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What is the correct way to button clothes?

The number of buttons on clothes has its own rules, and according to folk tradition, the buttons on tops should generally be odd, not even.

According to the general interpretation of the I Ching, "a yin and a yang for the road", there must be yin and yang, there must be yin, this is relative. So the odd number is the yang number, that is, the odd number. And the relative even number is the even number, which represents the yin number.

So, since ancient times, the upper garment, for example, the buttons of the blouse are singular, that is, for the yang number, representing the meaning of great fortune. The relative yin, the clothes worn by the dead, are the ones that are made to have an even number of buttons. Symbolizing the need to go to the netherworld, this would be inextricably linked to our traditional cultural beliefs.

Clothes buttons buckle method:

1, stay above the two buttons, the right side of the clothes from top to bottom of the fourth eye on the third button, the rest of the sequential downward;

2, the first in the order of the normal buttons buckle, buckle to the fourth button, the empty two eyes, and then will be the seventh eye button on the second button!

3, a button under the collar of the dress is empty, starting from the second, after each button and then the following eyes to the top button.