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What is the right owl?

Right-handedness (yT u rè n) is a feature that Hanfu has always retained, but it is not unique to Hanfu. Therefore, the right-handed owl has become one of the symbols of the Han nationality. On the contrary, the clothes of some ethnic minorities in ancient China were covered to the left, which was different from the right-handed people in the Central Plains and was called left-handed. Therefore, Zuo Zhou is used to refer to being ruled by a foreign country. Therefore, Confucius said: "Guan Zhong is a monarch, a tyrant and a conqueror of the world. Today, the people are blessed by it, but I will keep it." It means that without Guan Zhong, we would be slaves of different nationalities, dressed in left-handed clothes and with unkempt hair. In addition, Zuo Zhou is also used to refer to the deceased. In the murals buried with the dead and the portraits of ancestors, the left periphery is used to show the difference between Yin and Yang.

Right-handed people are not unique to Chinese cultural circles. Some ethnic groups outside the cultural circle of Chinese characters, such as Tibetans, Mongolians and Bhutanese, have worn right-handers in traditional costumes in history and even today. For example, the current king of Bhutan wears traditional clothes to meet the public. In the photo, he sees that his clothes are right-collared. Now the portrait of Genghis Khan and the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty are dressed in traditional costumes, but they are both right-handed. However, the illustrations in the Collection of History edited by Prime Minister Rashid clearly reflect that all Mongolians established by Mongolians in West Asia were married at that time.