இ Woman Is Always Right ¿

A Salute to All Women on International Women's Day on March 08 and to add here ~ "Woman Is Always Right". Kinda tough to explain here regarding the 'left' from the 'right' due to the mirroring effect and hope the right which Bananaz is mentioning is not the left wrong that you are thinking. To simply make it very clear the correct 'right' position would be the lady must stand on the right hand side of her spouse regardless facing out or in except in temples as explained later.

We often hear this Chinese saying 男左女右 nán zuǒ nǚ yòu [boy left girl right] and just how right is this phrase all about? It is unknown on the true origin as it could be related to Chinese Medicine, accordingly the left part of our body is Qi, right part is blood. Qi is Yáng阳 because it’s active while blood is Yīn阴 because it’s passive. Or it could have some connection to I Ching where philosophers of ancient China based on the two opposites. 乾 [qián] one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦symbolizing Heaven as in Yáng阳 (male) and 坤 [kūn] one of the Eight Trigrams 八卦symbolizing Earth as in Yīn阴(female). Yáng阳 is associated to masculine, active, creative, positive and LEFT, bright and hard. Yīn阴 is the opposite of Yáng阳 which is feminine, passive, receptive, negative and RIGHT, soft and dark. Would appreciate any comment towards the origin to seek enlightenment on the truth. Whatever it is the tradition and culture of 男左女右 [boy left girl right] stays on until today and a gentle reminder: Rule#1~ Woman is always Яight. Rule#2~ What if woman is wrong? Refer to Rule#1. Oops the men gonna peel and deep fry Bananaz for this.

Well not too sure if it’s the Chinese culture and tradition that men are always said to have a higher social status thus 大男子主義 dà nán zǐ zhǔ yì [male chauvinism]. We always hear 男女 nán nǚ [boy girl] but never 女男 nǚ nán [girl boy]. Another common Chinese saying its left and right, instead of right and left. Not just in Chinese but English would said the same as well as for Malay too with its kiri [left] kanan [right] and probably many other languages. But why left first then right? Any answer(s)?

Some Daoist and Hindu temples would apply this rule where the ladies would sit on the left hand side facing the altar and the men on the right hand side, that means from the altar facing out its boy left girl right. [RЯight is wrong, left is ЯRight..which is which? Not confused yet? Continue then haha..]

More wedding photos of the 'woman is always right' from cake cutting to wine pouring and toasting, courtesy of suituapui. Was it coincidental or pre-planned by the event organiser? Chinese men would wear the wedding ring on the left hand and the women on the right..wonder other races would do the same? Interestingly does this 'rule' 男左女右 [boy left girl right] sort of applies to buttons in jackets and shirt for men and women?. Why do men's shirts always button-up left-over-right, while women's shirts right-over left? WHO decided this, and WHY? {Know some readers might be checking their buttons right now..}

If you have watched any Chinese television variety shows, ever noticed if there are two hosts of different sex the male host would normally stand on the left with his lady partner on his right? Guess 男左女右 nán zuǒ nǚ yòu [boy left girl right] is deeply rooted in our Chinese culture right from cradle to grave. Go dig out your group photos taken in a photo studio with your parents or any friends wedding photos to check out the standing position. Even on the Chinese tomb stones, there is no exception..男左女右nán zuǒ nǚ yòu [boy left girl right]

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