In our lives, when people speak, there are often "as the saying goes...", "the old man says...", as soon as these words are exported, we will know that this is a common saying handed down by the ancestors. These colloquial sayings are usually transmitted in folklore in oral form.
The content of the colloquial saying is very extensive, covering all aspects of our lives, especially in terms of residence, and the ancestors are more particular about this.
The ancestors believed that the most livable environment was "xuanwu hanging head, suzaku dancing, green dragon meandering, and white tiger taming".
The ancestors are very particular about the choice of their own houses, not only to observe the terrain and landform, suitable climate environment, soil quality, etc., but more importantly, to consider cultural, economic and other factors.
There is such a saying in the saying, "The water behind the grave house in front of the door, the family loser and the dead son will not return." This sentence is a kind of exquisite way for the ancestors to choose a place to build a house, there is a grave in front of the door, and the house with water behind the house is not suitable for building a house to live.
Of course, the so-called "family failure and death of the son do not return" is slightly exaggerated, but it also fully illustrates that the ancestors are a taboo for the "front door grave" and "back water" house. When people hear such a statement, they often think that this is the superstitious feudal words of the old ancestors. But if you think about it, there is actually a certain truth.
Let's start with the "tomb in front of the door."
As the name suggests, the tomb in front of the door means that there is a grave in front of the house. Don't say that the ancestors don't want to have a grave in front of their own door, even those of us who live in the new era will not think that having a grave in front of the house is a normal thing.
And the tombs are generally in some deep mountains, even if not deep mountains, but also far away from people's settlements. If our house is built after the grave, in other words, our house is built in a deep mountain far away from the crowd, where both life and production are extremely inconvenient, which will naturally have a bad impact on our lives.
As we mentioned before, folk believe that the most livable environment is "Xuanwu hanging head, Suzaku xiang dance, green dragon meandering, white tiger taming", such an environment means that the house should sit north to south, and the south side is open, and the north side should have mountains and rivers to rely on, so that the warm wind in the south will blow in, and the cold north wind in the north will be blocked.
And if "there is a grave in front of the door", it means that there is a mountain in front of the door, so that not only is the light insufficient, but it will also affect the south wind blowing in and bringing a warm air.
Such a house is naturally not a livable place that people seek.
Let's talk about "water behind the house".
It was also said before that there should be a mountain behind the house, on the one hand, there is a reliance, which in ancient times could bring people a sense of security and prevent the invasion of wild beasts. On the other hand, it was mentioned before because it was to block the invasion of the north wind in winter. So why can't there be water behind the house?
Generally speaking, having water in front of the door is the most reasonable and livable, but the water in front of the door cannot be too close to the house, otherwise it will affect people's lives. The reason for this is the same as the water behind the house.
Because there is water, it will inevitably be wet, especially the water behind the house, the water in front of the door because we usually build a house "sitting north to south", so the water in front of the door can receive plenty of sunlight, and the humidity is not very heavy. But behind the house is different, the water behind the house, can not see the sun, perennial in the shadow, will inevitably breed a lot of bacteria, germs. Thus affecting people's bodies.
These sayings of the ancestors are usually the crystallization of wisdom for thousands of years, and if these sayings, which are mainly based on word of mouth, have no practical significance and lack objective truth, then they will inevitably not be hung up by generations of people and passed down to this day.
Folk wisdom can be widely spread, and that must be a particularly existent truth. We cannot abandon the wisdom summed up by our ancestors because of the exaggerated warnings of our ancestors and some mysterious things. These mysterious things are often the limitations of the ancients' cognition, but this does not mean that the experience of their practice is wrong.