Can I smoke if I can't see the fire? _ What does fortune telling mean if I can't see the light?

Old people often say that "two people don't light a fire, three people don't light a cigarette". What is the truth?

As the saying goes, "two people don't light a fire, three people don't light a cigarette." What does this mean? The superficial meaning of this sentence is that a match can't even light three cigarettes, so what's the point? There is a saying that the homonym of "three" is "San". If you light three cigarettes in a row with a match, these people may go their separate ways later, so you can't light three cigarettes in a row. The second argument is that in the past, people usually lit three sticks of incense to the graves of the dead. To avoid bad luck, people usually don't light three cigarettes at a time. In addition to the above two statements, there is another saying that the traditional Chinese character for disaster is "disaster", which looks like there are three sticks on a fire, just like a lighted match, so it is also useful to light a third person with a match, which will bring him disaster.

The last statement comes from western countries, and this taboo comes from World War II, when European allies confronted the Germans head-on. The war was so fierce that the two sides could not fight. At this time, the weather is particularly cold. A soldier couldn't stand the cold and planned to light a cigarette to drive away the cold. Other soldiers also gathered around after seeing it. The soldier began to light a cigarette for his companion, but when he reached the third one, a bullet flew over and hit the third man's heart. What's going on here? It turned out that the fire lasted too long and was discovered by the other sniper. Because of this, there is also a saying in western countries that cigarettes should not exceed three.

Visible, whether in China or western countries, there are no more than three cigarettes taboo, no matter where they come from, there will be such a habit. And lighting three cigarettes in a row is disrespectful to a third person. Although lighters are now used to light cigarettes, not matches, this habit is still necessary, that is, after two cigarettes are lit with a lighter, they will go out, and the third person will light another cigarette.

Although these ways of lighting cigarettes are not very particular, we should pay attention to them. If you don't pay attention, it will inevitably make people uncomfortable. We may not notice this at ordinary times, and even some smokers don't know such attention. These are unwritten rules, but over time, the convention has become a habit, and smokers should pay attention to it after seeing it, otherwise it will inevitably be discussed. It can be seen that these proverbs handed down are not unreasonable.