The broadness of Chinese culture is something that we can never learn in our entire life. It covers a wide range of fields. In ancient times, people’s research on life was very meticulous, and they also formed popular proverbs, such as "three-inch longevity" , four inches without worries", literally it is difficult for us to understand what this is talking about, in fact, it means the pillow we sleep on every day.
This sentence is actually very easy to understand. It means that if the pillow is three inches, then people will live a long life, if it is four inches, they will be carefree. The ancient society was not like us now. At that time, we used wooden pillows, which were hard to sleep. Some wealthy people also used jade pillows. Not only we will see TV dramas, but the facts are true in history. About three inches It is about ten centimeters. In our view, a hard pillow will be very sullen, and it will definitely be uncomfortable to sleep too high.
If the pillow is too low, the normal curvature of the cervical spine will be damaged. At the same time, it will easily make the brain congested during sleep, causing dizziness and discomfort the next day. stiff pillow is mostly caused by poor use of sleep pillows and improper sleeping posture. Therefore, the height of the pillow should be moderate, as the saying goes, about three inches or about ten centimeters, so as to form a support between the back of our head and shoulders. Let the neck be fully relaxed, this is the most beneficial to health.
The phrase "four inches of worry-free" can also be understood as "sit back and relax". In the old rural villages, children could not sleep well at night or often dreamed, and adults would put them under their pillows A book that says that you can sleep solidly without dreaming of some strange things. Maybe this is based on "sit back and relax"?
"Three inches of longevity, four inches of worry-free" is actually some health-preserving experience that the ancients told us, too high or too low pillows may change the physiological state of our cervical spine.It affects our health and even our emotions. Therefore, choosing a suitable pillow is also very important, not only to ensure our sleep quality, but also to make our mental state better, full of vitality every day!
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