Why does traditional Chinese aesthetics attach importance to the chin?

People with wide chins are born with flesh and bones, which are well coordinated. Not only must the bones be wide, but the jaw must also be strong. In physiognomy, the chin represents old age. Modern people are very utilitarian in life. For the sake of temporary aesthetic distortion and for the sake of a few short years of youth, they shave their chins to be sharp and thin.

It seems that in the decades of life, people would rather give up old age and fight for twenty years of youth. However, the chin is not that simple, otherwise its status in traditional culture would not exceed that of the eyebrows, eyes, ears and nose.

Because a person may not have a smooth childhood, may not have genius ability, may have no relatives or friends to help him, may be helpless and uneasy in middle age, and lonely for half his life. But as long as your chin is well-proportioned, with thick flesh and bones without black air or acne, you may be able to enjoy a peaceful old age by accumulating good deeds.

Why is old age so important? Because the Chinese curse is for the dead, not the living, and the living also means the next generation, and the evaluation of a person by a place, when the final judgment is made, is based on whether your later years are good or not. If your later years are not good, your whole life is denied, at least you did not do good deeds enough. If your later years are good, no matter how miserable your first half of life was, you will win respect, and even after death you will be given a ghost messenger.

The Chinese people's old age is a ready-made living teaching material for future generations. It is very important for the reproduction and development of an ethnic group. The characteristics of old age are not only to live well, but also to live long and to play due roles. Therefore, in old age, they can be praised every decade, and when they reach the age of ninety, they can be named centenarians and worshipped like gods.

Nowadays, there is not enough respect for the elderly. According to the Western perception, old age means waiting for death. That is a kind of worship of adventure, which is not suitable for China because Chinese wisdom has never advocated the spirit of adventure, and China's regional characteristics do not require adventure. Even if wealth and honor are sought in danger, the purpose of seeking them is not to let future generations take risks.

If people in the West did not take risks, they would have disappeared long ago. However, those who were born in China and took risks are the epitome of stupidity. It is even more stupid to only care about the present and ignore the future. If you lose your chin, your descendants will only be worse than the previous one.

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