In rural areas, what does the old man mean when he says, "Nine out of ten people were injured or killed in the east-west road archery shed"? Does it make sense?

This sentence means a taboo in house construction.

The main meaning is that when building a house in rural areas, most people prefer to build it in a place with heavy traffic, but the disadvantage is that it is next to the road. The road is like an arrow. The same shape, pointing directly at the house. Arrows are sharp weapons that can hurt people, so rural people think that such a house structure is unlucky for people.

In fact, from today’s perspective, if you build it in front of the house, it may be economically more appropriate. Because where there are many people, there will be transactions, and with transactions there will be economic flow. But from a safety perspective, if you build your house on the street, you have to bear a lot of risks from passing vehicles.

For example, when a person is drunk, he may crash his car into a house on the street, causing damage to people and property in the house. This is what "nine casualties out of ten" means.

If you want to ask whether this sentence makes sense, although it is a traditional custom in our country and a taboo in house building, it cannot be said to be a feudal superstition. Because it itself has a certain truth and is the crystallization of the labor wisdom of our ancestors.

He reminds us that when building a house, we must always pay attention to personal access safety choices. After all, for every Chinese, a house is a major event in life. With a house, there is a place to shelter from wind and rain in this vast world.

So when building a house, people will pay more attention to it. The credibility of this sentence mainly lies in their consideration of road safety factors, which is indeed what they should be. After all, there are countless such phenomena in today's society.