Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. Colloquialisms are usually easy to understand, concise and concise words, which have been passed down by word of mouth from generation to generation and have been passed down to the present day. The saying comes from life and acts on life, so the field involved in the saying is extremely extensive, and some of the sayings are related to the layout of the house, such as the sentence to be said today - "The hall does not hang the statue of the ancestors, and the courtyard does not plant a wolf's tooth stick", what does this saying mean? What is the emphasis and rationale?
First, the hall does not hang the statue of the ancestors
The ancients for "food, clothing, housing and transportation" are very particular, one of the "live", from the location of the building, the layout of the house, there are some rules, in the layout of the house, the hall, the gate is very important, because in the eyes of the ancients, the hall and the gate is not only a place to hide the wind and gas, but also a façade of a home.
The layout of the houses of the ancients, the hall occupies a large part, such as the ancient courtyard, the first half of the courtyard is the hall and the courtyard, the second half is the box, and the two are opened through a hanging flower door style.
As can be seen from this layout, the wing is a quiet rest area, while the hall is a noisy activity area.
The literal meaning of "the hall does not hang the ancestor statue" is very simple, which means that the hall should not hang the relics of the ancestors. As mentioned above, the hall is noisy, and the ancients believed that the relics of the ancestors should be enshrined in a quiet place.
In addition to this, there are several reasons:
1, the hall is the place where the wealth and qi are recruited, the ancients believed that the yang here is heavier, and the relics of the ancestors are heavier than the yin, and the two cannot be coordinated.
2, the hall is the place where the guests are invited, if there is a portrait of the ancestors, the main guest can not speak freely out of taboo, which is not conducive to mutual communication.
3, the ancients believe that the hall should hang landscape paintings, one is that there are mountains and water, the feng shui is excellent, and the other is for visitors to enjoy and decorate the atmosphere, and the ancestral relics cannot meet this requirement.
Second, there is no wolf tooth stick in the courtyard
Speaking of the wolf's tooth stick, many people will think of the hero in "Water Margin", the good man Thunderbolt Fire Qin Ming, the weapon in his hand is the wolf's tooth stick.
As we have talked about before, it has been mentioned that the ancients had many taboos about planting plants in front of the house and behind the house, such as "do not plant mulberry before, do not plant willows after", "the tree corridor in front of the house, the family is defeated and the people die" and so on.
Therefore, the "wolf's tooth stick" mentioned in this saying does not refer to weapons, but to thorny plants.
There are many thorny plants, such as tiger thorn plum, rose, moon season, cactus and so on. Why did the ancients think that thorny plants could not be planted in the courtyard? Due to the backwardness of scientific civilization, the ancients were more superstitious and believed in feng shui, and from the perspective of feng shui, people thought that thorny plants would attract tongues and tongues.
Ten miles of different winds, a hundred miles of different customs, some places also think that thorny plants can dissolve.
Of course, feng shui is not enough to believe, from a rational point of view, the courtyard planted with thorns, easy to hurt people, and the courtyard is a place where people come and go, often active, once accidentally stabbed, under the ancient medical level, it is very serious.
The above is the explanation of the saying: "The hall does not hang the statue of the ancestors, and the courtyard does not plant a wolf tooth stick", do you think it makes sense? Comments are welcome.