In our folk traditional culture, customs and culture are the traditional experiences summed up and developed by our ancestors in their long-term production and life. This contains the wisdom of people dealing with people and people, people and nature, people and society, people and culture.
The old ancestor said that "three auspicious and four fierce, five empty one seven empty two" is the performance of folk culture. After we delve deeper, we will find that this simple saying is based on the theory of easy learning and contains the profound philosophy of the ancestors of "the unity of heaven and man".
So, what does this sentence mean?
In fact, this sentence is also very simple. It is said that when the folk ancestors choose to build houses, the number of rooms should be singular, and it is more taboo to use even numbers.
Moreover, there are three rooms in the house, which indicates auspiciousness; if there are four rooms in the house, it is more unlucky; if there are five houses, one must be vacant; if it is seven rooms, two rooms must be vacant.
The "emptiness" in this saying "three auspicious and four fierce, five empty one seven empty two" can also be understood as "fierce" to a certain extent.
This is the experience summed up by the old ancestors, perhaps in the social environment of the old ancestors, such a situation is more common!
However, nowadays, many people will live in residential buildings, and there are few times when they choose to build their own houses. In this case, will the old ancestor's saying that "three rooms are auspicious and four fierce, five empty one seven empty two" still hold true? In fact, this requires the benevolent to see the benevolent, and the wise to see the wise!
The number of rooms in the house now, in general, refers to the bedroom, living room, bathroom, kitchen, cloakroom, entrance and so on. Therefore, when modern residential buildings use the saying "three rooms and four fierce, five empty one seven empty two" to explain, we must count all the rooms in the house.
In this way, there will be no three most auspicious sayings, after all, modern houses, even if it is a one-bedroom and one-living room, counting the kitchen and bathroom are four, plus the entrance, it will be five.
Therefore, this saying that "three rooms are auspicious and four fierce, five empty one seven empty two" is not suitable for the situation of residential buildings according to Xiao Nian.
Next, let's talk about why the old ancestors had the saying that "three rooms are auspicious and four fierce, and five empty one seven are empty and two".
First of all, the mansion we live in is also called the "Yang Mansion" in the folk, which is the opposite of the "Yin Mansion" of the grave where the deceased lived.
And the ancients also said that "heaven and earth two, heaven three earth four, heaven five earth six, heaven seven earth eight, heaven nine earth ten", the singular number is heaven, and the double number is earth. The sky is yang and the earth is yin, so the folk will take the yang house singular number as auspicious and the double number as the fierce saying.
In addition, the ancients said, "Count from one, stand at three, become five, flourish in seven, and be in nine." Such a statement is derived from the story of Pangu's pioneering earth recorded in the "Three-Five Calendars".
That is to say, all things in heaven and earth begin with one, one is chaos; after that, two are born two, two are yin and yang; two are born three, three are the three talents of heaven and earth; and three are standing, giving birth to all things. Then, the five directions of the east, west, south, south, and north began to form. Three are established, five parties are formed, and finally there is a cycle of reincarnation, and seven is a cycle. And nine is the extreme of the number, the so-called prosperity and decline, nine is both a very large number and the beginning of decline.
Therefore, the old ancestors also believe that the three rooms are auspicious houses, which is the beginning of the prosperity of the family; the five rooms are "houses", symbolizing the success of the career; and the seven rooms are "retreat houses", which can also be said to be conservative houses, suitable for raising the elderly; nine rooms are "poor houses", although the folk believe that nine is a very large and extremely auspicious number, but in terms of residences, the old ancestors do not advocate that there are nine houses in the family, because the old ancestors have the "prosperity and decline" of the exquisite!
If the number of rooms in the home is not satisfactory, it is also very easy to crack. Because our contemporary houses are not fixed in existence, we can appropriately adjust the use structure of the houses.
Of course, this kind of folk saying is actually just a folk custom handed down by the ancestors, if the pattern of the family is very comfortable, the family business is equally prosperous, there is no discomfort and ominousness, there is no need to change the house pattern.