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The theme of the second issue is "5,000 Years of History and Culture of the Xia Kingdom":

1. What are the four beauties of ancient times?

Music, treasures, articles, speeches (good days, beautiful scenery, appreciation, joy)

2. Why is buying things on the street called buying things, not buying north and south?

In the direction of the five elements, the east, west, north, south, and middle correspond to the gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and the east and west main goldwood, which can be basketed; The north and the south are the main water and fire, and the water and fire cannot be packed in baskets, so we can only say that we can buy things and not buy the north and the south.

Xia Guoren laughed like crazy, and said Teacher An, be sensible, this is the second question, why did he use the power of metaphysics? How can you play later?

3. Why is the matter of men and women called "Peach Blossom Luck"?

There is a poem in the "Book of Songs", "The peach is dying, scorching its bloom", which describes the beautiful scene when a woman gets married.

There is also "Zhou Yi" in the "meridian unitary" is the earth branch on behalf of the "south, north, east, west" four directions, when the "four elephants" peach blossoms will bloom, at this time to seek the best feelings, so people call love "peach blossom luck".

4. What is the origin and meaning of the saying "no three, no four"?

The ancients called heaven one and earth two. Therefore, the sum of heaven and earth is three, and three becomes the representative of the whole, such as: trilogy, three provinces, three thoughts, threesomes, etc. As for the four "comprehensive", it also has the meaning of satisfaction, such as the four King Kongs, the four masters, the four bodies, the four arts, the four books, and so on. Therefore, people who misbehave outside of "good things" are collectively referred to as "non-three, non-four".

5. Why do you want to give your children New Year's money? Please state the reason and the relevant allusions.

During the reign of Shenzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, on the night of the Spring Festival of a certain year, there was a deputy prime minister Wang Shao's youngest son Nan Yi, who was unexpectedly robbed by gangsters when he followed the adults to watch the lanterns on the street, and wanted to extort Wang Shao a sum of money. During the escape, he happened to encounter the imperial car passing by, Nan Yi shouted for help, and the gangsters put down Nan Yi and fled in a hurry. Later, after Song Shenzong learned of this, he gave Nan Yi some money to give him a shock, and since then the "New Year's money" has spread among the people.

6. Why do you call talking big a word bragging?

Once upon a time, when a sheep was slaughtered and the blood was released, the butcher would make a small cut in the sheep's leg, put his mouth up and blow hard into it.

Until the whole body of the sheep swells up, and with a gentle pull with a knife, the skin will crack on its own. It's called blowing a pig or a sheep. If anyone wants to say that they can blow the cowhide, it is a big talk, because the cowhide is so big and so tough that it can't be blown at all. Therefore, "bragging" is synonymous with big talk.

7. Why should a noble son-in-law be called a golden beetle son-in-law?

The golden beetle son-in-law is related to the ornamentation of officials in the Tang Dynasty. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, it was stipulated that internal and external officials above the fifth rank wore fish charms and fish bags. Fish charms are made of different materials, "the prince is gold, the official is copper, all of them are inscribed with their positions and names", and the fish bag is also "decorated with gold above the third grade, and decorated with silver above the fifth grade", and the golden turtle (or golden turtle bag) can be worn by the prince or the official of the third grade or above, and the later generations refer to the noble son-in-law with the golden beetle son-in-law.

Name the three meanings of "variety" and the source.

(1) Idiom: It means that there are many and unpredictable metaphors. From the 42nd chapter of Qing Wu Jingzi's "History of Confucianism": "That little drama wore a mink fur one by one, a pheasant feather, and a very fresh backrest, ran on the field, and strung a variety of things."

(2) Formation: Originally refers to the Five Elements Array and the Eight Gate Array. These are two formations with many variations in ancient tactics. From "Yu Chu Xinzhi Sun Jiagan": "To the west of Fulong, the peaks are chaotic, and the four are listed, such as Pingsha Wanmu, eight doors and five flowers. ”

"Variety" is sometimes interpreted as a formation in ancient tactics: "five flowers" is a five-element array, and "eight gates" is a "eight-door array", also known as the Bagua array, according to the order of the eight trigrams, eighty-eight can become sixty-four trigrams, often making the opponent's army into a mystery.

The five elements refer to wood, fire, earth, metal, and water. In addition, the five elements represent the five colors of blue, red, yellow, white, and black, which can be mixed together into a variety of colors, which can dazzle people.

(3) 13 specific industries:

Five Flowers:

Golden chrysanthemum, a woman who sells tea;

Daffodils, the singer in the restaurant;

Firethorn, a juggling entertainer;

Native cow flower, porter;

Kapok, Lang Zhong who went to the street to heal people.

The so-called "eight gates" refer to the businessmen who set up stalls in the market and earn money to eat by their clever tongues, namely: gold, skin, color, hanging, horizontal, lan, rong, and ge.

A door of gold (a scarf) - "golden point" is the general name of the Jianghu artists who manage the face of the hexagram. There are dumb gold, gnawing gold, gold slugging, bag gold, Lao Zhou'er and so on.

Ermen Pi - "Pi" line is a general term for selling herbs. This line of work is also called "picking on men". According to the different drugs sold, they are called: picking the Han, picking the Dunzi Han, picking the furnace gnawing, picking the Hanzi, picking the firewood hanging Han, picking the general, picking the grain, picking the smoker and so on.

Sanmen Cai - "Cai" is Cai Lizi. All those who change tricks are called "Cai Lizi", and those who change foreign tricks are called "Setang Lizi".

Four-door hanging -- those who practice performing in the market and temple fairs, the people of the rivers and lakes ridicule and call them "hanging sons". It is divided into: branch, pull, poke, point, point, fishy, etc.

Wumen Heng - people who rob the road and steal. From all kinds of bandits and horse bandits, to sneaking and robbing in the market.

Liumenlan - who speaks cross talk. Jianghu people call the ridicule of cross talk "Tuanchun".

Qimen Rong - build a tent and tie paper. Tie paper, also known as paper, paste, color paste, integration of paper-cutting, painting, straw weaving, bamboo, paste. When the family holds a funeral, it is purchased and burned for the deceased. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, it was also said to be selling opium and drugs.

Bamenkuri - the one who sings the big drum. The people of the rivers and lakes are singing drums, and this line of ridicule is called "Liu Haibang". There are Fengtian tunes, Leting tunes, Xihe tunes, plum blossom tunes, pear blossom tunes and so on.

Foreigners are crazy, four-word idioms, three meanings, one of which has as many as 13 meanings!

9, Qin Yi Wei Ying died and Wei entered Qin

Wei Ying died in Wei and entered Qin, and the filial piety was thought to be the prime minister, and he was sealed in Shang, called Shangjun. Shang Jun ruled Qin, the law was executed, fair and selfless, the punishment was not strong, the reward was not private, the law and the prince, and the Fu of the Emperor. After the period, the Tao will not be left behind, the people will not take it in vain, the military revolution will be strong, and the princes will be afraid. However, it is deeply gracious, especially with the ears of strong obedience. After eight years of filial piety, he couldn't afford to be sick, and he wanted to pass on the businessman, but he couldn't resign.

Wei Ying fled from Wei to Qin, and Qin Xiaogong appointed him as prime minister, and gave him the land of Shang, known as "Shang Jun". Shang Jun governed the Qin State, and the laws were carried out, just and without favoritism. Punish the lawbreakers without avoiding the strong clans, reward the meritorious without favoring relatives and close ministers, the implementation of the decree involves the crown prince, and even the prince's teacher must be punished with a faceted nose cut. A year after the decree was implemented, no one picked up the things lost on the road, the common people did not dare to take the undivided property, and the country's military strength was greatly strengthened, so that the princes feared the Qin state.

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