What's taboo about thanking the soil?

There will be the word "thank you" in our lunar calendar. Many friends may be familiar with these two words, but they don't know much about their meanings. Generally speaking, soil-thanking is a sacrificial ceremony held after the completion of the new house, and the time for soil-thanking cannot be chosen at will. We should also invite Feng Shui masters to look at the auspicious days of the Chinese zodiac in advance. There are also some taboos to pay attention to in the ceremony of thanking the soil. Next, let's have a good understanding of the taboo of thanking the soil.

First, what are the taboos for thanking the soil?

Thanking the earth means repaying the god of the land. In the past, every household in rural areas would worship the land god, and villagers generally called it the land god or the land god. On holidays, villagers will hold sacrifices and put on delicious food that they are reluctant to eat, and then give it to the land god first. Soil is the first of the five elements. Whether building a house or building a road is a kind of destruction to the land, it will not only destroy and disturb the visible natural environment such as vegetation and animals, but also bring disasters to many young creatures, thus breaking the harmony in this area. Therefore, holding a groundbreaking ceremony in advance is equivalent to applying for and obtaining the consent of the land god, while thanking the land god afterwards is to apologize to all parties and thank the land god for his tolerance, which is an expression of people's desire for natural harmony.

Second, what does it mean to thank the soil?

1, source

Ancient houses were built as a form of sacrifice to reward the later gods of the earth. Li Mingzhi's Notice of Moving to the Upper House: Up to now, the Buddha has not been molded, and he dare not live in the main room or thank the earth. A ceremony held when a modern building is completed or a tomb is completed.

2. Form

After the building is completely completed, a ceremony to thank the earth will be held on another day. At that time, the plasterer will wrap the eight-foot mirror invited in advance with red cloth, and then bury it in the construction site on the same day to prepare a cement pit for the eight-foot mirror. Generally speaking, the pit will be in the middle of the construction site, with a depth of 65,438+0 meters or more, and the length and width of the pit should be just suitable for an eight-foot mirror. The process of putting the Eight-Foot God into the puddle in the mirror is called the sieve ring. After putting it in, you can put some tributes, such as copper coins and some grain and rice notified by Chongning in Song Dynasty, and scatter them in four directions.