In most European countries, people often stretch out the index finger and middle finger of their right hand in daily communication and make a "V" gesture to indicate "victory". "V" is the first letter of the English word victory. During World War II, Churchill held a press conference in an underground bomb shelter. Suddenly, the alarm sounded loud. Churchill raised his right hand, put his index finger and middle finger on two German cities on the battle map at the same time, and said loudly to the participants: "Please believe that we will fight back!" At this time, a reporter present asked, "Mr. Palmist, are you sure?" Churchill turned around and looked at the reporters sharply. Then he pointed two fingers on the map at the ceiling and excitedly replied loudly, "I will win!" " "Churchill's calm and dignified behavior was photographed by reporters and published in the newspaper the next day.
In fact, this V-shaped gesture symbolizing victory was not invented by Churchill. The origin of things can be traced back to the famous "Battle of Ginkul" between Britain and France 600 years ago. Before the Battle of Ginkul, Britain and France fought a hundred years' war because of the territorial disputes and succession to the throne in Normandy, as well as the issues of war and peace. At that time, the weapons used in the battlefield were mainly bows and arrows and swords. After a long and arduous battle, there are only 5,900 British combat troops (900 foot riders and 5,000 long archers), while there are 36,000 French soldiers (7,000 crossbowmen, most of whom are nobles and knights). Britain is completely at a disadvantage in numbers, so it hopes to make peace through negotiations. But it was rejected by France. Proud French aristocrats despise the meanness of English archers and say cruel words: We should cut off the forefinger and middle finger of these English farmers so that they can never use bows and arrows.
14 15, 10 year1October 24th, a famous ginkgo battle started, in which the soldiers were defeated by bows (arrows). The battle was extremely cruel, but in the end the British army won. At this time, the Englishman proudly held out two fingers of his right hand and showed off to the French nobility: Don't you want to cut off my fingers? This is stupid! At this point, the V-shaped gesture representing victory came into being.
However, when you make this gesture, you must remember that your palms are outward and your fingers are inward, especially in Britain, because in most European countries, making a "V" gesture with the back of your hand outward and the palm inward means "go away". V-shaped gestures can be divided into forehand and backhand. A V-shaped gesture with the palm facing outward represents victory. This gesture was first used by Belgian lawyer De Lavelle to show contempt for the Nazis. It is the initials of the word victory in English, vrijheid in Flemish and victoire in French. Later, this gesture was successfully publicized by the BBC and became a symbol used by the Allies to express victory, which was popular in Europe and closely linked with the anti-Nazi movement. But people often change forehand V-shaped gestures into backhand V-shaped gestures, which will express completely different meanings-completely rude gestures, a symbol of insult.
In China, the symbol "V" stands for the number "2", "second" or "scissors". In African countries, "V" gesture generally means two or two things.