What does the old rural saying "thirty is red, forty is green" mean?

These two sentences have the same meaning, saying that women can't wear bright red clothes after 30 years old. In the concept of rural elderly, before the age of 30, it is enchanting, and the big red color also conforms to the characteristics of young women's unrestrained and sexy. After the age of 30, you can't wear big red, which will be considered as act young's cuteness, bad conduct and incorrect attitude, because after the age of 30, you should pay attention to mature beauty and exercise restraint, and big red doesn't match the inner mature beauty.

Forty broken green, green to old.

These two sentences are somewhat different. I guess it's influenced by the region. This 40-year-old green means that it is suitable to wear green between the ages of 30 and 40 to show temperament. However, with the growth of age, after 40 years old, this kind of green is still too bright, and 40-year-old women should be low-key and introverted, suitable for wearing some inconspicuous clothes with darker colors.

Pay special attention to avoid heavy make-up, gorgeous clothes, not in line with age, appearance, morality, easy to be scolded by rural elderly.

From green to old, it should not be beautiful, but that after 30 years of enchanting, all women can be old except big red. Just be casual and don't be so particular, or emphasize green, which means maturity.

Rhapsody in July is green, and men are either blue or black. Green is uncomfortable, so men over 40 will wear less green.

Don't wear white and black when you get married and move, they are all fierce colors, indicating that black and white are impermanent.

You can't wear red at the funeral, which is disrespectful to the dead.

Such an old saying is still very useful today, at least it can remind us to have self-knowledge, respect etiquette and pay attention to what kind of clothes to wear on what occasions.