In the history of the most interesting but the most difficult question
by:Waxing2020-11-19
In life we will encounter many problems, but there is always a few do not know how to answer, even let people at a loss, the author collected the following eight problems today, the history of these is the most interesting but difficult to answer the question, is said to be able to answer 2 is very arrogant, to see if you can answer?
1.
Why didn't Chinese zodiac cat?
Have to use 'rat cheated cats' folk myths and legends to explain the problem, but the real reason is that the Chinese ancient times without the cat, the cat is originated in Egypt, when introduced into China has not, so the cat before was introduced into China, the Chinese zodiac would have finished the word.
2.
Why take advantage of a woman called 'tofu?
The han dynasty, there is a couple of tofu shop in changan avenue, wife of shop-owner was beautiful, the amorous feelings, said 'tofu xi shi', to attract customers, hard to avoid has a coquette, drew around the old man to 'tofu' name to tofu shop with the wife of shop-owner flirt, touch the wife of shop-owner hands while pay COINS, etc.
Later, 'tofu' has become synonymous with man frivolous woman.
3.
Why is the toilet, kitchen?
Ancient toilet the location of the building to the north by east, kitchen to build on the south by east.
When I went to the south, says south (
Under the emperor jiangnan)
, go to the north, says the north (
North the anti-japanese)
。
When to go to the bathroom to the north, so said to go to the bathroom.
When going into the kitchen, going to the south, so the kitchen.
4.
Why are Chinese people call boast a boast?
Formerly slaughtered sheep blood when it finished, the butcher will cut a small opening on the leg of lamb, gather together mouth up to the hard blow, until the sheep up the whole body, gently pull with the knife, skin will split.
This is called blow pigs or sheep.
If who say can blow up leather, that is to boast, because leather is very big, and very tough, don't blow up.
5.
Flattery is how to?
A, the mongols had a habit of yuan dynasty, they meet a horse, want to clap, on the other horse butt show respect.
The second is the Mongolian good rider in spirited horse and clap bottom, make the horse feel comfortable, and immediately return jump on the horse, longitudinal horse.
Three is the Mongolian horse, if the horse fat, two inevitably uplift, so see the horse, always likes to clap a horse butt praise.
6.
The origin of which pot does not open mention which pot at an early age, have a father and son opened a small teahouse.
Magistrate of a county white master is a good for a risk-averse, often to eat and drink.
While the father and son can not stand, angry, but didn't also the way.
Old shopkeeper was ill for a period of time, the small shopkeeper to fire pot.
And other old shopkeeper disease good after, found that the county too ye didn't come again.
Ask the reason, the small shopkeeper smiled said: 'I gave him the tea, which is pot does not open mention which pot!
'7.
Why didn't Nobel Prize in mathematics?
Nobel said in his will reward of a great contribution to human beings' invention or discovery.
He didn't think maths is a human can benefit from the practice of science, and mathematics are excluded from the Nobel Prize.
8.
Why want to use finger to call names?
'finger' first appeared in one hundred, Britain and France at the end of the war.
British archer to the French, the French vowed after the defeat, British archer will cut off the bow of the middle finger.
But the French defeat.
In the French army retreated, British archer have been stretched out his right hand middle finger, the middle finger to show off their remains.
An insulting gesture rapidly in western countries' famous'.