Why can't you say "no round nails" when building beams?

What is the importance of building beams in rural areas?

At sunrise, the Oriental Golden Beam and the newly-built Huatang are jubilant. The zodiac is auspicious, the tree is jade column, and the crape myrtle star shines on the golden beam. Long Panzhu, Feng Dengliang, the host family Anshun and Jixiang. ?

Geomantic custom of self-built houses in rural areas

1, time:

You should choose a date and time for the beam. For good luck, it usually chooses the sixth and ninth days of the lunar calendar, near noon. Because the beams were all made on the ground in advance, it was difficult and dangerous to transport a piece of wood weighing several hundred kilograms to a place three or four meters high by hand without lifting equipment. Choosing a date and time is a prayer activity to ensure personal safety and smooth work in advance.

2. Ceremony:

Before the formal lighting, this house was mainly used for worship. First, put couplets written in red paper on beams, doors and windows. Generally, the words "Qinglong Fuyuzhu, Baihu Jin Jia Liang" are posted on the beams, and the cross-batch is "Liangdaji". Then the incense table was set up in front of the main gate, and fruits were placed. The owner respectfully burned incense, worshipped and set off firecrackers. Then, the beam is officially carried out.

3. Expand:

In ancient times, when building a house, a ceremony of chanting "On Liang Wen" was held before going to the girder to pray for a solid foundation and wish the house a safe and long time. Xu Shizeng's Preface to Stylistics in the Ming Dynasty has a related explanation: "Whoever follows Liang Wen, the engineer must also speak in Liang Wen. To build a palace in this world, we should choose auspicious times as beams, celebrate with guests, and have noodles (now called steamed bread) and other things. Because of the craftsman's skill, the craftsman recited this article and wished him good luck. His article starts and ends in Li language, while Chen's six poems are written in Chinese. Each poem has three sentences to cover up the common customs in four directions.