As the old saying goes, "Aunt and uncle are relatives; Cousins are not called relatives. " Why are aunts and uncles different?

There are many old sayings in China, which have been handed down in the long history of China. Some old sayings do have a certain philosophy, and even now, they are of great guiding significance to us, while some old sayings are purely feudal culture, and some dross should be discarded.

For example, whether this is a cousin or an aunt's cousin, the old people all say that the cousin is a relative, and the aunt's cousin is not a relative. I don't think this statement is good, at least for people nowadays. Because both aunts and cousins are our relatives and relatives, we can judge according to our own feelings, and we can't say that it's not good to kiss someone just because we are aunts and cousins.

Why did people say that in the past? Because in the past, people thought that the transmission of blood was carried out between men, and the words of aunts and cousins generally represented relatives on the father's side, that is, relatives on the mother's side, so it was precisely because of the concept of past residence, the concept of youth travel and the concept of blood transmission that people thought that ancient expressions seemed to be more intimate with their own blood relationship, but in fact, we all know that this is not the case now.

China's culture is a mixture of many factors. In the long history, it is mixed with many things and has different meanings in different historical dynasties and times. Especially for modern people, our scientific and technological development has liberated our minds, and we should not pay too much attention to many things that were not very good in the past. Inheriting excellent traditional culture is what we should do and what we should carry forward.