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What do you mean by the bucket and dustpan on your finger?

The bucket on the finger represents a circular grain, and the dustpan represents a non-circular stripe.

The elder took the child's hand and said, "One bucket is poor, two buckets are rich, three buckets and four buckets sell tofu, five buckets and six buckets open a pawnshop, seven buckets and eight buckets are officials, and nine buckets and ten buckets enjoy happiness." This proverb is different in different places, but it is very popular among the people in our country. Whether living in a remote country or living in a luxurious city, almost everyone has broken their fingers when they were young to see how many buckets and dustpans there are, and it is inevitable to lose a dustpan. If two buckets are secretly pleased.

As the saying goes, the "dou" (circular pattern) and "dustpan" (non-circular pattern) on fingerprints hide the password of wisdom and wealth, and even determine a person's poverty. Legend has it that many great men in history, such as Qin Shihuang, Han Wudi, Emperor Taizong, Wu Zetian, Kangxi and so on. Even ten fingers are buckets or dustpans, which is called "gifted".

According to the mode of heredity, fingerprints can be divided into three categories.

1, with obvious lines.

It's just visually visible lines. Such as paint, blood, ink and other items stained by hands, are usually printed on fingerprint cards as basic information.

2. Modeling line

This refers to fingerprints found on soft substances such as candles and clay.

3. Potential fingerprints

This kind of fingerprint is the fingerprint line formed by the transfer of sweat and other natural secretions of human body, which is not easy to be found by the naked eye and is the most common fingerprint at the crime scene. Fingers first touch grease, sweat or dust, and then touch clean surfaces, often leaving potential fingerprints. Although these fingerprints are invisible to the naked eye, they can be revealed by special methods and special chemical reagents.

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