Why not break ground in the first month?

Yang Gongbi on the 13th day of the first month

The 13th day of the first month is not suitable for breaking ground, which is the anniversary of Yang Gong's death. As the saying goes: the twelfth lunar month does not move, and the first month does not break ground. During the Spring Festival, the weather is cold. In the past, when living conditions were poor, there was no stove to cook and smoke in the new house. The cold in the house invades the bones, and moving in in the twelfth month is very unfavorable to the weak elderly, children and women, and it is very easy to get sick. From the geomantic point of view, it is not the twelfth lunar month, and there is no auspicious day to move. The ancients thought that disturbing the god of wealth in the first month would easily lead to the leakage of wealth. Therefore, in the first month, it is impossible to carry out large-scale construction, and it is impossible to dig and break ground, so it is not appropriate to carry out decoration and break ground. There is also a saying that in ancient times, there was an activity of offering sacrifices to heaven in the first month to thank God for the Spring Festival, and because heaven and earth are relative, people should also take care of its face while thanking God, so it is best not to break ground.

The fourteenth day of the first month is not suitable for breaking ground.

There are many customs at home on the fourteenth day of the first month, and it is not appropriate to break ground; Set up a gate, commonly known as the financial gate. After the house is completed, installing the gate is the main etiquette for building the house. On auspicious days, please set up the incense table and offer sacrifices to heaven and earth. After the ancestor worship, install a big pagoda in the central hall to show the official completion of the new house. When you enter the house, you have the habit of calming your nerves first and then calming others. After the new house is built and the gate is erected, the owner will first install incense, light candles, burn incense, burn paper money and light muskets, put up a list of gods on the main wall of nave (that is, the location of heaven, earth, monarch and teacher), invite ancestors into the house, and then choose an auspicious day (avoid golden wood day) to invite the elders in the neighborhood, kill chickens and prepare wine to cook in the new house, and the whole family will settle down and formally move in. On that day, relatives and friends in the neighborhood not only prepared gifts and firecrackers to congratulate each other, but also went out to help each other, and the host gave them a banquet. Greeting cards (one foot and two feet for all kinds of fabrics), greeting cards and couplets are hung in nave according to the direct relationship of relatives, and the younger generation is from the inside out.

An auspicious day for graduation ceremony

The first month is not only not suitable for these days, but also a taboo to break ground on inappropriate days in the Gregorian calendar. In China, we attach great importance to the concept of auspicious days, so we generally don't choose to break ground on inappropriate days.