Subconscious Series 5 ~ Taboo (3)

Continued from Subconscious Series 5 ~ Taboo (2)

A person who practices witchcraft will silently recite the name of his enemy to curse his death. In Journey to the West, Tang Seng in order to control Sun Wukong , let the Bodhisattva put a tight spell on Sun Wukong's head, and silently recited the spell when needed, which made Sun Wukong unbearable and had no choice but to succumb to Tang Seng.

Legend has it that there was a man named Shi Gandang in the Tai'an area in the past. He was not afraid of ghosts and evil spirits, and he was able to eliminate violence and keep good people safe. In order to ward off disasters and evil spirits, later generations placed a stone on the wall of their house with the words "Shi Gandang" written on it. . So now, in order to develop tourism, Tai'an people simply get a stone and call it "Taishan Stone Gandang". It is very interesting for tourists to take it home, which can not only ward off evil spirits, but also make a souvenir. Including on the corners of many houses, there is a name of Taishan Shigandang written on it.

Human death is an extremely natural physiological phenomenon, but because people have emotions, there are corresponding substitute words for the death of different people, and avoid directly saying that they are dead. For example, it is called collapse, suddenness, birth, death, passing away, gone, ascended to heaven, went to another world, etc.

During some important ceremonies, the taboo on language becomes even stricter. In the past, language taboos for women were more stringent than for men in China. The extreme form of language taboos is called the worship of language spiritual objects, which are mainly various Taoist talismans and curses, including some incantations in Buddhism. This is called Extreme form.

In the Weishan Lake area of ??Shandong Province, young people get married and there are rules. It is required that on the wedding day, the groom cannot enter the bridal chamber during the day and cannot meet the bride. If he cannot help but meet the bride, he will become a strict wife in the future. Some people say that anyone who cannot help talking in the bridal chamber will be managed. Moreover, it is also stipulated that the daughter-in-law who leaves her parents' house must rush back to her husband's house before the Double Ninth Festival, otherwise she will make a big mistake.

There are also Shanxi provinces that do not allow girls to visit graves. This is also the case. In our place, we have to worship ancestors on the second day of the Lunar New Year, and there are some taboos in this.

There is a jingle in Shandong:

On September 9th, my parents died in my parents’ home, and my parents died after the Double Ninth Festival. Therefore, when the Double Ninth Festival is approaching, even if it is windy or rainy, you have to rush home with your children. If you encounter special circumstances and you really can’t go back, you have to find a neighbor’s house to stay temporarily. You must not stay there. In my parents' family, other people who rely on the lake for food are also taboo about these things. What are they taboo about?

When people go fishing in the lake around September 9th, they say: "March 3rd and September 9th, if you have nothing to do, don't walk by the lake," because experience has proven that September 9th always always It's going to be windy, so you can take shelter.

In this area of ??Shandong and Luxi, there are also many taboos in life. It is forbidden to knock the bowl when eating. Anyone who knocks the bowl will not eat. We here knock on bowls and chopsticks to beg for food for the rest of our lives, and then we will be poor, or we will be beggars.

In addition, when eating in a group, using chopsticks to knock on the table or bowl is a sign of scolding the cook. It is also taboo to place chopsticks sideways on the bowl. Young people think that this way of placing chopsticks is to worship the dead. The way to put it. It is taboo to turn the spoon outward when serving rice, as local people think this is a drain of wealth.

After a meal, you cannot go out to visit other people without washing the pots and pans. People in Liaocheng believe that if you bring the dishes and chopsticks to other people's homes at this time, you will destroy other people's jobs and have no food to eat in the future. Yes, I will be poor for the rest of my life.

People in Liaocheng are also taboo about eating food handed in through the window, saying that eating such food will make you choke to death, and then you will choke when eating. When pouring tea for others, it is taboo to point the spout of the teapot towards others, as this will not go smoothly and the guests will be dissatisfied. Meatballs should not be served as the last dish at a banquet for guests. If you say that the meatballs are served after they are served, you are said to be driving the guests away, and scolding the guests is commonly known as "get out of the meatballs." Don't turn over the fish when others are eating. It is commonly known as "Don't turn over the fish when you are a guest".

It is a taboo to eat when you are jealous, because being jealous means scolding and ridiculing others. Therefore, it is taboo to eat dumplings as the first meal when a guest enters the house, because dumplings are eaten when seeing off, so the guest is very He couldn't leave, and he was forbidden to eat noodles. He said it was against the guest's wishes and was impolite. There is a common saying of sending off dumplings and yangfeng noodles.

It is forbidden to eat noodles on the seventh day of July, as it is said that eating noodles on this day is good for continuous rain.

There are also taboos on clothing, which is popular among women. It is forbidden to have raw edges on the bottom of clothes. This form is a form of mourning clothing, which is used for mourning. It is preferable to have single buttons on clothes and avoid having double buttons. Four or six buttons are not good for wealth. ? If the clothes are torn or have buttons missing, avoid wearing them and sew them. Take them off to mend them. If you must wear them and sew them, the person being sewn should hold a piece of grass in his mouth. This way the needle will not prick you and bad things will not happen to you. Very interesting. Therefore, when people sew on their bodies, no one feels pain when they sew on their bodies, and no one hurts when they sew clothes on their bodies.

There are also many taboos about living. In ancient times, if a house was built in the fifth month, nine out of ten people would be bald. It is said that May is an unlucky month. Not only can you not build a house, but you cannot also dry mats, otherwise people will die at home.

There are also taboos when traveling. It is taboo to go out on gang days, that is, you cannot go out on the fifth, fifteenth, and twenty-fifth of each month, let alone stay outside. It is forbidden to go out on both days, such as when you are leaving. Three sixty-nine, good days.

Therefore, there are many taboos in language. For example, it is forbidden to say 100 years old. When a person reaches 100 years old, he can only say 99. Even if he is over 100 years old, he still says 99.

There is a saying in Shandong, including all over the country, "Thousand-year-old tortoise, ten-thousand-year-old tortoise, and 100-year-old hedgehog." It means that if you live to be 100 years old, you will become an old hedgehog. It is also taboo to say 73 or 84. They are the two major gates for the elderly. What are they called? It means "73 and 84 when the King of Hell does not invite you to go".

In addition, there are some special taboos. For example, in many places, the year of Jiazi is taboo, saying that the year of Jiazi is the year of the widow. It is taboo to get married, otherwise your husband will die.

Some people say that it is not good for women born in the year of Sheep. In 1984, the Jiazi Year of the lunar calendar, it was popular in many places to celebrate the New Year early. Some people celebrated the New Year from the first to the fifteenth day of August, and some from the first to the fifteenth day of October. Folks Many people celebrate the New Year, which means celebrating the New Year early in the year of Jiazi to avoid misfortune. There are two springs in a year, so it is forbidden to get married. There is a legend that "there are two springs in a year, and the roots will be cut off if the husband dies." Some people also avoid the beginning of spring within a year.

During the Spring Festival, there are even more taboos. It is taboo to call children by their names during the Spring Festival. Calling his name on New Year's Eve: firstly, for fear of disturbing the position of the ancestor god, and secondly, for fear that the deceased will be called. On the 30th day of the twelfth lunar month, avoid swearing or saying unlucky words. Don't pour the dregs of medicine at home to celebrate the New Year. Don't say bad words, angry words, or unlucky words on the first day of the first lunar month. If you say words like "die, break, break," etc., it will be unlucky. If the dumplings are broken, they are said to be earned. You cannot say that the dumplings on the first day of the new year are broken, otherwise it will be unlucky. Even if the dumplings are broken, they are still said to be earned. It means that when the children grow up, they can earn money and become capable. When it's over, say it's done. It is forbidden to visit the house on the fifth day of the first lunar month, and it is forbidden for a new daughter-in-law to leave her parents' house on the seventh and ninth day of the first lunar month.

These taboos in life and digital taboos are relatively common among various ethnic groups. In daily life, people often associate certain numbers with good fortune and misfortune. To be precise, it is called hermeneutics. From a scientific point of view, it is an inevitable relationship, a causal relationship, and a secondary correlation between things. relation. There is another kind of relationship called companionship, which means they are not together and happen by chance. Therefore, the so-called auspicious numbers are taboo against those unlucky numbers.

Then the translation of a book called "Miscellaneous Notes on Numbers" by Bian Yuling once wrote: Numbers also have their own troubles. Things that have nothing to do with them are always forced to be placed on them. . In the past, when people used letters to represent numbers, some numbers were written as words. For example, people used the English letter E to represent 5, 0 to represent 60, and W to represent 500. So 565 was written as WOE, which is exactly the same as the English word " Sadness” is spelled exactly the same. Therefore, people think that 565 is an unlucky number. The ancient Greeks and Hebrews even created a method to deliberately give the numbers represented by letters a certain meaning. This is the so-called "numerology". In fact, it is the same as "astrology", so I won't say more about it today. So we talk about cultural exchanges.

What is even more sad is that the deceptive nonsense of "numerology" is once again popular in China today.

Some people use a phone number like 8888168 like a charm - looking forward to "making hair, hair, hair, all the way"; some people regard 7424994 as the god of mourning, my teacher. Professor Han Xiangming 70471494, he told me that many people did not choose this number, so I chose it. I didn't see anything wrong with the old man. It seemed that he really used this number to say that his wife would die, his children would die, and his uncle would die. Nowadays, people seem to be accustomed to these abnormal cultures. In fact, numbers have nothing to do with hair or death.

(To be continued)