As we all know, in ancient times, scientific knowledge was scarce, and some astronomical phenomena with normal astronomical phenomena were not understood by people, so they thought it was a miracle and worshipped it. Although worship represents awe, it is also fear. People are afraid of this phenomenon and pray to God or the gods.
The ancient Buddha statue naturally becomes the object of people's prayers. The reason why there is a saying that "the front of the temple is flat, the back of the temple is lonely, and there are widows in front of the temple" is mainly because people think that the temple is a place where immortals live, and ordinary people will be "blessed" if they live next to it.
In front of the temple is a place where people pray and worship the gods. If you live in front of the temple, it is easy to be absorbed by the gods. If a person loses his vigor, he will not die, but he has no strength to work, so he will be poor.
Behind the temple is the place where incense goes. God is in the temple and incense is in front of it. And if someone lives behind the temple, in a sense, they are also bowed down, and ordinary people can't bear the ten thousand people offering incense, which means they have no happiness to enjoy, so they die, so they will be lonely.
The reason why "there are widows around the big temple" is that most temples are built in remote places, where the sun is less and the yin is heavier. In China, it has been said since ancient times that men are masculine and women are feminine. Living in a place with less yang is very unfavorable to men, and it is easy to die young after a long time. So there is a saying that there are widows around the temple.
Generally speaking, it is mainly because the ancient education level is relatively low and people are superstitious.