What does "poor looking at the hall, rich looking at the kitchen" mean?

The main reason is that food was the most precious at that time, so judging whether a person is rich depends on the food in his kitchen, not how beautiful the living room is. The poor usually put all the valuable and beautiful things at home in the living room as a facade, while the rich's kitchen puts all the delicious things in the kitchen.

Now the house can reflect the financial situation of a family. Many people will build new houses for the sake of so-called face, but this is only the luxury of appearance. In fact, the appearance of the house is different from that of the house, that is, it is particularly luxurious and beautiful on the surface, but once you walk in, you will find that the decoration and home inside are not beautiful.

The lobby refers to the living room and reception desk. Because the living room often receives guests, many people will decorate the living room properly, and the poor will only pay attention to the quality of the living room and ignore other rooms. The reason why many people look down on the hall is because of the so-called face. No matter who we visit, most of them will stay in the living room for a long time, so many people will decorate the living room with extraordinary decorations in order to make the guests feel good. Secondly, because people have the deepest memory of the first impression, whether we see people or things, the first impression will be the deepest, so when we visit other people's homes, if we see a specially decorated living room, we will feel that our home is very diligent, clean and rich, so when decorating our own home, the living room will also be specially decorated.

So the average wealthy family will pay attention to the overall situation. They are no longer only concerned about superficial kung fu, but more concerned about the quality of life, rather than some unrealistic things.