a marriage between families of equal social rank(mén dāng hù duì)

essential information

Idiom usage

As predicate, object, attribute; used to choose a spouse. Example Ming Gaoming's "Ji Gu Ge Ben Pi Pa Ji. Part 6": old beggar, you can be a matchmaker, but it's better to be right. The story of Li Cuilian in Pingshan Hall of Qing Dynasty. The 11th volume of Ling Mengchu's the second quarter of the Ming Dynasty: "Mansheng and Zhu's family are equal in age. You respect me and love me like glue." Cao Xueqin's a dream of Red Mansions in Qing Dynasty chapter 72: I think his two families are just right. Once they go, they will come naturally. Who knows that his meeting is useless. Chapter 79 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in Qing Dynasty. And here aunt Miss Feng discussed sending people to say, it became.

The origin of Idioms

The first discount of the second book of the romance of the Western chamber by Wang Shifu in Yuan Dynasty: "although it's not a match, it's better to be trapped in a thief."

Analysis of Idioms

When the door is the door is equal, the door to earn money is equal to get along with or settle down. It refers to that the social status, economic situation and occupation of men and women or their families are similar, and they are very suitable for communication or marriage. Otherwise, there will be discord between husband and wife, and children will suffer, which will have a huge impact. The ancients said that "the right family" has its rationality. Family life style and culture are inherited or evolved from generation to generation in a family. Even if the surrounding environment changes, it will not change easily. generally speaking, the marriage concept of being equal to each other is in line with the actual social environment. In some special cases, the secular concept of being equal to each other will separate the real fate forever.

evolution

The big seal script of "gate" is shown in the figure above. The shape of these two words has explained the function of the portal very concisely and clearly: "double leaf is the door, single leaf is the door." "Shuowen Jiezi" said: "the door, smell also, from the two households; household, protect also, half door said household." "Mendang" and "hudui" are the components of the gate in the ancient residential buildings. This kind of architectural decoration used for town houses is rare now, and they can be found in some old hutongs in Beijing. "Mendang" originally refers to a pair of stone drums in front of the big house, also known as Baogu stone. Because of its broad and majestic drum, fierce as thunder, people think that it can avoid evil, so people widely use stone drum to replace "mendang". civil servants use round "door pawns" and military officers use square "door pawns", so you can see from a long distance whether the owner of this family is a civil servant or a military officer. "Hudui" refers to the brick and wood carvings placed on or on both sides of the lintel. The typical one is a short cylinder, about one foot long, parallel to the ground and perpendicular to the lintel. "Hudui" is a short cylinder, which represents the ancients' idea of valuing men and is intended to pray for the prosperity of people. The size of "household pair" is directly proportional to the level of official positions. In ancient times, there were two pawns on the doors of the families of officials below three grades. There were four pawns for three grades, six for two grades and eight for one grade. Only the emperor's palace could have nine pawns, which meant to be honored by nine tripods.

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