Source: Southern Dynasties "Yong Xue" Liu Yiqing
Xie An held a family reunion on a cold snowy day, explaining poetry with his son and nephew. Soon, it snowed heavily, and the guardian said happily, "What kind of snow is this?" ? "Xie Lang, his brother's eldest son, said," The air in the air is almost comparable. "."His eldest brother's daughter said, "Catkin can dance with the wind better than the wind." . "Guardian of the empire laughed. She is the daughter of Xie An, the daughter of Xie An, and the wife of the left-wing general Wang Ningzhi.
Translation:
On a cold snowy day, Mr. Xie called his nephews to talk about poetry with them. Soon, it snowed heavily, and the doctor said happily, "What is this heavy snow like?"
"It's almost like sprinkling salt in the air," said Hull, his brother's eldest son. His brother's daughter said, "It's like blowing catkins to heaven." Mrs Xie smiled happily. ? Xie Daowen is the daughter of Xie Wuyi, the eldest brother of the doctor, and the wife of General Zuo.
The title of this article is "Talking about Saline Air Difference". The author is Mr. Shen Yucheng, a researcher at the Institute of Literature of China Academy of Social Sciences and an expert in China classical literature. The article was originally published in Knowledge of Literature and HistoryNo. 199 1.
In this article, Mr. Shen talked about:
Seeing from TV that Japan's "national skill" is sumo. Before the two giants boarded the sumo platform, each of them had to sprinkle a handful of salt. In addition, in the Japanese drama blood shed, there is an episode of a conversation between Xiao Ye, the owner of a tofu shop, and her mother-in-law. He drove her away angrily, and then said to his wife, "sprinkle salt." The combination of these two things clearly shows that this is an ancient custom.
Later, he learned more about this custom in Japan by visiting Japanese students.
In Japan, everyone attending the funeral can get a small bag with salt after the ceremony. Before you go home and enter the door, you must sprinkle salt on yourself before you can step into the door. There is no doubt that the role of salt sprinkling is to ward off evil spirits.