People will eat meat on their sixty-sixth birthday and eat sixty-six pieces of meat together. This is a folklore. In the past, the rural conditions were poor, and eating six or six pieces of meat seemed to be a big deal. At that time, most daughters bought a catty of meat or two catties of meat for their parents, and they would cut them into small squares and burn them. This figure should reach 66 pieces of meat. Now that the conditions are good, the custom of eating meat at the age of 66 still exists, but now some only children have sons, and everyone has a good time. Those who have no daughters are all relatives' parties. If they are 66 years old, everyone will give them more money to buy meat at the vegetable market and eat it at home.
What does the old rural saying "sixty-six, sixty-six, never die" mean? This is actually an old-age "hurdle" that a long-lived person has to go through when he lives to 66 years old; In the past, people's average life expectancy was around 30-40 years old. If they live past the age of 36, they will live their "primitive life". If they live to be sixty-six, they will live a long life.
The famous longevity figures in history are Confucius and Mencius in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Confucius, a great thinker and educator, lived to the age of 73 (nominal age), and Mencius, a great thinker and educator, lived to the age of 84 (nominal age).
As the saying goes, "7963 is hard to live", and it is even harder for people to live to 63 after their birthdays, and "66" is an auspicious number. It is not easy and rare for people to live to this lucky age. "Life is seventy years old", and it is even more rare for people to live beyond 70 years old.
"Sixty-six years old" is a hurdle for Leling people. Even if I can live past 66 years old, my digestion and mobility are not as good as before because of my old age. They are prone to physical problems and illness, but they usually lose weight when they are sick. Therefore, this is the meaning of "sixty-six, sixty-six, immortal" in rural areas.
Regarding several old people's hurdles, "thirty-three turns, sixty-six lives, and seventy-three lives without asking." . This proverb is relatively complete.
In order to live longer, people usually try their best to "crack" in order to live longer, which is also called "longevity"; Like "66", for good luck, the old man's daughter wants to buy pork for her birthday. It doesn't matter as long as the birthday boy has eaten pork. Today is my 66th birthday.
The common practice among the people is that a daughter (a daughter-in-law who has no daughter will do it) should buy six taels of meat on the old man's 66th birthday, live on two sides, pack 68 jiaozi, respect heaven and earth, and the remaining 66 old people in jiaozi will eat it in one day, so that the old people can live a long and healthy life.
Although people's life expectancy is longer than before, and there are many old people in their sixties and seventies, people are still jealous of those old people. There are still many people who live longer and have better luck. However, in some places, it is said that you will not live long. If you live too long, you will be remembered by Yan, but you will survive this old age and live a few more years smoothly.
This sentence means that there will be a hurdle when people live to 66 years old, which means there will be a disaster. Difficult, for young people, this sentence is too far away, and no one can tell what will happen in a few decades, but for rural elderly, they are particularly concerned about these old sayings. We care here and don't necessarily believe it.
In some places, in order to spend 66 years smoothly, they still have to eat their daughters' meat, which means that on this day, their long-married daughters will also come back, so we should pay attention to buying meat. They have to cut a knife, no more, no less, and it has to weigh six pounds and six pounds. It seems incredible, but for the butcher, cutting meat is very accurate. You said you wanted a kilo, and it would never exceed one or two.
Why did you eat your daughter's knife? The old saying in the countryside says, "Sixty-six, eat your daughter's flesh and live a long and healthy life", which is not the hurdle in my heart. In fact, there are many similar old sayings, such as "Seventy-three, eighty-four, Rebecca didn't invite himself to go", that is to say, for the elderly, sixty-six, seventy-three and eighty-four are hurdles.
Obviously, there is no guiding significance and no basis, that is, the ancients were idle and careless. For example, the reason why seventy-three and eighty-four are a hurdle is related to the sage Confucius and Mencius. Confucius lived seventy-three years and Mencius lived eighty-four. Besides, a saint can't even pass 73.84, what's more? Pass it on, it will become two hurdles, but it is completely unfounded.
1) The rural elderly take this opportunity to meet their busy children.
Nowadays, many rural people are not as old-fashioned as everyone thinks, but some customs are still adhered to although they are unfounded, not because they are afraid of it, but because they want to take this opportunity to meet their relatives.
Just say sixty-six, you want to eat your daughter's meat. You just want to take this opportunity to see your long-married daughter. There are many old people living alone in the countryside now, and their children are not around. They haven't been back several times all year round, and finally they are looking forward to coming. The day of the party is also in a hurry. You just said that it's New Year. When their children come back, they will always have a few days' holiday, and most of the time they will get together with their classmates and friends outside to really accompany them.
I calculated it carefully. Young people from rural areas, about 30 years old, can sit down and chat with their parents for more than two hours a year, hardly more than five times. For the elderly, they are not afraid of any obstacles in life when they are old. They are afraid that their children are not around, and they are afraid of loneliness. Therefore, some customs left over from the old saying seem to be particularly concerned and insist on living.
2) The old saying is actually to remind the elderly that when they are old, they should accept their fate and take care of themselves.
In fact, there are many old sayings in the countryside to remind the elderly to pay attention to their health. The old saying that can best reflect the physical changes of the elderly should be "8 o'clock on June 7, five years", or "50 don't pay, 60 don't pay, 70 don't stay, and 80 don't sit". That is to say, after 50, people's health is getting worse year by year, and when they reach 60, January is worse than January. 70 is calculated by the day, and 80 depends on the time. People have to accept their old age and do things at any age. Don't be forced, they can't carry the burden, and they are still holding on if they can't plant the land.
Conclusion: For young people, understanding these old sayings is actually a side view of the living conditions of the elderly in rural areas. If the old saying can make young people pay more attention to the elderly, then the old saying has its real meaning.
This means that when a person reaches 66, it is a dangerous age. Both men and women, after the age of 60, all the organs of the body have worn away for more than half a century. In other words, people after the age of 60 face a hurdle, and they can't get through without paying attention. Sixty-six years old may be the first hurdle in life, and the next seventy-three, eighty-four are the second and third hurdles in life. Because we rural people have a saying that 73.84 is a thorn in the side of Yan Ye.
In our countryside, as long as children reach the age of 66, they will buy their parents red belts or red socks. It is said that red represents good luck, and red also means good luck. In fact, it is a child's heart to his parents. Children hope that red can bring health and happiness to their parents. When parents reach their sixty-sixth birthdays, their children will definitely hold a lively family birthday party for their parents. On this day, sons and daughters-in-law, daughters and sons-in-law, and grandchildren all sat together to have a peaceful and happy birthday for the elderly.
For us rural people, the number 66 is an auspicious number. Why are people so taboo about being 66? In our local dialect, sixty-six years old means "hanging danger", which means the same as seventy-three and eighty-four. Although people's life is better now and the average life expectancy has been prolonged a lot, we all know that the living standard has improved, the incidence of "three highs" has also increased, and there are more and more cancer patients in rural areas.
In rural areas, especially after the age of 60, the elderly belong to the high incidence of various diseases, many people die of various sudden diseases, and various cancers are also targeted at this group of people. Just over a month after the Spring Festival, three people in their 60s died in our village. Only one of these three people died of cancer, and the other two looked strong and healthy during the day, but died at night. It is said that they all died of a heart attack, and all three were under 66.
There is also a custom here in our hometown: if you have a daughter at home, you must buy a knife of meat for your parents on their 66th birthday. A knife of meat is preferably six pounds and six ounces, but it is difficult to be so accurate. But whether it's just six pounds or six ounces, you can cut as much meat as you want. You can't add the short ones, and you can't subtract the many ones. This is what we often say here, sixty-six, eat girl meat.
With the improvement of people's awareness of health care, people aged 66 now look very young. Especially women in their sixties, if properly maintained, still look so youthful and beautiful.
This is actually an old-age "hurdle" that a long-lived person has to go through when he lives to 66 years old; In the past, people's average life expectancy was around 30-40 years old. If they live past the age of 36, they will live their "primitive life". If they live to be sixty-six, they will live a long life. The famous longevity figures in history are Confucius and Mencius in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. Confucius, a great thinker and educator, lived to the age of 73 (nominal age), and Mencius, a great thinker and educator, lived to the age of 84 (nominal age). As the saying goes, "7963 is hard to live", and it is even harder for people to live to 63 after their birthdays, and "66" is an auspicious number. It is not easy and rare for people to live to this lucky age. "Life is seventy years old", and it is even more rare for people to live beyond 70 years old. "Sixty-six years old" is a hurdle for Leling people. Even if I can live past 66 years old, my digestion and mobility are not as good as before because of my old age. They are prone to physical problems and illness, but they usually lose weight when they are sick. Therefore, this is the meaning of "sixty-six, sixty-six, immortal" in rural areas. Regarding several old people's hurdles, "thirty-three turns, sixty-six lives, and seventy-three lives without asking." . This proverb is relatively complete. In order to live longer, people usually try their best to "crack" in order to live longer, which is also called "longevity"; Like "66", for good luck, the old man's daughter wants to buy pork for her birthday. It doesn't matter as long as the birthday boy has eaten pork. Today is my 66th birthday. The common practice among the people is that a daughter (a daughter-in-law who has no daughter will do it) should buy six taels of meat on the elderly's 66th birthday, live on both sides, pack 68 jiaozi, and respect the world. The remaining 66 elderly people in jiaozi should eat it in one day, so that the elderly can live a long and healthy life. Although people's life expectancy is longer than before, and there are many old people in their sixties and seventies, people are still jealous of those old people. There are still many people who live longer and have better luck. However, in some places, it is said that you will not live long. If you live too long, you will be remembered by Yan, but you will survive this old age and live a few more years smoothly.
Sixty-six, sixty-six, don't die What does this mean? Rural slang is vivid and exaggerated, which is not necessarily true and effective. The purpose is to warn people to pay attention and achieve results. When a person reaches the age of 66, it is a hurdle and a great difficulty. Even if you die, you have to peel off a layer of skin and lose a piece of meat. This hurdle is very sad, he can only rely on technology and skill, but after passing it, he has to peel off the skin and lose the flesh. It is difficult to emphasize that he must handle this matter carefully.
In the past, science and technology, especially medicine and medical treatment, were underdeveloped, and many diseases, especially epidemics, could not be effectively tested and treated. Therefore, in the past, the average life expectancy of people was not high, and they lived to 60 years old, so did the poor and the rich, regardless of the rich and the poor. It's different now. Greatly improved. To a certain extent, spending money can cure diseases and buy back health. So people now generally live longer than in the past, with an average life expectancy of over 70 years, so life expectancy is no longer 70 years. In the past, emperors and princes didn't live long. Confucius and Mencius lived a long life, one was seventy-three and the other was eighty-four, so now some people say: seventy-three, eighty-four, the ghost king invited himself. Based on the comparison of longevity between Confucius and Mencius, the purpose is to warn people to pay attention to healthy life.
Sixty-six, don't die. 66 is a great success, 66 is auspicious, but why does 66 become a hurdle in life and a psychological obstacle? February 2, March 3, April 8, May 5, June 6, July 7, August 8, September 9, etc. are all special and important, and those special and important are more distinctive, more attractive and alert, and conform to the characteristics of psychological thinking. 60-year-olds live a long life, so be more careful in the future. Sixty-six is the most reasonable metaphor. People's health is closely related to their mentality. How to solve psychological problems? Rural people have traditions and habits. When they marry a woman, they will go back to their parents' home to celebrate their parents' birthday. Daughters go back to their parents' home to celebrate their elders' birthdays, and there will be no presents empty-handed. On her sixty-sixth birthday, my daughter will prepare a bigger piece of meat as a gift, because at sixty-six, no piece of meat will die. The same kind of meat can make up for the falling piece. This is filial piety and wishes to parents! After this, the mind is barrier-free and peaceful and happy. Understand this, there is no psychological burden, psychological problems don't have to be a big deal, otherwise, people who are not sick will worry about getting sick. But when people are old, they should pay attention to health and physical and mental health. It is right to prevent diseases.
There is a custom in rural areas that "when a person reaches sixty-six, he must eat his daughter's flesh with a knife", which means that when he reaches sixty-six, he is close to the end of his life, which is also a hurdle. If he wants to spend it safely, he must have a piece of his daughter's meat. This piece of meat is not a girl's meat, but a girl's meat bought from a vegetable market. The weight of this piece of meat is 6 Jin 6 Liang, which mainly represents good luck.
In the past, because medical equipment was not distributed, the various functions of the elderly declined and they were prone to illness. Besides, they are poor and their average life expectancy is short. It would be great if they could live to be 66. In the past, rural people were a little superstitious, fearing that they would not live long after 66, so there would be some ideas to do something for themselves at this age, get a piece of meat to sacrifice to the terrifying, and let the terrifying eat and live for a few more years.
In modern society, our living standard has improved, and people's health awareness is also relatively high. Coupled with the great progress in science and technology and medical care, our average life expectancy has been much higher than that of previous people. Some common things left over from the past have also been handed down. For example, when the elderly reach their seventies and eighties, the family will hold a big birthday celebration for them.
Nowadays, many children leave the elderly to go out to work, and they can't see the elderly for a year. The health of the elderly is getting worse every day. We still have a lot of time, but the old man has little time. No one knows when the old man will leave.
In fact, this proverb is personally considered to be the filial piety of the daughter to the elderly after marriage. After marriage, my daughter, like an outsider, has no time to visit the elderly. When the old man is sixty-six, he can buy a piece of meat for the old man, and at the same time, he can visit the old man and be filial.
The above is a personal answer.
"Sixty-six, not a piece of meat will die" is the experience summary of people's life span in the old society. Since "life is seventy years old", sixty-six is not far from seventy. Even if you are alive and in poor health, you can live to 66 years old.
In the old countryside, people in their forties have wrinkles on their faces. Some of them have stooped down and made a fool of themselves, lacking medical treatment and medicine for various diseases. If they are sick, they will have to wait for death.
At that time, there was no western medicine hospital below the county level in rural areas, and there was no western medicine. Only rural Chinese medicine, acupuncture Chinese medicine, and then pray to God.
At that time, the average life expectancy of people was very short, and there were many hurdles in life. The infant mortality rate is very high.
There were smallpox and measles in childhood. A bigger plague, encephalitis.
Young adults were better, but infectious diseases such as tuberculosis were incurable at that time.
People in their forties are particularly taboo about age. Such as 49, 59, etc. You should wear a red belt every nine years. People of many ages, such as 66, 73 and 84, care.
Sixty-six, sixty-six, don't die What does this mean? Rural slang is vivid and exaggerated, which is not necessarily true and effective. The purpose is to warn people to pay attention and achieve results. When a person reaches the age of 66, it is a hurdle and a great difficulty. Even if you die, you have to peel off a layer of skin and lose a piece of meat. This hurdle is very sad, he can only rely on technology and skill, but after passing it, he has to peel off the skin and lose the flesh. It is difficult to emphasize that he must handle this matter carefully.
In the past, science and technology, especially medicine and medical treatment, were underdeveloped, and many diseases, especially epidemics, could not be effectively tested and treated. Therefore, in the past, the average life expectancy of people was not high, and they lived to 60 years old, so did the poor and the rich, regardless of the rich and the poor. It's different now. Greatly improved. To a certain extent, spending money can cure diseases and buy back health. So people now generally live longer than in the past, with an average life expectancy of over 70 years, so life expectancy is no longer 70 years. In the past, emperors and princes didn't live long. Confucius and Mencius lived a long life, one was seventy-three and the other was eighty-four, so now some people say: seventy-three, eighty-four, the ghost king invited himself. Based on the comparison of longevity between Confucius and Mencius, the purpose is to warn people to pay attention to healthy life.
Sixty-six, don't die. 66 is a great success, 66 is auspicious, but why does 66 become a hurdle in life and a psychological obstacle? February 2, March 3, April 8, May 5, June 6, July 7, August 8, September 9, etc. are all special and important, and those special and important are more distinctive, more attractive and alert, and conform to the characteristics of psychological thinking. 60-year-olds live a long life, so be more careful in the future. Sixty-six is the most reasonable metaphor. People's health is closely related to their mentality. How to solve psychological problems? Rural people have traditions and habits. When they marry a woman, they will go back to their parents' home to celebrate their parents' birthday. Daughters go back to their parents' home to celebrate their elders' birthdays, and there will be no presents empty-handed. On her sixty-sixth birthday, my daughter will prepare a bigger piece of meat as a gift, because at sixty-six, no piece of meat will die. The same kind of meat can make up for the falling piece. This is filial piety and wishes to parents! After this, the mind is barrier-free and peaceful and happy. Understand this, there is no psychological burden, psychological problems don't have to be a big deal, otherwise, people who are not sick will worry about getting sick. But when people are old, they should pay attention to health and physical and mental health. It is right to prevent diseases.
What does this folk jingle mean? What's more, it is still in the countryside, and it is easy for people without any medical knowledge to say it.
In ancient times, because common sense and knowledge of life were passed down from generation to generation, the old people had rich life experience, so what they said was reasonable. With the development of civilization, knowledge depends on learning. After more than ten years or even longer study, we can master the experience accumulation and knowledge crystallization of our predecessors. People with higher education, regardless of their age, have the right to express their opinions on this.
As far as medicine is concerned, the right to speak is in the hands of people with formal medical education and constantly updated knowledge, not in the hands of villagers in the mountains. Medicine is very professional, so you should listen to professionals, not such folk slang.
Why are there such wild words as "sixty-six, sixty-six, don't die"? Because in the past, people's life expectancy was not high, and their life expectancy was 70 years. Because of the epidemic of infectious diseases and malnutrition at that time, many people did not live to be 66 years old.
With the development of medicine, the average life expectancy is now close to 80 years. Only 66-year-olds have just retired, and many professionals are still working at the age of 66. With the further extension of retirement years, people aged 66 may still be working in the future. In the United States, the age at which the elderly enjoy medical insurance is 65, and the age at which they receive full social security is 67, which makes many people work until they are 65-67.
The improvement of life expectancy is one of the great achievements of modern medicine enjoyed by our generation, and it is also the place where we are luckier than our ancestors. When we hear the phrase "66, 66, don't die", we should be more grateful for the progress of modern medicine.