How did the tradition of male left and female right come from? If the position is reversed, someone will laugh.

In our daily life, men are left and women are right, which seems to have penetrated into all aspects of our social life by convention. If you accidentally reverse the position, some people will joke that it violates the custom of men being left behind and women being right behind. In fact, as early as the Warring States period, the tradition of male left and female right had already appeared. As for the origin of this tradition, there are several versions.

The first statement is somewhat mythical. According to legend, after Pangu, the ancestor of the Chinese nation, became immortal, his body organs were transformed into the sun, the moon, the stars, the four poles and the five mountains, rivers, lakes and seas and all living things. However, the Chronicle of Five Elements Calendar holds that the sun, moon and Er Shen of the Chinese nation are deformed by Pangu's eyes, the sun god is deformed by Pangu's left eye, and the moon god is deformed by Pangu's right eye, so there is a folk custom that men are left and women are right.

? The second view is that the custom of "male left and female right" is closely related to ancient people's philosophy. 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. As far as human character is concerned, men are violent and strong, the left belongs to yang, the female is gentle, and the right belongs to yin. In addition, male left and female right also have practical scientific significance in the application of traditional Chinese medicine. As far as pulse diagnosis in traditional Chinese medicine is concerned, the male divides the left hand pulse with qi and the female divides the right hand pulse with blood, which is the origin of male left and female right.

? According to the third view, the tradition that men are superior to women is caused by the inferiority of China feudal society. In ancient times, the south was regarded as supreme, while the north symbolized failure and submission. Both the palace and the temple face south, and the king's seat faces south. When they became kings, they called the south glory. When you lose a battle and surrender to others, it is called defeat and surrender to the North. In addition to respecting the south and the north, the ancients were led by the east, followed by the west. In addition to east, west, north and south, there are also high and low points to indicate the direction. The ancient king 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. 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.