Why can't I step on the threshold when I eat?

According to folklore, the threshold is the "neck" of the head of the household, and stepping on the threshold will cause the head of the household to choke, so stepping on the threshold is strictly forbidden. According to the literature, this custom has been formed before the Spring and Autumn Period. Avoid stepping on the threshold of the custom is still popular today, but has lost its original superstitious color, just as a traditional courtesy rules.

Legend has it that stepping on the threshold is bad for the feng shui of one's own home, and that the family god (some regional folklore believes that each family has a protective god). The custom of avoiding stepping on the threshold continued until the Qing Dynasty.

The reason why the threshold of Buddhist temples is built high is because of the deep meaning it contains. As long as you cross the threshold, you will leave the mundanity of the world behind, and you will feel the solemnity and sanctity of the Buddha's feet with a pure and good heart. The threshold of the temple is not to be stepped on, because the Buddha is very jealous of the feet, thinking that it is something dirty.

Eating taboos:

1, the most forbidden chopsticks vertical inserted in the rice

Customs, worship of the deceased souls, the chopsticks should be inserted directly into the rice vertically, in order to be enjoyed by the souls of the deceased. The reason is that this way of inserting the chopsticks has special instructions, which means that the bowl of rice is for the deceased. From a young age, adults would teach their children not to arrange them in this way, and this became the number one taboo when eating.

2, avoid knocking the bowl with the son

The former beggar begging, often with chopsticks knocked up the empty bowl, begging from door to door to attract people's attention. Knocking on the bowl with chopsticks has almost become the signature action of beggars.

So, children who are well-taught are told from an early age not to use chopsticks to knock bowls. Naughty little children who deliberately violate it are severely reprimanded by their parents and even punished. And adults who still have this kind of behavior will be regarded as less tutored.