If the rice bowl can't be poured, why can the medicine bowl be poured? What's so particular about this?

China is a country with traditional etiquette. Since ancient times, we have always respected and paid attention to etiquette. There are many table manners, one of which is not to eat your rice bowl upside down. Why?

It has been a tradition in China since ancient times that if you hold the bowl upside down, it is very unlucky, just like the grave hat, so you can't hold the bowl upside down, which means you don't have to eat any more.

When eating, you should also pay attention to the bowl. First, you should lift the bowl, put your thumb against the edge of the bowl, and hold the bottom of the bowl with four fingers. This is called indomitable spirit. Second, don't hold the bowl with your palm up when you end it. This action is a bit like begging. Third, don't put the bowl on the table when eating, don't knock the bowl with chopsticks when eating, and only knock the rice basin when begging along the street. Fourth, don't put chopsticks in a bowl, which is disrespectful to others. Fifth, if you accidentally break the bowl, you should say that it is safe and auspicious.

At the same time, bowls are meaningful. In China, people call having a job a "rice bowl" and a regular job an "iron rice bowl". A bowl can hold delicacies and simple meals, which shows that people are poor and humble, rich and immoral. Also, this bowl can hold both spirits and white water, which means that people can go up and down flexibly. If there are guests at home, you can meet the needs of each guest and do your duty well. After the guests leave, they can also put them in the cupboard, telling us that people can go to the lobby and return to their original positions. Holding this bowl well means that we can be good people and do our jobs well.

Then, if it's a medicine bowl, it's different. Nobody wants to get sick, and nobody wants to drink medicine. After drinking the medicine, the bowl fell down, indicating that the disease is coming soon. The upside-down medicine bowl means that the curative effect is quick, and it will be fine if you drink the medicine.

So different bowls have different ways to end bowls. We must pay attention to it in our daily life. If you do it improperly, you will not only be laughed at by others, but also make your life and work not smooth.