The custom of occupying new houses in Yunan, Yunfu

Yunnan new house occupancy custom includes the following steps:

1. Before moving into the new house, clean the house thoroughly, including cleaning the doors and windows.

2. Open the doors and windows for two or three days to let the air circulate and introduce auspicious atmosphere.

3. Carry out the ceremony of "worshipping the four corners", which means to greet the land god politely in the new house.

Buy a new broom, sweep it from every corner of the hall, sweep it to the center of the hall and then sweep out the door, symbolizing sweeping away unclean things.

5. Prepare some items on the day of occupation, including rice, red envelopes, used dishes and chopsticks in the old house, and prepare the stove to pray for family prosperity.

6. The day before the occupation, put a bucket of water in the hall and turn on the fan to blow it, representing wind and water.

7. If the old house has dirt, it should be sent to the new house to prevent it from acclimatizing to the new house.

8. When worshipping God, earth, door gods and ancestral tablets indoors, Taoist priests will do things to eliminate disasters and settle down.

9. Prepare a banquet of food and wine.

The above are some customs and steps of moving into a new house, and the actual operation may change according to local specific conditions.