Where did the custom of "male left and female right" come from?

In our daily life, male left and female right seem to have penetrated into all aspects of our social life by convention. Go to the public toilet, male left and female right; Wearing a wedding ring, male left and female right; There are also wedding photos, and couples attend some ceremonial occasions. Men live on the left and women are often on the right. Even the anchors of news broadcast are usually men on the left and women on the right. If the position is reversed, some people will joke that it violates the custom of "male left and female right"

How did this custom come into being? According to ancient legends, Pangu, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, is immortal. His body organs are transformed into the sun, moon and stars, the four poles and five mountains, rivers and lakes and all living things. Of course, this legend contains mythical elements, but it provides reference materials for us to study the Sun God and Moon God in China. According to the calendar of the Fifth National Games, the sun, moon and Er Shen of the Chinese nation were deformed by Pangu's eyes, and the sun god was deformed by Pangu's left eye. Luna incarnated as Pangu's right eye. Then the folk custom of "male left and female right" came from this. .

In addition, the custom of "male left and female right" is also very close to the philosophy of ancient people. Ancient philosophers in China believed that the two opposites of things and people in the universe were Yin and Yang. Yang is strong and yin is weak. Men's character, men's violent and strong nature belong to the yang in the left, and women's gentleness belongs to the yin in the right. "Male left and female right" also has practical scientific significance in the application of traditional Chinese medicine. "Male left and female right" refers to the physiological differences between men and women in medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, men take qi in their left hand to divide the pulse, while women take blood in their right hand to divide the pulse. Even if the child is sick, he will observe the handprint and develop the habit of "male left and female right". This is the origin of "male left and female right".

In the feudal society of China, there were "Left" and "Right", and many other things were also distinguished from each other, even around the east, west, north and south. In ancient times, the south was regarded as supreme, while the north symbolized failure and submission. Both the palace and the temple face due south. The emperor's seats are all facing south, and when he becomes emperor, he is called "Nanrong"; Defeat, surrender to others, "defeat" and "surrender to the North". It is precisely because the direction of due south is so noble that when people built houses in the past, no one dared to take the direction of due south of the meridian, both east and west, so as not to violate taboos and be convicted. From this point of view, the ancient emperors were really overbearing, and everything was in the right place at the right time.

In addition to respecting the north in the south, in the east and the west, the ancients also took the east as the head and the west as the second. The residence of the queen and concubines is divided into East Palace and West Palace, of which East Palace is the most important, followed by West Palace. Ancestral temples dedicated to ancestral tablets should be built on the east side of the palace. The "master" and "landlord" in modern Chinese also come from this.

In addition to east, west, north, south, left, right and left, it indicates the direction and is also condescending? Low score. The ancient emperor was supreme. He sits facing south and north, and the east is on his left. Therefore, while advocating the East, the "Left" has also become noble. Wu Dong occupied Jiangdong during the Three Kingdoms period, also known as Jiangzuo. Wen Zuo Wu You's ritual system, the concept of male left and female right, etc. They are all manifestations of respecting the left, and some customs even continue to this day.

It's customary for men to be left and women to be right. From left to right, male first, then female. According to the oriental custom, every time you sign, if you are a husband and wife, you must first write the husband's name and add the wife as a suffix. The so-called "male left and female right" has evolved from myth to ancient philosophy and feudal patriarchal society, and has become a habit of China's culture for thousands of years, because the traditional concept that men are superior to women has penetrated into all aspects of life for thousands of years.

With the development and progress of society, the traditional concept of "men are superior to women" has gradually withdrawn from the historical stage. Readers, are there many sayings that men are superior to women around you?