Traditional clothes with buttons, why the number of buttons must be odd?

The clothes we wear have buttons more or less. The existence of buttons can make clothes more convenient and beautiful. Careful people will see that the pants on clothes are generally singular, and there are few even buttons. Because you think even buttons are unlucky, most buttons are singular.

Clothing was originally created by human beings to keep out the cold and ensure personal safety. Later, it gradually took on social and cultural characteristics, and the differences in customs and habits can be directly reflected in clothing. In the west of Jiangxi, there is a unique custom about clothes-buttons must be singular when making clothes.

It reflects the simple desire of local people to pray for food and clothing and a belief psychology of seeking money. It is understood that in the old society, many poor farmers in western Jiangxi longed for food and clothing, and clothes were a thing to keep out the cold. People had a natural recognition and dependence on them, and used strange buttons to pray for "food" and good luck.

There is a folk saying that "four or six is not a great instrument." Even buttons on clothes are taboo, and odd buttons on clothes are considered lucky. Buttons on clothes are the key to making clothes. When making ordinary clothes, choose different buttons according to the shape of the clothes, and the number of buttons often determines the length of the clothes. Usually, there are many buttons for long clothes, and these buttons have different meanings in attendance. The buttons that are often selected in different places are different, different.

Nowadays, although with the development of the times and the evolution of aesthetic value, people will design different button positions and quantities according to different styles when making clothes, even and odd.