There is a saying in southern Fujian called "March 8th Festival". This is a swearing word, which refers to those who are not serious or whose behavior and language do not conform to etiquette and moral norms. How did the proverb "March 8th" come from?
In the late Qing Dynasty, Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, and the corrupt Qing government was forced to sign many treaties with Eight-Nation Alliance, and opened five ports, including Ningbo, Shanghai, Qingdao, Xiamen and Guangzhou, as trading ports. Since then, foreign invaders have run amok on the land of China. At that time, many foreign devils were stationed in Xiamen, Quanzhou and other places. On the third and eighth days, foreign devils ran around in droves. Some drive on the rampage, some rob and rape women, some practice shooting with China people as targets, and some beat pedestrians through drunkenness ... It's really evil. China people hate this kind of behavior very much, so when they see foreign devils, they say "March 8th devils are coming again" and run away.
Later, the phrase "March 8th Devil" has been handed down. In the process of spreading, people call it "March 8th Festival" for simplicity. When people meet people who are misbehaving, rude in language and don't obey etiquette, people will say, "This man is really a bitch."
The origin is International Women's Day on March 8th, which first appeared in Hong Kong movies and was suspected of despising women. Later, it gradually spread in Cantonese as eight old women, and Taiwan Province Province did not know when to call vicious women three eight. Maybe it has something to do with "March 8" Women's Day. "Eight" became popular as a synonym for fierce women. Compared with those who scold women, "eight" is not so hard to hear. Eight, when applied to women, refers to fierce, fierce, outrageous, unreasonable.
"March 8th" and "Half Life" are both standard "provincial curses" in Taiwan Province Province. I believe everyone has heard of them and even suffered.
As far as I know, the so-called "March 8" should be used to scold women, meaning "this woman is frivolous, reckless, crazy and not serious enough."
"Half-life fate" is a special word for scolding men, and its meaning is similar to that of "March 8th".
How did the ancestors of Taiwan Province Province think of using these strange words to call names?
It turns out that even these two "provincial curses" in Taiwan Province Province were brought from "Tangshan" by mainland immigrants!
Mr. Zhu, who has studied China proverbs for 40 years, found the source of the words "March 8th" and "Half-life Fate" in the article "Special Colors of Customs in Taiwan Province Province". The article points out that "vulgar" means stiff and perverse, so it is called "March 8" or "half-life fate" A slap in the face: There are prostitutes in the north who are beautiful and rude. People call them Zhang Ba. Kou Zhongyu (that is, Kou Zhun) asked for poems (when Song Taizong entered the customs), and Yeyun gave poems: You were born in the North Island, Zhang Ba, and I am familiar with Wei San, Xizhou. It's not surprising that you didn't laugh before, and you haven't known each other long. The popular saying seems to be based on this. March 8th is the ranking of Wei San Zhang Ba, and half-baked is half-baked language.
In the pioneering history of the Chinese nation, the Song Dynasty was a period when residents of the Central Plains flooded into southern Fujian and Guangdong. The topography of Fujian and Guangdong is relatively closed, and the language and customs brought from their hometown have been used by immigrants from the Central Plains for generations, with little change. Finally, they crossed Taiwan Province Province from "Tangshan" and generally regarded a joke of the Song Dynasty as anyone's swearing words. Of course, this is very reasonable.