In rural areas, there is a saying that "there is a pit behind the grave, and the white tiger hangs its head and worries about young men". What does it mean?
In many people's eyes, the countryside is a place where superstition and ignorance are concentrated, but in fact, some of its statements are really from the perspective of geomantic omen in metaphysics, which can be inferred to some extent, and some of them are handed down from ancient metaphysics. Such as? "There is a pit behind the grave, and the white tiger hangs its head and there are few men to worry about", which is an old saying often circulated in the countryside and also whispered by the old people. What does this sentence mean? Why is there such a statement? The grave is the house of the Yin people, and the geomantic omen of the house of the Yin people is related to the fate of the Yang people. Therefore, rural people who want to leave the grave pay special attention to the geomantic omen of the grave, like looking for a backer, surrounded by water, in order to make future generations prosperous.
The geomantic omen of the graveyard is so important that if there is a pit behind the grave, it is not a backer. If water goes from the pit, the fortune will be lost, and the landscape will be exhausted, which will cause a shadow to future generations, even the population will be low, and then there will be no men and no people. There is also a saying that the "pit" is not good, that is, when future generations worship the incense on the mountain, they will accidentally step into the pit, ranging from spraining their ankles to wearing plaster, which reflects the "peerless".
The white tiger is an important mythical beast of geomantic omen. It is extremely fierce. If he looks at people with his probe, there will be fierce breath overflowing, which will make the people who are looked at unbearable. Today there is danger. Therefore, when the white tiger hangs its head, the fierce qi converges, so that the man's own fate is revealed. Without the fierceness of the white tiger, he naturally has more luck and will not suffer bad luck for no reason.
In fact, this sentence is a manifestation of funeral geomantic omen to a certain extent, which may be absurd in the eyes of today's people, but it is indeed a manifestation of ancient metaphysics being used by rural people. Although there is no fundamental scientific basis, it still shows the awe of ghosts and gods or unknown things in rural people's hearts.