During adolescence, the middle and upper incisors or double upper incisors or canine teeth are symmetrically removed and destroyed. Some scholars believe that tooth picking is related to marriage qualification; People also believe that this is to distinguish between race and identity, or for beauty, decoration, clothing and evil spirits. Rock drillers are a special race overseas. "Huainanzi" teaches: "There are chisels in 36 countries overseas, from southwest to southeast." The tooth digger spit out an outlet under a tooth, which was three feet long. "
It is not easy for you to keep an arrow all your life. It is said in The Book of the New Tang Dynasty, Biography of Nanping Bureaucrats that after masochism, you should grit your teeth, open your teeth and pull out the holes in your teeth, so that you can inject potions. According to the records of scenic spots in Guizhou, after their parents died, they pulled out their teeth and put them in coffins, "as a sign of eternal happiness". The above statements have been misinterpreted and have no practical significance. We believe that tattoos, tooth extraction and tooth cutting have different forms, but their functions are the same-they are all signs of adulthood. "Qian Shu said that cutting teeth is to not" disturb in-laws ",that is, women should cut their teeth before getting married, otherwise it will hurt their in-laws.
Young people in Vietnam love their motherland. When the enemy invaded, they all gritted their teeth to show their manhood and joined the army to fight. Therefore, tattooing, tooth extraction and tooth cutting are all signs of adulthood, not to avoid the harm of dragons or to pour medicine for decorative beauty and convenience. "Cutting teeth" is mentioned many times in Shan Hai Jing.
Among them, "Shan Hai Jing Hai Nei Nan Jing" records that "Yi is in the field of longevity flowers, hit it with his teeth and shoot it. To the east of Kunlun Market, there are bows and arrows, tooth shields and swords. " "Shan Hai Jing Ye Nan Jing" also records that "some people say that those who bite their teeth, those who lose the mountain, those who lose the Republic of China, those who are surnamed Sang, those who eat millet and those who shoot rice are all food".