As the saying goes: 'Men are afraid of character eyebrows, women are afraid of curved noses' What does it mean? Learn about

Traditional culture is extensive and profound, and common sayings are the folk culture that is closest to people's lives in traditional culture. As the saying goes, Tang Poetry and Song Ci have no rhythm, but they are catchy; exist.

Folk sayings are all-encompassing. As the saying goes, if you have the parenting experience inherited from your ancestors, if you want your children to be safe, you will be hungry and cold; there are folk funeral customs, filial piety, and the streets are filled; There are no nuns at the front door and no monks at the back door; there are also some seasonal rules, such as building a house in May, making people bald, and so on.

Of course, as a common folk cultural content, the art of knowing people has been valued by ancestors, so there are naturally many sayings. One of them is that men are afraid of character eyebrows, and women are afraid of curved noses. So, what does this sentence mean?

First of all, let's take a look at men who are afraid of character eyebrows

What this sentence says is that the ancestors thought that the eight-character eyebrows were not very good for a man. The so-called eight-character eyebrows mean that the eyebrows are relatively sparse, the tails of the eyebrows are relatively scattered, and the overall appearance is in the shape of a figure-eight. Ancestors believed that people with such brows were lonely, unhappily married and probably childless.

In this case, the ancestors said something a bit absolute, and there is no objective scientific reason.

But the so-called men are afraid of the eight-character eyebrows. In fact, the meaning behind it is that men are afraid of having no offspring. Even if they live in a wealthy life, if they have no offspring, it will be a tragedy in the eyes of their ancestors.

The ancients believed that a house full of children and grandchildren is happiness, and children and grandchildren around the knees are happiness. Therefore, in various folk customs, we can see people's prayers for many children and grandchildren. However, as time goes by, many will choose not to raise offspring. This way of life broke the traditional concept of the ancestors.

Look at the second sentence again: women are afraid of bending their noses

This saying says that what a woman fears most is finding a spouse with a crooked nose. This refers to a crooked nose, which means there are three crooked noses. The ancients believed that having three crooked noses indicated widowhood.

But in fact, this sentence is also a bit alarmist. Folks often say that life and death are determined by fate, and wealth depends on the sky. In our life, many things are not under our own control, especially life and death. Even the emperor who is rich in the world and full of power cannot control life and death. How can the impermanence of life and death be determined by the appearance of the nose?

The reason why the ancestors said this is actually because of the ancient destiny theory. The ancients believed that everyone's fate trajectory was determined by God. So the emperor should be the emperor, and ordinary people should be ordinary people. This kind of statement is very consistent with the rule of the ancient rulers, so they preached the theory of destiny.

And this saying that men are afraid of eight-character eyebrows and women are afraid of curved noses is actually influenced by the theory of destiny.

In traditional culture, folk culture is only one of them, and folk culture is often influenced by other cultural contents in traditional culture. At the same time, folk culture will also respond to traditional culture, making it easier for people to accept and spread these traditional cultures.