为什么起步走和稍息都迈左脚
（Why
in queue first move the left foot）?
黎显慧
百度知道中有网友问：军训时，为什么起步走要先动左脚？稍息为什么要迈出左脚，而不是右脚呢？有网友回答说：习惯问题，可能西方有无聊的科学家会研究吧。
这问题当真无聊？
现代行军是先左后右，稍息出左脚也比较常见。短时间伸出左脚没问题，长时间，会感觉累。双脚替换则比较舒适。因此，稍息则不都是出左脚。比如美国的要求是双腿自在，但不可以移动位置。德国则是移动右脚约20 -30厘米 。加拿大是双脚分开若肩宽，俄罗斯联邦则是任何一条腿的膝关节松动。
稍息可以理解为一种站姿，从舒适的角度看，伸出左脚与伸出右脚没有区别，为何通常为伸出左脚？
至于起步走先出左腿，似乎有一定道理。有人解释：大多数人都是右撇子，脚也是一样，迈左脚后，身体重量就在右脚上了，会比较舒服。雅虎知道中也有类似问题，回答者说：当你用左脚向前一步，你有一个更好的战斗姿态。[1]
有人从中医的角度来解释，任脉贯穿于左腿，主血液流动，督脉贯穿于右腿，主精气流动，先动左腿是让血先行。[2]
还有人从文化角度来解释。认为先左后右，这是传统。也就是说，这规矩是古人流传下来的。
走路时先出左脚，站立时也伸出左脚，如果将这个现象解释为肢体语言的话，可以理解为尊左。尊左是世界远古文明的共同特征，先左后右是十分古老的传统。
在古埃及，人们以各种肢体语言来表示尊左，最常见的便是站立时伸左脚，队列中先出左脚。
原始小雕像日常生活，埃及[5]
世界各地早期文明中也有这一文化特征。
恩利尔，古代美索不达米亚的风暴之神，卢浮宫藏[8]
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巴力雕像，乌加利特，叙利亚国家博物馆，阿勒颇[11]
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阿兹特克人献祭，墨西哥[29]
黄帝像，砖画[30]
仪仗出行画像砖，河南博物院[31]
起步走和稍息都迈左脚，源自母系社会的尊左礼俗。尊左具有母神崇拜的色彩，是宗教的源头、文化的根。先左后右，是世界远古文明的传统。人类进入父系社会后，尊左礼俗受到不同程度的破坏。尽管尊左的时代离我们远去，但文化深层的尊左总会以不同形式显露出来，队列训练中的以左为先便是一例。
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when you step forward with a left foot, you're in a better fighting posture.
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