How to choose the date and time of capping beam for rural housing

In the past, houses in rural areas were generally built of wood and mud. When building a house, there is a beam installation link, which is the process of installing the highest beam on the roof. This is a very important procedure. Although many rural houses are now brick-concrete structures or reinforced concrete structures, the ceremony of picking beams will still be preserved. Generally, a auspicious day will be chosen to hold a ceremony. How to choose the date and time of beam installation for rural houses? What auspicious words should be said on the beams of new houses in rural areas? Come with us to get to know it!

How to choose the date and time of capping beam for rural housing

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.

The loading time is generally chosen in the morning or evening. You should choose an auspicious day for the beam. Generally speaking, the auspicious day of Shangliang is on June, August, 16th, 18th, or 26th, 28th. Once the date is chosen, you must try your best to get the time right, otherwise it will be unlucky.

The most important part of building a house, the general auspicious time, should be chosen at the time of "full moon" and "high tide", which means family reunion and a flood of money. If the time of your family's birthday conflicts with Liang's, you must avoid it. The auspicious time of the day depends on the host's birthday.

What auspicious words should I say on the beams of new houses in rural areas?

1, shouted "good luck" when climbing the beam.

Sacrificing the beam before loading is an essential procedure. People carried the main beam wrapped in red paper or red silk into the front of the new house, and placed sacrifices such as pigs, fish, chickens, geese, eggs, tofu and incense candles on the altar. Bricklayers and carpenters toasted and said good things. After the sacrifice, craftsmen will hang the main girder to the roof or pull it up with ropes. When lifting or pulling the beam, firecrackers will explode, and Master Liang will sing Song Liang and shout "Come on, good luck!"

After placing the main girder smoothly, the owner should move the "five-grain colorful bag" sent by relatives and friends to the roof and put it in the middle of the beam to show that the five grains are abundant. In some places, red cloth bags filled with red dates, peanuts, rice, wheat and evergreen are hung in the middle of the main beam, which means "happiness, auspiciousness, longevity, happiness and everlasting". After that, the craftsman wrapped the fruit and food in red cloth, said good things, and threw the cloth into the laundry basket held by the owner in both hands. This program is called "receiving the package", which means grasping the treasure.

2. If you follow the rules, you should sacrifice to God before the beam.

Sacrifice includes "whole pig" (that is, a pig's head and a pig's tail, which means whole pig), commonly known as "benefiting the market". Fish, goose, tofu, eggs, salt and soy sauce are five or seven colors. They are served in wooden red lacquer sacrificial plates, as well as 24 bowls of other dishes and 12 pots of fruits from north and south. Post couplets such as "Liang Xin meets the ecliptic day and the column meets the purple star". Use yellow or green paper for couplets, and avoid red paper. HongLing hangs from both ends of the beam, and a brass cymbal hangs from the HongLing, which means "peace and harmony". Customs vary from place to place. If you are particular, you'd better ask the local elders.

Beams are cross members installed on the columns of buildings. It bears all the weight of the superstructure and roof, and is the most important part of the superstructure. The beams in traditional buildings in China can be divided into dozens, including three beams, five beams, seven beams, nine beams, one-step beam, two-step beam, riding door beam, moon beam, holding head beam and Taiping beam, among which the most common ones are five beams, seven beams and nine beams.

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