To pull the cloth and pull the hemp(zhuāi bù tuō má)

To pull the cloth and pull the hemp

As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Zhu ā IB ù Tu ō m á, which means to wear filial piety and mourning. It's said to be filial. It's from Wutong rain.

The origin of Idioms

Yuan Bai Po "Wutong rain" seventy percent off: "drag cloth and drag, and pour tea into the pot, only bury the right when the shallow soil is buried."

Idiom usage

The first fold of Yuan Dynasty's Wuhan minister's Lao sheng'er is: "but a son who is angry with others will hold a coffin with cloth and hemp, and Suo Qiang is like a woman who is filial and builds a grave with earth." If you want to hide your life and yellow sand, cover the half wall box of this shirt. Ah! My son, when you sing. The second discount of "he Han Shan" by Zhang Guobin in Yuan Dynasty. When I die one day, who will be my man. From the second part of the contract written by Wu Mingshi of Yuan Dynasty, you are waiting for him to drag the cloth and drag the hemp to the grave. Don't you smell the fish's eyes like pearls. It comes from the first fold of Liu Hong's marriage to a maid in Yuan Dynasty: "Er ye, you cry, you drag the cloth and drag the hemp." From the second fold of "he Han Shan" by Zhang Guobin of Yuan Dynasty

Idiom story

a long time ago, an old woman had two sons. After they got married, they were not filial to their mother and always boasted in front of her: "when my mother passed, we should have a good time. Let my mother sleep in a nanmu coffin, wear red and green, and sing for my mother in the seven seven forty-nine days..." The old woman knew that they were telling lies, and she wanted to teach them a lesson and do her duty as a mother. The old woman didn't sleep all night and finally came up with a way. The next day, the old woman called her two sons to the bed and said, "I don't want you to spend a cent when I die. Just throw me in the Yinshui cave with a broken straw mat. But from today on, you have to watch every day how the crows on the locust tree behind the house and the owls in the mountain forest live - until I close my eyes. " Not to spend a penny, this is exactly the heart of the two unfilial sons, they immediately agreed. The two brothers didn't want to see a crow and an owl, but as soon as my mother reminded them, they couldn't help noticing when they finished work. It turns out that crows and owls are careful to feed their children, no matter how fast their mothers fly to eat, or open their mouths, crying for food. However, how does the little guy treat his mother when he grows up? The little crow is not bad. Her mother can't fly when she is old and can't find food, so she will stay at home and fill her mouth with food. When the little crow is old, she will have her own children to feed her. This kind of feedback is passed down from generation to generation. The little owl, on the contrary, ate her mother when she was too old to use. Sadly, the owl was later eaten by its own children. One bite in this way, one generation eats another. the more the two brothers look at it, the more they can't go on looking at it. Now they treat my mother like this, and the children will treat us like this in the future. What should we do? They didn't dare to think about it and gradually changed their attitude towards my mother. However, the weather is not beautiful. The two brothers just began to support their mother, but she died. The two brothers were too late to repent. In order to show filial piety, on the day of burial, they did not wear red and green, but imitated the color of crows' feathers, wore black clothes, imitated the color of owls' fur, put on a hemp suit, and knelt down to pay homage. Since then, the custom has gradually spread. In some places, people are poor and can't afford to wear black clothes, so they cut a black cloth and put it on their arms. It's all to show that we should always remember the good and evil lessons of crows and owls.

Chinese PinYin : zhuāi bù tuō má