There is a saying in the countryside, "fifty don't build a house." Why can't you build a house at the age of fifty? What is the reason?

There is a saying in the countryside that fifty houses are not built. The whole sentence is "fifty don't build a house, sixty don't plant trees, and seventy don't make clothes". Generally speaking, this sentence is to warn people to do what they can when they reach a certain age, and not to do things beyond their control, otherwise the loss will outweigh the gain!

Don't build a house at the age of 50, don't plant trees at the age of 50 and 60, and don't make new clothes at the age of 70, which means that people will stop building new houses at the age of 50. Because of the new house, I won't live long. After all, my life has come to an end. Don't plant trees after 60. After all, it takes more than ten years, even decades, for a tree to grow. Even if you plant a tree, you can't enjoy it yourself. Only your children and grandchildren can enjoy the cool.

70 years old, don't buy new clothes. Old clothes can be worn, but new clothes are seldom worn, because some people were still rare in their seventies. In other words, there were very few people who were 70 years old in the past, and they generally didn't live to this age.

Of course, we can't say that now, because medical conditions are better, people's living standards have improved and people's life expectancy has been greatly improved. According to official statistics, the national average life expectancy is 77.6 years, of which the average life expectancy of women is over 80 years.

The ancients used these two proverbs to express the short life span of people in the previous society. However, with the development of modern society, people in their fifties and sixties can basically be classified as middle-aged, but they have not fully reached the state of the elderly, and they can build houses and plant trees. On the other hand, people live all their lives, not only for themselves, but also for the benefit of future generations.

Therefore, if the predecessors plant trees and the descendants enjoy the cool, they can also leave an industry to the descendants, so if the ability is acceptable, these two things can be done. After all, the traditional China people still hold the idea of "helping the next generation and enduring the next generation". Do you think that's the reason?

All the common sayings of the Chinese nation have their implied meanings, which still have such important guiding significance for us today. The so-called "fifty don't build a house, sixty don't plant trees", on the one hand, is to tell us that it is too early to struggle, and when people run out of oil and lamps, they will come back to do what they want to do, and it is too late to regret.

On the other hand, when you want to tell us, you should seek truth from facts and combine the actual situation, and don't do something impossible or meaningless. This is the wisdom of the ancients.