Thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi is a complex idiom derived from folk stories, which was first seen in Wu's Scholars in Qing Dynasty.
This idiom is often used as a predicate and clause in a sentence, and can also be used as a sentence independently. There are also "three years Hedong, three years Hexi", "ten years Hedong, ten years Hexi", "thirty years Hedong, forty years Hexi" and so on. ?
The literal meaning of "thirty years in Hedong and thirty years in Hexi" means that it was on the east bank of the Yellow River 30 years ago and on the west bank of the Yellow River 30 years later. This sentence is often used to describe the ups and downs of the world. This proverb comes from the natural phenomenon that the Yellow River often changes its course in history.
The proverb "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river" gives people the greatest enlightenment: history is advancing, and we can't look at everything with a static eye; Everything is dialectical. Never look at everything with stubborn eyes.
It is a metaphor that the fate of the world or people is always changing, and there is no fixed number of ups and downs.
The original intention of "thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi" is that good feng shui was in Hedong 30 years ago, but it was in Hexi 30 years later (river: Yellow River). After metaphor, the fate of the world or people is always in constant change, with no fixed ups and downs. This idiom is often used as a predicate and clause in a sentence, and can also be used as a sentence independently. There are also "three years Hedong, three years Hexi", "ten years Hedong, ten years Hexi", "thirty years Hedong, forty years Hexi" and so on.