What does the old rural saying "Better spend the night in front of the grave than stay in an empty house" mean?

Hello, I'm Sister Rong from Jinzhou, Shijiazhuang, Hebei. Sister Rong is here. There used to be many old houses in the village, and there were some graves outside the village. But now there are almost no old houses in the village. But the old saying "It's better to spend the night in front of the grave than in an empty house" was said by Sister Rong here. What the hell does that mean? Sister Rong likes to listen to the old sayings of the villagers, so she knows something. Now let's talk about it.

We can know the superficial meaning of the old saying that it is better to spend the night in the grave than to stay in the empty old house in the village. It says that people on the road would rather spend the night in the grave than in the empty old house in the village. The surface meaning seems simple, but the truth is not that simple. What is this?

What is the main meaning of "I would rather spend the night in front of the grave than stay in an empty house"? I am afraid that passers-by will come to live in an empty house, which is unpredictable.

As we all know, graves are places where the dead are buried. Walking through here during the day always gives people a gloomy feeling. Sometimes, you get the creeps. What's more, it's night, and my heart will be even more afraid. This empty house is where people used to live. In ancient times, they left their hometown because they wanted to escape or had something to do. According to common sense, an empty house will give people a sense of security than a grave, but why do people on the road prefer to live in a gloomy grave rather than an empty house?

In the past, Sister Rong had an old saying that "it is better to prevent people than ghosts", because everyone said there were ghosts, but none of us had seen them, and many people would know that the wicked had done bad things. This is the truth that "it is better to spend the night in a grave than to stay in an empty house".

Also, let's imagine that this person who "would rather spend the night in a grave than stay in an empty house" must be a long-distance traveler. In ancient times, there were no developed means of transportation, but horses were the best, and most people could walk. Such people often walk in society, so they have a thorough understanding of people's hearts. And when they walk, they always bring some money. At night, they would rather spend the night in the grave than go to the empty old house in the village, because they know that many people will be afraid of the grave, and passers-by will come to live in the empty old house, and people are unpredictable. It is better to stay in the grave.

An empty old house collapses easily.

Also, in ancient times, empty houses and old houses were very dilapidated and dangerous buildings. Because home is better, someone will look after the house. Besides, dilapidated houses fall down easily. If you spend the night in such a house, it will be dangerous once the house falls down. For my own safety, I won't stay in an empty old house.

Conclusion To sum up, "it is better to stay in an empty old house than to spend the night in a grave", which means that few people dare to visit the grave, and it is hard to predict whether passers-by will spend the night in an empty old house, so "it is better to prevent people than ghosts". There are old houses and empty houses that are in disrepair, which are easy to fall down and threaten their own safety. Do you have such a saying there?