As the saying goes, 'Those who have a thick face and a thin body are blessed, and those who are thin and thick will be poor forever'? Ancestral knowledge of people

The traditional culture is extensive and profound. As a part of traditional culture, folk proverbs are the most valuable experience and knowledge left to us by our ancestors. As the saying goes, people can't look good, and sea water can't measure. Ancestors believed that knowing a person, judging by his appearance, could easily be biased.

Looking at people from the outside is an act of peeping at leopards. However, folk people are never tired of this kind of knowledge. Their ancestors summed up many popular proverbs for this. For example, there is a folk saying that a man is judged by his nose and a woman is judged by his mouth, and that he will be rich and poor all his life.

In addition, there is such a folk proverb that knows people: a person with a thick face is blessed with a thin body, and a person with a thin face and a thick body will be poor forever. What exactly does this sentence mean?

Literally, the ancestors believed that if a person's face looked rougher, matching a relatively weaker figure, it was a sign of luckier. Once a person only looks delicate and delicate, but has a rough body, it shows that this person's life is generally not very good.

So why did the ancestors say this?

In my opinion, there are two reasons for this statement .

The reason why the ancestors said this was firstly determined by the living environment at that time. Because it is in the farming era, most ordinary people must go to the fields to farm if they want to have a good life. When working, you must experience long-term wind and rain, facing the loess in the ground and facing the sky every day, and your skin is ravaged by wind and frost. The ancients did not have the concept of sun protection, so the skin on the face naturally became rough, and sunburn was inevitable. Because of long-term farming and hard work, the figure has become slender. Therefore, the ancestors believed that such a hardworking person would definitely gain something. After all, there is a reward for giving.

And the sentence that the face is thin and the body is thick will be poor for a lifetime, that is to say, if a person is of ordinary background, but does not work hard, he stays at home all day with nothing to do. Then, it must be a lifetime of poverty.

Second, this sentence is related to the ancestor's concept of destiny.

The so-called concept of destiny is that the ancients believed that the misfortunes and fortunes of a person, life and death, and the misfortunes and fortunes of a country are all predestined and unchangeable. Ancient rulers used this concept to strengthen their position.

People think that their destiny is determined by God, so they will find the characteristics of each person to connect with their destiny, and want to explore their own destiny, so as to seek good luck and avoid bad luck.

Therefore, the characteristics of each individual will be given different meanings. For example, the nose is considered to be associated with wealth. Even, people also consider geographical factors, so there is a saying that people from the south place great emphasis on the Heavenly Court, while people from the North place great importance on the Pavilion of the Earth.

But as mentioned earlier, some folk proverbs often lack strict scientific guidance, and are generally based on the life experience of ancestors. So many proverbs are one-sided. We often say that fate is in our own hands, no matter what kind of appearance we have, we will have our own brilliance.