When building a house with beams in the countryside, why is the carpenter in the east and the mason in the west?

In the past, in many places in the countryside, the construction of beams on houses did have this peculiarity, the carpenter was in the east, and the east was the big one. So why is there such a preoccupation?

In the countryside on the beam this day is very grand, to hang red feast. An hour before the beam, sporadic firecrackers began, in order to tell people who like to get together, the ceremony of the beam began. At this time, there will be a lot of children running around waiting for people on the roof to throw small biscuits and dumplings. More candy, the scene is no less than the rural married wife. The main people on the roof to throw sweets and dumplings is the countryside carpenter and mason, the carpenter must be in the east. Countryside custom is the east for the big, for what the carpenter has to be for the big live in the east?

Before a new house is built, all the raw materials needed to build it will be prepared in advance, especially the timber, which has been prepared years ago. Before being ready to start a new house, usually, the main house must first have a carpenter brought to the house. The carpenter calculated the length and width of the frame and the length of the beams based on the dimensions of the base.

In the past, windows and doors were not the current aluminum windows and doors. The doors and windows were wood. The dimensions of the door and window frames were also designed by the carpenter with input from the main house. When the mason puts the wall to the right height, it will be finished straight away. Place the door and window frames on top. In other words, the basic outline of the main house is predetermined by the carpenter.

Not, of course, that the bricklayer was not important. In fact, the sturdiness of the house is also compatible with the tiler and the carpenter. The rural custom was that the carpenter was in the east, and like the new wife of the family, the father-in-law had to live in the east. This is the reason why carpenters are in the east and tilers in the west when building a house with beams in the countryside.