Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. The sayings are easy to understand, concise and concise, taken from life, acting on life, involving a wide range of fields, some of which are related to the treatment of people in the world, for example, today's sentence "seven things are not sent, send talents empty", what does this saying mean? Does it make sense?
As we all know, the mainland is a country of etiquette, and gift-giving is a way to express the relationship between people, and there is nothing wrong with gift-giving itself. People often say: "etiquette is still exchanged, coming and going is not incivility", gift-giving is mutual, depending on the relationship between each other, the core of gift-giving, not in the value of the gift, but in the heart of the gift, therefore, people also say "gifts are light and affectionate", in addition, people also say that "gifts are not strange".
For the choice of gifts, it is a relatively deep knowledge, which requires people to pay attention to everywhere in their daily lives, so what are the taboos of gift-giving? What cannot be given as a gift, as the saying goes, is that there are seven things. They are:
1~4, clocks, shoes, pears and umbrellas
The ancients paid great attention to the details of life, and for some good omens in life, people liked to hear. The harmonic sounds of many things have been given beautiful meanings, such as the harmonic sounds of "bat" and "Fu", which mean that the blessings come from the east, such as the harmonics of "gourd" and Fulu, which means that Fulu is both complete.
Even today, people still prefer the numbers "six" and "eight", but relatively dislike the number "four", because "six" means six or six, and the harmonic sound of "eight" is "hair", which means Wishing you prosperity.
Like a good harmonic, figure an auspicious, this is not to blame, but also reflects people's yearning for a better life, therefore, in the gift, the choice of gifts, pay attention to a good color head, to avoid touching the moldy head.
Looking back at these four gifts, "clocks, shoes, pears, and umbrellas," they all have a bad harmony:
First of all, the clock, the "bell" in the clock, the harmonic sound is "final", and then with the word "gift", the bell is not the end! The second is shoes, the "shoes" in the shoes, the harmonic sound is "evil", sending shoes means sending evil, giving their own evil qi to others.
Then there is the pear, people sometimes send fruit when giving gifts, and people will also choose fruits with a better meaning, such as apples that mean peace and security, oranges that mean auspicious wishes, red dates that mean early birth of noble children, etc. What is the meaning of pears? Jin Shengsi in the Ming and Qing dynasties once wrote a couplet: "Lotus seed is bitter in the heart, pear is acid in the abdomen", and the "pear" in the couplet is consonant for leaving the child, representing the separation of the wife and the child, sending the pear, that is, "sending away"
Finally, there is the umbrella, and it is clear that the "umbrella" in "umbrella" is the harmonic sound of "scatter", which, like pears, has the meaning of separation, which is not auspicious.
The above are some gifts with bad harmony, it can be seen that in the choice of gifts for gifts, we must try to avoid bad harmonics to avoid others.
5. Candles
Why is candle also listed as one of the taboos for gift-giving? There is a poem that has been sung through the ages, "The wax torch turns into gray tears and begins to dry", because in this poem, the candle has a sad and tragic meaning. In addition, the main thing is that the ancients used candles, in addition to lighting, but also used in worship, memorial and other scenes, therefore, sending candles is generally not accepted by people.
It can also be seen from this that when giving gifts, the choice of gifts should also take into account the use scenarios of gifts.
6~7, fish tank, wallet
Due to the limitations of ancient scientific civilization, the ancients were relatively superstitious, and fish tanks and wallets were considered to involve feng shui and money. The fish tank is filled with water, in the home feng shui, the placement of the fish tank is also a lot of exquisite, in ancient feng shui, there is a "water master wealth" saying, therefore, the fish tank also represents the personal fortune.
In ancient times, people would use coins to ward off evil spirits, even today, in some rural areas, people will also use the "Five Emperor Money", why can coins ward off evil spirits? It is the ancients who believed that coins circulated in the yang, tossed and turned countless times, touched by countless people's hands, and were extremely yang. Wallets are also known as purses, which were used to hold coins in ancient times, so there are also some exquisite ones, which also represent personal fortune.
If you give away a fish tank or wallet, doesn't it mean that you will transport your wealth to others?
The above is the seven non-sending in "seven things are not sent, and the talents are empty", do you think it makes sense? Comments are welcome.