Chinese culture is broad and profound, with a long history, and one of the branches is the colloquialism.
The saying is passed down from generation to generation, word of mouth, and has been passed down to the present day, it comes from life, acts on life, so it involves a wide range of fields.
The saying I'm going to talk about today involves what people call "food, clothing, shelter, and transportation."
This proverb is called - "three in the family do not stay, glory never rests", the ancients paid great attention to "food, clothing, shelter and transportation", for the details of life involved, are very exquisite, of course, the meaning of this saying is also very simple and easy to understand, in line with the characteristics of the saying.
This saying can be understood as long as these three things are not left in the family, then you will enjoy the glory and wealth and never stop. Of course, the second half of many proverbs use exaggerated techniques, although leaving these three things will not necessarily lead to endless glory, but leaving these three things is considered bad.
So, what three things does the proverbial "three non-stay" refer to?
The first is the stump of leaves
As we all know, whether ancient or modern, people like to plant green plants in front of and behind the house, or even indoors. There are two major advantages to this, one is to clean the air, and the other is to decorate the environment.
If the plant withers and becomes a stump of leaves, not only will the above two major effects disappear, but also bring bad effects.
For example, plants spoil and pollute the environment, such as plant meteorological decay, affecting mood.
All in all, in the eyes of the ancients, decaying plants affect physical and mental health, and should be cleaned up and replaced as soon as possible.
The second is a broken dish
As we all know, the ancients paid great attention to table manners, and there was a lot of attention to the placement and use of dishes and chopsticks.
There is a saying in many places that broken dishes can no longer be used, and as for the reasons, there are the following points:
1. After the dishes are broken, the surface enamel is also damaged, which will make the food touch the inside of the dishes, then contaminate the food, and even eat some harmful substances.
2, most of the dishes are porcelain products, if broken, the corners will be very sharp, easy to hurt people by mistake.
3. The ancients also believed that it is better to be born poor than to be poor. In the eyes of the ancients, it was believed that beggars only used broken bowls, and if the bowls were broken, they would continue to use them, and they would feel a sense of decay, which is the so-called poor face.
Third, broken shoes
Regarding shoes, I have talked about another saying before: "I'd rather try a coffin than try a shoe."
The reason why the saying "do not try people's shoes" is that the ancients paid great attention to harmonic sounds, and "shoes" are homophonous with "evil", and the harmonics are not auspicious, so from this point of view, the saying is that broken shoes should not be left at home.
Beyond that, there is another explanation.
In film and television works, it is common for ancients to patch clothes, and have not seen shoes patched, because the ancients often wore straw shoes, grass shoes are broken, you can re-weave a pair of yourself, if the shoes are broken and continue to stay, it is considered a lazy performance.
Only hard work can make a fortune, and laziness can only sit and eat the mountains.
Of course, in the eyes of the ancients, they also believe that protecting the feet is very critical, and the reason why broken shoes cannot be worn again is that they have lost their role and cannot protect the feet well.
summary:
The saying has its own reason for existence, this saying "three in the home do not stay, glory never rests" is the same, to this day, for the ruined plants and broken rice bowls, the home can not stay, today's shoe-making technology, more advanced than ancient times, shoes can still be repaired and then worn.
Of course, for life to throw away things, more than that.
Many people will accumulate things in their homes, some things will not be used for ten years or eight years, or even a lifetime, and only put in the corner to eat dust.
For these things, whether to stay, should also be considered by themselves, some things eat ash, many years later has no value, can be thrown, but, it is worth noting, some things put aside to eat ash, over time will become antiques, such as some old objects in the countryside.