Why is your mother's uncle the oldest?

As the saying goes, "when the sky thunders, there is a grandfather underground", which means that "grandfather" has supreme prestige and status among all relatives, all over the world. So where does this statement come from, and what role does my uncle have to make my status look so high?

In fact, the lofty status of uncle embodies a system established by the people for thousands of years-'uncle power'! So what exactly is' Uncle Power'? To solve this puzzle, we must first know which relative the' uncle' in folk customs refers to.

Uncle, also called uncle, uncle, uncle, etc. , refers to the mother's brother or younger brother, the ancients often called it "family", and the formation of "uncle power" was attributed to two systems in ancient society.

First, matriarchal clan society, because women occupy an extremely important position in collection and production, has formed a clan commune with women as the link. Because of the foreign marriage system implemented at that time, children lived with their mothers, which also created the image of no father and no husband. At this time, the uncle in the matriarchal clan is equivalent to the father in the family and becomes the closest male relative of the children, so the uncle has certain power over anything of the nephew. Secondly, in the patriarchal society, the status of men exceeds that of women, so uncle naturally becomes the most powerful person in the family, and over time, it forms the' uncle power'.

Some people may say that since we have reached the period of patriarchal society, uncles should be closer than uncles. It is supposed to be, but my uncle's status is still higher than my uncle's. In fact, this phenomenon is mainly caused by the ancient people's inheritance of property and power struggle. As we all know, the change of power in ancient society occurred within the clan, that is to say, in the end, all uncles and brothers with the same surname and blood relationship were actually threatening their own interests. In this case, the nephew and uncle naturally become closer.

In addition, there is another folk saying. In ancient society, women's status was low, and they paid attention to three obedience and four virtues. However, when the woman was bullied in her husband's family, only her mother's brother came forward to solve the problem out of traditional ethics. Because there is no interest dispute, my uncle has been on my sister's side for a long time, and the children at home respect my uncle, so no matter what happens, my uncle has always been an important person.

Nowadays, with the rapid development of the times, the influence of "uncle power" in people's minds is getting weaker and weaker, and many children are only children. At this rate, there may be no uncle at all. In this regard, I hope everyone can pay attention to it.