The origin of the saying, what does it mean to go south to north

It's actually quite simple.

In the place of Chinese civilization, the ancestors must first pay attention to astronomical and geographical things, after the concept of the four directions, the ancestors found that the south is warmer than the north, according to daily experience, a mountain is always cold when it goes up to 、、、the top, and it is always relatively warm when it goes down to the bottom of the mountain People will judge that the south is downward and the north is upward according to the common sense that they have mastered, if you talk about the source, the ancestors have put the south below as early as the river map and Luo Shu, (the ancients must have his reason for doing this Although they have not left a record of why, but there must be a basis.) Also, in the Chu Ci, the extremely cold land is in the northernmost place, and the extremely hot land is in the south, and the imagination of the ancients is rich and well-founded.

In addition, the saying that the south and the north should be deeply rooted in the subconscious meaning of the Chinese by our ancestors, and it is deeply ingrained. Levies, up and down. - Mencius" Fighters, compare with the superior, strive for a high position, to the high position is naturally up, hehe Our Chinese is broad and profound, and it is also interesting Other languages can't compare!!

1. From the analysis of the geographical environment, there are many plateaus and hills and plains in the north, and many lakes and rivers in the south, and basins and hills. The same principle as going up the mountain and going down the river. Therefore, it is said that "going north" and "going south" 2 From historical analysis, since ancient times, emperors, residences, landscaping and gardening have all sat in the north and faced south.

3 maps, all of which are identified from the north to the south 4 The green dragon on the left, the white tiger on the right, the Vermilion Bird on the top, and the Xuanwu on the bottom. The east is the green dragon, the west is the white tiger, the north is the red bird, and the man is Xuanwu. Therefore, in the Book of Changes, it is believed that the south is yin and the north is yang, which leads to the north being respectful and the south being inferior, that is to say, the north is high and the south is low, so the south is downward and the north is upward.

Because politics, economic activities, and population are all in the north, and the south is backward, hot, and inferior, so to go to the south is to "go down", and to go to the north is to "go up".

The most important thing is that the north is above and the south is below.

The ancients considered the south to be humble and wet, and regarded it as a wild land. Humility is not only said to be low-level, but also low-status. Going north and going south are the personal emotions in it.

There are four main meanings of going south and going north:

1. Through geographical analysis, because the terrain in the north is higher, while the terrain in the south is low, and there are many plateaus in the north, there is this saying.

2. From a historical point of view, since ancient times, China's emperor's residences and landscaping have been said to sit in the north and face south, so the words "south to north" are extended.

3. From the perspective of the Qinghu map, we usually divide the map into north, south, west, and east.

4. From the analysis of the domestic situation, the areas with better economic development and cultural development are mainly in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, so there is a saying that people who go out to work go south and go north.

The cause of going south and going north

Human civilization originated mainly in the northern hemisphere and is located with the North Star. When you hold a map in your hand and look north to find the North Star, of course, the north is drawn on the map, so it's easier to refer to it. In addition, we Chinese live in the northern hemisphere, but the ancients did not think so.

In their consciousness, China is the center of the world, and this is how China's "China" comes from. No matter how the sun rises in the east and sets in the west, it is always in our south, and at night they look at the stars at night, looking up at the Big Dipper, which symbolizes the emperor, so that "going up the north and going down to the south" also echoes the living habits of ordinary people.

1. Northbound and southbound refers to the regional direction. Because the terrain in the north of China is high and the terrain in the south is low, there is a saying that the north goes up and the south goes down, and the empty stove is generally used more in military operations. There are also the sayings of westward march, westward expedition, eastward march, eastern expedition, northern expedition, and southward march.

2. And before the Southern Song Dynasty in ancient China, the political and economic development and development of the north were relatively developed, and the south was still a barbarian land, and the emperors were almost all in the north.

You must have heard of the etiquette habit of "respecting the right", and even in modern society, this rule is still used in taking pictures and negotiating. So let's talk about another direction today, China's ancient "respect for the north", have you heard of this saying? History, sayings, ancients, ancients, I Ching.

This is an ancient Chinese saying, and now there is basically no such saying, and now most of them are "going south" and "going north".

In ancient times, the south was respected, and Wang Anshi said: "...If you have a soldier, you can be called a king ...... the southThe word "south" in the sentence means to face south. Due to the idea of respecting the south, the ancient kings generally sat north to south in the main hall, so it is not surprising that they were called "south" and "north" in ancient times.

Because the up, the north, the south, the left, the west, the right, the east....It means putting you in the middle, you go to the north and you go to the south and you go to the ......

Landlord: Because the north is on it, look at the map and it's clear.

Map, North Pole at the top and Antarctica at the bottom