There is an old saying in the folk, "Don't be scared of ghosts, only half of the water is scared", what does this mean? For most people, it may be a little incomprehensible, or even superstitious. However, for thousands of years, the legends about ghosts and gods have continued, and even many things that are difficult to explain by science have been classified as ghosts and gods. Like Newton and Einstein, in their later years, they began to study theology. In other words, it still has some value.
Many folk tales seem to be relatively absurd, but they can make people fearful in their hearts and restrain their behavior, which is probably the meaning of the doctrine of ghosts and gods. I remember that Confucius also talked about ghosts and gods, and there were several ideas that were mentioned a lot, such as "respecting ghosts and gods and staying away", "worshipping gods as if gods are there", "failing to serve people, how can you serve ghosts", etc.
Confucius's attitude towards ghosts and gods is actually an attitude we have now, both awe and distanceHe advocated not blindly believing in ghosts and gods, nor taking a buying attitude to worship, but to put more effort into practical actions such as loyalty and filial pietyThis attitude is seen as a "duality", i.e., not talking about ghosts and gods without denying their existence
The most important point is to put more effort into practical actions and not to indulge too much in ethereal things.
What does it mean to "not be scared and scurry"?
The older generation believes that the seventh month of the lunar calendar is the ghost month, and when the ghost door is wide open on the first day of the seventh month, the ghosts will run around, that is to say, they will run around. Of course, this statement is too hypocritical and ethereal, because we can't see or touch it, but why does it invisibly form pressure?
This is because of the influence of traditional thinking, I have heard some legends about July since I was a child, and many people will have a fear psychologically, thinking that there will really be ghosts.
But in fact, this statement is more of an expression, people in the middle of July, should pay attention to protect themselves, at this time, the climate is changeable, in addition, the rain may be more, plus the busy farming, must be optimistic about their children, to ensure their safety.
What does it mean to be "only half shocked"?
Surprise, we can understand it as worry, water, here is talking about rain, falling is rain, half, refers to the seventh and a half months, that is, the fifteenth day of the seventh month of the lunar calendar, people are more worried, there will be a situation of rain on the fifteenth day of July, why worry about the rain at this time?
July 15th Midyear Festival, why are you afraid of rain?
In the early days, the ancients found through the observation of celestial phenomena that there is a certain law in the annual rain, just like the spring rain, which will be more lasting, so in autumn, that is, on July 15, if it rains, it is easy to cause a situation of rain and rain, and it is easy to form floods.
Moreover, there are many agricultural proverbs about the rain on July 15, which also corroborate this point, such as "July 15 thunders and thunders, and the heavy rain is full of flat field ridges", "July 15 falls into a ditch, and the drizzle of cattle drizzles to autumn", "There is no rain on July 15, and there is no frost on October 15". And so on, these have all mentioned, if it rains on July 15, it will have an impact on the follow-up.
From a practical point of view, the rain on July 15 and the subsequent rain will have a great impact on crops and crops, because at this time, it is just the time of harvesting, which means that the harvest will not be too smooth.
Finally, for the older generation, they are naturally not afraid, some ethereal ghosts, but more worried about the reality of the situation, for example, the crop harvest is not smooth, too much rain, for the follow-up impact, this is what people are more worried about.