A complete collection of tiles on the rural gate

Too many. The characters are "Dragon and Phoenix Becoming Auspicious", "Fu Men Bao Di", "Hongfu Zhao Qianqiu" and "Blessed Land Paradise".

When houses were built in rural areas in the late 1960s, they were all made of clay slabs. You can imagine how bad the economic conditions were then. They all built their own tile houses. With the development of economy, by the 1970s, when conditions permitted, every household had built buildings, and with money, they all put on tiles.

In order to look good, everyone sticks a few words above the gate, indicating that their home is a good place, which also means that their life will get better and better! Besides, it will look very dignified. Whoever passes by the door will be a wealthy family at first sight, and it is easy to say that the children are married.

There is another saying that is more mysterious, and that is Feng Shui. I don't know if you have noticed. There used to be a mirror in the old house. Not all the doors have mirrors. Only when there is no house opposite, or when the door is facing the road, will there be a mirror. Mirrors are cold things that can ward off evil spirits. Generally, ghosts belong to the category of soul, and mirrors will hurt the soul.

Of course, this is just a Taoist statement. People in the new era are not so superstitious as feudal society. However, some elderly people do this, but some people say it is not good-looking, so there is a tradition of writing auspicious words above the gate. As the saying goes, "make further progress with a hundred feet" means this!

Of course, there are still some families who will hang a landscape painting on the wall opposite the gate, or a big inverted "blessing" means that life will get better and better, or they will be very blessed and rich! But now many rural people don't build houses very much, and they all choose to buy houses in urban areas. I wonder if this tradition will be erased.