What does it mean to move a new house into a fire?

In China, when people live in new houses, they always follow the custom of bringing kindling. Therefore, people who live in new houses in China are generally called "into the fire" and "into the fire".

There is an idiom in China called "handed down from generation to generation". The original meaning is: "burning firewood, one after another, will never go out." The extension means: "The knowledge of metaphor can't be taught, or the inheritance of race, descent and culture can't be learned."

This is a traditional custom in China since ancient times, a concrete manifestation of ancient people's worship of fire, and a symbol of the inheritance of race and descent.

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In moving to a new house, apart from the different ceremonies in different parts of China, the moving materials and the order of use are also particular, each with its own characteristics and significance.

In Hangzhou and Shaoxing, Zhejiang, the first one to move in was "bluing". Blue is a small bamboo basket made of colored paper, which contains things such as hair and is used to hang on the corners of the pillars in the hall. It is said that the first move into "blue" is developed. After moving into "bluing", I moved into the ladder to dry the children's clothes, which means climbing up step by step.

Then, move it into two pots of Reineckea carnea and Evergreen, each with a load of rice, which means "a thousand years of harmony" and "a bumper year of rice". Later, the ancestral hall, ancestral hall and boxes were moved, and the owner burned incense and sacrificed, while others were not allowed to talk, which was called "making a fortune silently".

In Yangzhou, Jiangsu, moving to a new house is very different. People in Yangzhou call moving to a new house "entering the house". Before entering the house, they moved a pot of reincarnation flowers and evergreen to symbolize good luck after moving into the new house. Later, we set off firecrackers and moved into our shrine, which was protected by our ancestors.

Then, carrying "children and grandchildren buckets" into the room, in order to "children and grandchildren are safe and last forever"; Then move into the furniture and put some sesame stalks, beans and Chai Lu on the furniture, symbolizing "rising sun", "stability" and "making a fortune in the long run".

It can be seen that every step of the relocation materials and steps is very particular and meaningful.