What does it mean to "marry a wife instead of a living wife and farm instead of a river beach"? Why?

China has been a big country since ancient times, and now it contains 56 different nationalities. Different nationalities also have different habits, and many customs are different. In rural areas, there have been many proverbs since ancient times. Many proverbs are convenient for people to remember and warn the world.

Today, let's talk about the rural saying "Don't marry a living China wife, and don't farm by the river". What does this mean?

Let's analyze the first sentence-don't marry a living China wife. To understand this sentence, first of all, we need to understand what "a living China wife" means. So "living Chinese wives" refer to divorced women in ancient times. Of course, there was no such thing as divorce in ancient times, because men are superior to women, so most of the time it refers to divorced women.

As long as it is a divorced woman, don't marry. Because in ancient times, people's thoughts were feudal, especially women had almost no status. This can be seen from the "three obedience and four virtues" that women have learned, so divorced women are definitely not allowed to get married.

If you marry a divorced woman, this family will be looked down upon and even laughed at by neighbors. So there is the phrase "Don't marry a living China wife" to remind the world.

"Don't plant land by the river" is easy to understand. Literally, we just don't plant riverside land. So what is the reason?

First of all, we should know that the land by the river is very unsafe, because there are often floods. After the Spring Festival every year, it enters the busy farming season, with constant spring rain and frequent rising of the river. As soon as the water rises, the land along the river will naturally be flooded first. So the land by the river is often flooded. Can we still grow crops?

No matter what crops you plant, it's no use! So there is a saying in the countryside called "Don't farm by the river". It can be seen from this that rural culture and the wisdom of farmers are very powerful. Created a simple and memorable proverb to remind and warn the world.