Since ancient times, there have been many folk rumors, like to link people's birth and fate, etc., of course, the most talked about is the relationship between birthday and health. For example, in the countryside, there has always been a popular saying, that is, men are afraid of before their birthdays, and women are afraid of after their birthdays. Although this sentence seems to have no basis in today's view, why does this sentence seem to be "a word" in the eyes of the elderly? How do you interpret the true meaning of this sentence?
"Men are afraid of life, women are afraid of giving birth" This life refers to the birthday, this sentence means that men are prone to illness or bad things before birthdays, while women are prone to illness or bad luck after birthdays, so is this really the case?
The claim that men and women die around their birthdays. In the past, the level of medical treatment was not so high, and the average life expectancy of people was relatively short. Birthdays in the countryside refer to the days of the lunar calendar, and the elderly will be one year less in the past year. When the birthday comes, the elderly will appear more worried, men are more likely to have trouble before the birthday, and women are afraid of accidents after the birthday.
The saying that men and women are born to show talent. In the countryside, there is a saying that if a boy is not born by full term, this sign is a good thing, because the boy will grow up to be talented. If a girl is full-term and has not yet been born, it proves that it will bring bad things.
In fact, I think that the rural saying is not just to express a meaning, take the title of the "male fear of life, women afraid of giving birth" this sentence, personally feel that it is not a single man and woman on the birthday before and after the taboo, more is to hope that children can take more care of the elderly, more concern for the elderly, do not just on the birthday of the day to filial piety, in addition to the birthday of the day, other times also need the care of children.