What is the significance of building a new house, and the custom of building a new house?

1, Time: Date and hour should be selected for high beam. For good luck, it usually chooses the sixth and

What is the significance of building a new house, and the custom of building a new house?

1, Time: Date and hour should be selected for high beam. For good luck, it usually chooses the sixth and ninth days of the lunar calendar, near noon. Because the beams were made on the ground in advance, it was difficult and dangerous to transport a piece of wood weighing hundreds of kilograms to a height of three or four meters by hand without lifting equipment in the past. Choosing the date and time is a prayer activity to ensure personal safety and smooth work in advance. The upper beam is the most important part of building a house, and the time should be chosen at the time of "full moon" and "high tide", which means family reunion and money influx. If the family's birthday time conflicts with Liang's birthday time, you must avoid it.

2. Ceremony: Before the official lighting, the room was mainly used for offering sacrifices. First, stick couplets written in red paper on beams, doors and windows. Generally speaking, the words "Qinglong Fuyuzhu, Baihu Jin Jia Liang" are pasted on the beam, which is cross-recognized as "Liang Daji". Then set up a incense table in front of the main entrance, put fruit on it, and the owner respectfully burns incense, worships and sets off firecrackers. Then, the beam is officially carried out. When the beam is formally erected, the construction team will concentrate all their efforts. People tied the two ends of the house beam with ropes, a group of people stood on the wall and pulled it, and a group of people stood on the ground and sent it up. The danger of this project is that if the people on the wall are not strong enough, or the rope is broken, the beam may fall and hit the people on the ground after being pulled up. The construction team leader is extra careful at this time, constantly checking the danger and reminding people to pay attention to safety. Post couplets such as "Liang Xin meets the ecliptic, and the purple star meets the column". Use yellow or green paper for couplets, and avoid red paper. Red silk is hung at both ends of the beam, and a brass cymbal hangs from the red silk, which means "peace and harmony". Cross beams are generally divided into two types: triangle and I-beam. If it is a triangle, directly install two wooden pillars to make a fork. If it is an I-beam, the upright post and two cross beams should be installed before the fork is installed. After the whole beam frame is installed, put the purlin on the fork handle, nail the rafters on the purlin, spread waterproof materials on the rafters, and spread tiles on the waterproof materials, and the roof is completed. As a souvenir, the rafters nailed in the middle and back of the house are specially made. The carpenter planed one side of the round rafter with a planer, and the owner asked someone to write down the date of construction, the owner's name and the craftsman with a brush. For example, on March 9th, 1999, Zhang San built a house, Li Si worked as a carpenter and Wang Wu worked as a bricklayer. Now, after many projects are completed, in order to clarify the responsibilities, a "responsibility card" should be set up, which is somewhat similar. At noon the next day after the beam making, the room mainly hosted the construction team. In the past, there were several big tables, good cigarettes, good wine and good dishes to celebrate the house that was about to be completed. There is also a pressure here, that is, bricklayers need to continue laying bricks, and the treatment is not good. In case they are irresponsible or intentionally damaged, the house will leak when it rains after it is built, which is very troublesome to maintain. Homeowners nowadays are not as particular as they used to be. If some homeowners want to save trouble, they usually only entertain the protagonist of the construction team, give others a few boxes of good cigarettes or some cash, and stop eating together.

3. Extension: When building a house in ancient times, a ceremony of chanting "going to the girder" was held before going to the girder to pray for a stable foundation and wish the house a safe and long-term life. There is a related explanation in Xu Shizeng's "preface to distinguishing styles" in the Ming Dynasty: "Whoever presses Liang Wen, the engineer will also give Liang Wen. When building a palace in the secular world, it is necessary to choose auspicious moments as beams and celebrate with guests and noodles (now called steamed bread). Thanks to the craftsman's skill, the craftsman recited this article to wish him good luck. Li language is used at the beginning and end of his article, while Chen's six poems are written in Chinese. Each poem has three sentences, so as to cover up the vulgar style according to four directions.