Chinese culture is broad and profound, has a long history, and is all-encompassing, and one of the branches is the colloquialism. Sayings are easy to understand, but concise words, and sayings are conventional sayings that have been passed down from generation to generation, word of mouth, and have been passed down to the present day.
From ancient times to the present, people are very yearning for a good life, and they have worked hard for this vision. There is a kind of saying that expresses this vision of people, such as the sentence to be said today - "If you want to be rich in your home, put four things in the house", what does this saying mean?
In ancient times, people were particular about the items and furnishings placed in the home, in addition to the requirements of beauty, and the overall environment of the home in harmony and unity, but also have an auspicious meaning. For a simple example, some people nowadays will indiscriminately antique, such as placing imitation Tang Sancai in the home, Tang Sancai is colorful and extremely beautiful, but it is not auspicious to place Tang Sancai in the eyes of the ancients, because the use of Tang Sancai in ancient times is to accompany funeral products, not ornaments.
So, what's good to put in your home? This is the content of this article, "If you want to be rich in the house, put four things in the house", which is the following four items:
First, auspicious calligraphy and painting
The mainland has a long culture of calligraphy and painting, and from ancient times to the present, there are also many classic calligraphy and painting works with auspicious meanings and rich connotations. Even today, people hang calligraphy and paintings in their homes to show the atmosphere.
Therefore, the first of these four things is auspicious calligraphy and painting.
In terms of words, it can be some auspicious words, such as the word "Fu", it can be auspicious idioms, such as "horse to success", "Pengcheng Wanli", etc., or it can be an auspicious couplet, implying beautiful poetry and song, etc. In short, in terms of themes, people have a lot of choices.
In the painting, it can be some traditional New Year paintings, such as "There is more than enough in the year", "Flowers bloom and rich", etc., or it can be feng shui paintings, such as "landscape painting", "Great Wall" and so on.
With these words and paintings decorated, the whole home will become connotative and vibrant, people live in it, and over time they will be in a happy mood, and they will be relatively more spiritual in life and work.
Second, bat wood carving
In life, the ancients will pay attention to some good harmonics, this concept even now, is still deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, for example, people like the number "eight", because its harmonic is "hair", meaning fortune, people do not like the number "four", because its harmonic sound is "death" in death.
Speaking of harmonics, we have to mention bats, bats in the eyes of the ancients, is very aura, people feel the world, is to rely on the five senses, and bats than people have one more skill, both can use sound waves to feel the world.
Bats are haunted, its work and rest are separated from the ancients at sunrise and sunset, in addition, bats will also remove mosquitoes, in the absence of mosquito coils and other insect repellent supplies in the era, if there is no bat, mosquitoes will not be flooded.
The harmonic sound of the bat, for the blessing. The ancients would carve five bats on wood, alluding to the Five Blessings Of The Gate. Also because of the number "five", some people further associated with the "five-way god of wealth"
With the development of the times, people in the construction of houses, furniture production, less use of wooden structures, which is also a manifestation of social progress and development, in ancient times, houses, furniture in the use of wooden structures is more extensive, and carving bats on wood, is also more common.
Therefore, placing a wood-carved bat in the home is also a better meaning, which means that "Fu" will be invited into the home.
Third, the golden toad
Speaking of golden toads, people are the first to think of two idioms "golden cicada shelling", "toad palace folding gui", of which golden toad shelling means rejuvenation, representing vitality, and toad palace folding gui means to obtain a meritorious name, representing an ideal.
In addition, the golden toad is recorded in ancient mythological texts and fables. In the ancient mythological system, there are not only Chang'e, Wu Gang, Jade Rabbit, but also a cute three-legged golden toad in the moon. In the opera, the bangs play golden toad is an enduring bridge section.
In addition, the "toad" in the golden toad is harmonized with "entanglement" and "constant", and the word "gold" means wealth, so the golden toad also represents the rich and noble, and the rich are always there.
Fourth, the gourd
Finally, we have to mention the gourd.
Gourds are an element that cannot be ignored in ancient traditional culture. In mythology, the ancient gods and immortals would use the gourd as a magic weapon, pinning the gourd around their waists, such as the iron abduction li in the eight immortals, the Daozu Taishang Laojun and so on.
In addition, the gourd in the folk, but also has practicality, gourd can hold things, can be used as a wine pot, medicine pot, etc., gourd can also be made into a scoop, is a common furniture of the folk.
The gourd contains folk philosophies, first of all, the gourd's belly is large, representing generosity, which can accommodate the world's affairs, secondly, the gourd is divided into two, it becomes two gourd scoops, representing the Tao Sheng one and the second life in Tai Chi, and finally, the gourd has a small front belly and a large back belly, representing a gradual progression.
Finally, it is necessary to return to the harmonics, the gourd occupies two good harmonics, both "Fu" and "Lu", which means that Fu Lu is complete.
The above are the four things mentioned in the saying, namely: auspicious calligraphy paintings, bat wood carvings, golden toads and gourds.