What are the taboos of China people?

China people's taboos about their own bodies;

The people of China just try to stay away from those sacred authorities and unclean dangerous bodies, of course, for the purpose of self-protection. They are afraid that the human body with more mysterious power will hurt their own bodies through contact, vision and sound transmission, which is a taboo for the human body outside itself. In addition, people also believe that they need to take some taboo actions on their bodies to further ensure their physical safety. ?

Naked taboo?

In China, people are forbidden to expose their bodies. Except that children can run around naked,

Adults should never expose their bodies to others. There is a folk saying that "men don't show their umbilicus, women don't show their skin." It may be because of the concern that men are too hot to do heavy physical work, or because of the consideration of sensitive areas of male upper body asexual stimulation, so the restrictions on male upper body exposure are not too strict. For women, the strictness of the requirements is amazing. In the old society, women were ordinary people, with good family circumstances, and hid in boudoir since childhood. As the saying goes, "you can't get out of the front door, you can't get out of the second door" and stay at home all day. This means nothing more than hiding the face and hands that are difficult to wrap from outsiders. Because the nudity of any part of women will produce "sexual attraction", which will cause male lust and lead to disaster. In The Legend of Meng Jiangnv, Wan Xiliang jumped into Meng Jiangnv's house to avoid the hard work of building the Great Wall, and happened to see her bare arm while playing with water. Therefore, Meng Jiangnv had to become Wan Xiliang's wife. From this point of view, the root of nudity taboo is not only impoliteness or ambiguous relationship between men and women, but also deeper belief root. That is, while others see their naked bodies, their souls are taken away, possessed and controlled by this person. In this way, the naked person has completely lost the ability to defend himself, and can only rely on taking this person away. However, this deep-rooted thing changed its appearance and became more hidden under the influence of feudal ethics. Until now, when people mention a person, someone will always say proudly and confidently, "He, I have seen him!" " "I know him!" "We are best friends." "We have been bathing in puddles since childhood. "Wait, you can still vaguely feel him saying," I have him! " "The concept of possession, of course, belongs to the possession of the soul! The more familiar he is with his face and body, the more firmly he grasps his soul! ?

Skeletal taboo?

Because it is believed that the witchcraft effect of the soul can be absorbed and controlled by watching, there were many body images in ancient China. Bone is one of them. Wang Fu's Notes on Qian Fu. "Xiang Lie" says: "People have their bones, but things still have their shapes." Wang Chong's Lun Heng. "Ancient Fragrance" says: "The way to deal with joints is to judge people's lives by examining their skin." Wang Chong also cited examples of Fan Li's going to Vietnam and Liao Wei's death in the State of Qin. He said, "The King of Yue is a man with a long neck and a long beak. He can find * * *, but not * *. " "The king of Qin is a man with long eyes, cunning speech, a little kindness, and a wolf heart ... you can't make friends with him." They all grasp the evidence of each other's souls through physiognomy and occupation, thus avoiding it. It can be seen that there are skeletal taboos such as "long-necked beak" and "long eyes and long eyes". Once the common belief principle of ominous bones is established among the people, it applies not only to others, but also to themselves. So, if you have a bad omen, you will also be afraid of yourself. Of course, this phase theory is idealistic, but there are still many believers among the people. This situation was pointed out long ago by Xunzi, a thinker in the Warring States Period, in Xunzi's No Pictures. He said: "People are known for their good fortune and bad fortune, which is called by the world; The ancients had nothing, and scholars had no way. " He also cited many examples to prove that the physiognomy method is not credible, pointing out that "it is better to have a heart-to-heart talk." It can be seen that the taboo of physiognomy belongs to folk beliefs, and the superstitious fallacies have long been seen through by discerning people. However, the existence and development of folk beliefs have not stopped and changed because of the awareness of a few wise men, and physiognomy beliefs are still developing and continuing in an increasingly complicated way. The folks have "the upper body length, assisting the king; Short upper body, shallow blessing ","long upper body, sitting in nave; The saying that the lower body is long and busy. This is flattery. There is another saying: "The upper body is long and the lower body is short. Not eating is laziness. "This is a common saying that workers cherish themselves. Although the two statements have different positions, they also have similarities. It reflects different taboos in different positions on the same face, and it is also a special case of mutual belief. In short, the people still believe in the aura of bone method. "Bone method is like Lu, and the color is good or bad. For strong-willed people, people usually call them "hard bones" and "backbones". The Journey to the West's white energy changed from a pile of bones to a human form, which is also evidence that China people believe that bones are spiritual. In Water Margin, Song Wu buried his brother with bones, and today's mourning for his old friend is pinned on his ashes and so on. This is also related to the belief in bones and spirits. Because people have faith in bones and gods, in superstitious activities, people with bad bones become taboo objects, and people with bad bones are also deeply jealous and try their best to change their bad luck.