and the wife is not halfway", what does it mean to step on the double and the half? Why?

author:First Sinology

China has a long history and culture, some colloquialisms have been passed down to the present, more and more play the color of culture, to its dross to take its essence, we also hope that life is more beautiful, those represent the foreshadowing of the exquisite, in the scientific materialist thinking deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, we still do not want to touch, so much exquisite, although people do not know how to explain, occasionally to these sayings cloaked in mystery, often ignore the charm of cultural inheritance.

Why not step on the double

Very early on, people left a lot of literary works for everyone, in everyone's life, there are a lot of number mysteries, such as the nine sons of the dragon are different, the emperor in ancient times called himself the nine five of the zun, these are singular, why? In ancient times, nine was the highest in the yang number, five was in the middle, and nine-five was the idea centered on imperial power.

"The steps do not step on the double, and the wife is not halfway", what does it mean to step on the double and the half? Why?

In Taoist thought, people living in this world, they should abide by the way of heaven and earth, the principle of yin and yang, ZengZi said, "The heavenly path is round, the authentic road is known as the square, the square is the circle and the circle is bright", the sky is the yang, the earth represents the yang, and the Confucians have improved the Confucian humanistic thought and advocated the unity of heaven and man according to the yin and yang theory of the I Ching.

Heaven is yang, earth is yin, yang is singular is one three five seven nine, yin is even number is two four six eighty, when building a house, people should represent yang between heaven and earth, many buildings in everyone's house are singular, the idea of the unity of heaven and man is so deeply rooted in the hearts of the people; the Taihe Hall of the Forbidden City is three large steps, the house of the Forbidden City is also singular, the five halls of Xi'an Huaqingchi, and so on, all of which all implicitly conform to the ancient people's idea of the unity of heaven and man.

China's house steps from ancient times to the present has been a singular construction, in today's research found that the construction of singular steps, the first step of the foot and the last step of the foot is the same foot, so more in line with the habits of the human body and more comfortable, it seems that the ancients pay attention to most of the life of the record.

"The steps do not step on the double, and the wife is not halfway", what does it mean to step on the double and the half? Why?

It is not half a year to marry a wife

In the old days of rural China, it was a very big thing to marry relatives at home. In "Blood Romance", Zhong Yuemin asked the little sheep why they herded sheep, and the little sheep said that "the sheep are herded to make money, make money to build a house, and then marry a daughter-in-law", in the folk life, everyone lives so simple and realistic, the pursuit of a good life is never out of date.

Marrying a daughter-in-law is so important, everyone must hope that when the house is completed, the double happiness will come to the door! How can it be a half-time? In ancient times, marrying a remarried woman is a half-way couple; marrying a second-married woman in feudal society, that era of great attention to women's chastity, is very disgraceful, a remarried woman has no chastity to speak of, the man's family will also be looked down upon, and it is also normal to have a wife who is not halfway.

"The steps do not step on the double, and the wife is not halfway", what does it mean to step on the double and the half? Why?

In ancient times, there was also a saying that wives were not halfway through, that is, they could not get married in the middle of a year and in the middle of a month. Every year in the lunar month of June, this time is before the autumn harvest, marrying relatives is to do a lot of work, rely on the days of eating in the sky, your family's grain is almost gone, how to feast on the villagers! The middle of each month is the fifteenth, the fifteenth is the day of the full moon, this day is the day of reunion, marriage means that it may be separated from the mother's family forever, contrary to the original intention of the ancient two families, and this day is the day of the ancient people's worship of God, this day of marriage, is not it disrespectful to the gods?

Marriage such a festive day, should be the two families rejoicing on the day, every half married, the heart will always feel strange, in the materialist today, everyone also hopes to get married such a festive day, left full of joy, even if do not pay attention to these, do not want to have any psychological awkwardness.

epilogue

In the face of these traditional cultures, everyone is now more concerned about the influence of psychological effects, life is always yearning for the good, everyone hopes that their life is healthy and smooth, the resident has his own house, health and peace, a lifetime with his companions, go to the dusk and evening, such a life should be a beautiful life, looking at these sayings, everyone should be more recognized in their hearts!

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