Rural sayings do have some truth, but some sayings also have limitations of the times, which results in some sayings being time-sensitive and becoming unreasonable with development. The main sentence of the question is that when the tiger reaches the middle hall, the family will be ruined and everyone will die. What does it mean?
After looking at other people’s answers, some copied them from other places, and some said that the tiger here represents the villain. Sister-in-law Hei is here to share her opinion, hoping it can help the questioner.
In fact, this sentence means that if the tiger sits in the middle of the hall, the family will be ruined and the people will be destroyed. When seeing this sentence unexpectedly, some people may think that a tiger has entered the house, because we know that the so-called central hall usually refers to the living room in the main room of the home. According to the literal meaning, this tiger has fled into the living room of the main hall of the house. Is there any reason for people here not to be defeated?
Actually, the tiger here is a metaphor, not a real tiger. But it really means something, so what does the tiger coming to the middle hall mean? I don’t know how much you know about the bandits in the past. Those bandits would put a tiger skin on the chair in the middle of the hall, and the bandit leader would sit on it. This is called the tiger sitting in the middle hall.
This is the meaning of tiger sitting in the middle hall, which means the bandit leader. The meaning of this sentence is easy to understand. When the bandit leader arrives home, the family will naturally be unlucky, and the family will be destroyed. 2. Does this sentence make sense?
This sentence made sense in the past, because ancient times and the past were very chaotic, bandits were rampant, and bandits did happen to enter homes. But with the development of the times, this sentence has obviously become outdated.
I heard from the elders in the village that in the 1930s, bandits would appear in the village. They would ride into the village on horseback, and then look for people to ask for food and money. The villagers hated them but did nothing.
There are no bandits now, and there will definitely be no such thing as a tiger sitting in the middle of the hall. So, this is the change brought about by the development of the times.
So, this sentence no longer makes sense.
Written at the end: When we look at some common sayings and old sayings, we must understand the literal meaning and then understand the deeper meaning. We will naturally learn some things that make sense, and we will understand some things that do not make sense. Throw it away, take the refinement, get rid of the dross, and become a person who learns to distinguish.