What do many people think when they see a cemetery? Some will think of the leaves falling back to the roots, some will think of life, old age, illness and death, some will think of the inheritance of culture; the cemetery from ancient times to the present is a place where everyone worships the dead, as the inheritance of filial piety culture, as well as the identity of the root culture, has a very great significance, the ancients said "the house looks at the grave, children and grandchildren should find a way to live", do you know what the truth contained in this is?
The house looks out to the grave
What is the tomb, the ancients said that the mound is a tomb, the flat is a tomb, that is, the place where the deceased is buried, what is the house? It's the place where people living on this land live, and the house you live in, next to the grave, doesn't sound very good, and makes people feel weird.
People from ancient times to the present day have paid attention to the people's food as the sky, and they need to grow food; Many commoners can not plant trees on the cemetery, and the graves are generally on the wasteland far from home, the house and the cemetery are relatively close, indicating that it is relatively desolate, who does not want their children and grandchildren to live happily and beautifully, and it is very difficult to live and grow food in this more desolate place.
The Book of Verses says, "Obey the grave of The Lord, and cut down its strips." ", the grave also has a meaning of the waterside highland, that is, if your house is built in such a place, you must think about it carefully, whether it is time to move quickly, otherwise when there is too much precipitation, it may flood the house, such a place is still uninhabitable.
Children and grandchildren should find a way to live
Even if there is a grave next to the house, it may not be a good life, but why do some people say that "children and grandchildren should find a way to live"? There is actually a relatively old story here, that is, it has something to do with Emperor Wu of Han.
The emperor of the Han Dynasty would build a mausoleum when building a mausoleum, before Emperor Wu of Han, if you want to move to such a place to live, most of them are the families of meritorious and noble people, but in order to solve the powerful forces in many places, Emperor Wu of Han also let many local heroes and rangers also move to live in Lingyi, these people usually make a fortune on their own territory, bully the common people, go to live in Lingyi, that is some real magnates, they can only be bullied people.
The ancients said that it was better to be a chicken head than a phoenix tail, and the rangers and heroes in these places began to find all kinds of relationships, just to erase themselves from the list, which was to find a better way for their children and grandchildren; later people also wanted to escape from this mausoleum, but not because of identity, but really for life.
During the reign of Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty, this mausoleum system was abolished, because of the implementation of the Tuien Order of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, many nobles who lived here for decades, after their multiplication, a large number of people needed to build houses and cut down trees, which was no longer the livable place near Weishui, but an uninhabitable place after the serious damage to the environment.
epilogue
People are very eager for a happy life in life, but a happy life is not so easy to get, need their own hard work, in the ancient times of relying on the sky to eat, if you want to live well, you must first find a suitable place for yourself and your people to live, and then work hard with your family to create this beautiful life.
"The house looks at the grave, and the children and grandchildren should find a way to live" is full of an expectation for future life, but also a yearning for a better life.