Why is there a saying that eating toes is longer than big toes, and mothers die before their fathers?

First of all, let me make it clear here that this statement is superstitious, undesirable and without scientific basis. A person's feet, no matter how long, are caused by congenital factors and acquired irresistible factors. To put it bluntly, it is a genetic problem. But it doesn't have much influence on people's birth, death and illness. Toes are longer than big toes, and mothers die earlier than fathers. Nonsense.

Thumb: the biggest one, so it's called thumb. Second toe: The second toe of the foot. Toe: The third toe of the foot. Second little toe: also known as the second little toe, the name of the body part, that is, the fourth toe of the foot. There is a corresponding record in Lingshu Jin Jing: "The tendon of yang deficiency starts from the little finger and ends at the outside of the ankle." Little toe: The fifth and last toe of the foot.

Thumb: the biggest one, so it's called thumb. Second toe: The second toe of the foot. Toe: The third toe of the foot. Second little toe: also known as the second little toe, the name of the body part, that is, the fourth toe of the foot.

There is a corresponding record in Lingshu Jin Jing: "The tendon of yang deficiency starts from the little finger and ends at the outside of the ankle." Little toe: foot

Fifth toe, last toe.

Due to the low level of productivity and underdeveloped science and technology in the past, people did not understand many phenomena in nature and lacked scientific and reasonable explanations. In addition, in the past, people were deeply influenced by feudal ideas, so many natural phenomena that were not well understood inevitably had a strong feudal color in their understanding.

In the past, when people imported more food at home, they were also full of expectations and yearning for their children's future. When observing the appearance characteristics of children, they found that in some children's toes, the second toe is longer than the other four. Coincidentally, children with such toe characteristics did not take the right path when they grew up, and many even became unfilial descendants who did not adopt their parents.

Therefore, based on the above discussion, the author thinks that "two thumbs and toes are long, and they grow up without adoptive parents" is the dregs handed down from generation to generation, full of feudal superstitions.