There is a saying in the countryside that "it is better to try shoes than to try coffins". Why is there such a statement?

This rural proverb: "It is better to try shoes than to try coffins". Why is there such a statement? It is related to our traditional customs and culture, and also to people's prevention of diseases and epidemics. In our local area, from people's different views on "coffin" and "shoes", we can clearly feel people's different understanding of coffin and shoes. I'd rather try the coffin: I saw it once when I was a child. Someone died in the village. When making a coffin, an old man went to lie in the finished coffin. It scared me at that time. After all, I have never seen a living person lying in a coffin. However, from their conversation, I learned that the old man was about the same height and weight as the old man who died. He is trying on the coffin for the family to see if it fits. After all, making a suitable coffin is also a respect for the dead.

This shows that coffins are not particularly taboo among the people. Coupled with people's understanding of coffins, such as "seeing coffins and making a fortune" in Duke of Zhou. This shows that since ancient times, coffins have had special meanings in people's traditional concepts, such as the meaning of "dying", and the old people in the village are no longer taboo before helping people try coffins.

Never try on other people's shoes;

This kind of shoes refers to shoes worn by others, belonging to personal items, and it is best not to wear them. According to the exquisite folk saying, shoes represent other people's women/men. If you try on other people's shoes, if others pay attention, an unintentional mistake will cause unnecessary misunderstanding. The practical significance lies in shoes, which are personal items. If we try back and forth, in case someone gets beriberi, scabies and other infectious diseases, it will cause cross infection, which is not good for everyone.

This shows that shoes, as personal items, are valued by people, which not only contains unscientific opinions, but also expresses our ancestors' attention to infectious diseases. Due to the limited medical conditions in ancient times, the plague ravaged the world, leaving a painful lesson for people and forming this unwritten rule to reduce the spread of infectious diseases and epidemics.

This sentence shows that people see things in a realistic way. No matter in thought or in practical sense, coffin test has no negative influence on people; While trying on other people's shoes, one is afraid of causing unnecessary misunderstanding, and the other is afraid of the spread of infectious diseases. Because of this sentence: it is better to try the coffin than the shoes. It is summed up by people according to the facts in real life and has great practical significance. In essence, it reminds people to treat different problems: doing something and not doing something.