What does the monkey's long horn mean?

1. Now we often say that someone is making a fool of himself, which means that someone is embarrassed, joking in front of others and describing some people as embarrassed and not paying attention to reality.

2. There are usually two ways to trace the etymology of monkeys.

3. The first one is interpreted as showing the appearance of foreigners, which is unreasonable and strange.

4. The traffic in ancient China was not as convenient as it is now, and the communication between countries was not as frequent as it is now.

Many times, the ancients thought that only people in China were normal.

6. Therefore, it is often surprising and even frightening to see or hear the faces or news of people from other places by chance.

7. They think that foreigners are monsters born by animals such as cats and dogs, which are weird and ugly, and even eat people.

8. Therefore, when the ancients cursed or insulted others, they usually used the word "make a fool of yourself".

9. The second statement interprets making a fool of yourself as humiliating China people in a foreign country other than China.

10. Since modern times, China has started to open its doors, and exchanges between China and foreign countries have become more and more frequent.

1 1. But at first, due to the long-term closure of China, many people knew nothing about foreign countries.

12. When they come to a foreign country, they are extremely uncomfortable and often make some hilarious low-level mistakes.

13. These negative news spread to China, and some nosy people often said that they went abroad to embarrass China people, just to make a fool of themselves.

14. In Xia Yan's practice of emancipating the mind, studying hard and practicing hard, reading more books won't make a fool of yourself. Just learn some basic knowledge.

15. In Xu Huaizhong's "Anecdotes of the Western Front", there are also female soldiers in the class. Some people advocate treating it as a male soldier and pushing people's heads.

16. Some people think that would be too embarrassing.

17. In fact, no matter what kind of statement it is, it is related to China's lack of communication and interaction with foreign countries in the past and its ignorance of other countries' cultures.