Our traditional culture not only includes poetry and song, Chinese painting and calligraphy, etc., but also many folk wisdom that is circulated in the folk. For example, we often use a colloquialism.
The colloquial saying is the most common folk culture of the people, and it is also the experience and wisdom summed up by our ancestors in thousands of years of production and life. For example, the old ancestor once said that "there are three rushes in front of the door, and the people are idle and poor", which is the experience and wisdom summed up by the old ancestors.
So, what does this sentence mean? What does "Three Rushes in front of the Door" say?
In fact, what this sentence says is that the ancestors believe that before the door of the home, you can't face three things, otherwise, it will lead to "people idle and poor". But will this really be the case?
In fact, this statement of the old ancestor is only to warn future generations, although the old ancestors have summed up the "three rushes in front of the door" to a certain extent, which will affect our lives to a certain extent, but it is not the root cause of "people being idle and poor".
The old ancestors believed that the "three punches in front of the door" will affect life, and life is not comfortable, so it will inevitably lead to "people being idle and poor". The ancients will always associate some things that do not have causal relations to warn future generations.
So, what is the "three punches in front of the door"?
First, there can be no trees in front of the door.
The reference here is not to a tree, which means that there can be no trees in front of the gate, especially those that grow irregularly, such as a tree in front of the door that forks and goes straight to the sky; or there are upside-down trees in front of the door, or even a pair of trees in front of the door. In the eyes of the old ancestors, this is all bad.
However, if there is a tree on the left side of the gate, it is a good sign. The tree on the left side of the gate is called the "Green Dragon Tree", indicating that the family can be rich and auspicious, and even the children of the family can enter and exit.
Of course, this is just a preference of the ancestors for the home environment, which has a certain help for us to improve the living environment, but it will not be as mysterious as the ancestors said!
Second, there can be no road in front of the door.
There can be no road here, and of course not all roads cannot be. It means that the gate cannot have a straight road, which means that you can't see a straight road as soon as you go out, which is not good for the family. If people encounter such a situation, they will often erect a small stone stele in the place opposite the gate and write the five big characters of "Taishan Stone Dare to Be" to pray for peace and smoothness and to break the bad luck.
Moreover, there can be no three roads, three roads facing the gate, the ancestors called it "Chuanzi Road", the ancients said that "there is a road in front of the door, the official xing".
Of course, there is a straight road in front of the door, in fact, there will be no folk god nagging, but it will affect the comfort of our lives to a certain extent.
Third, there can be no tigers in front of the door.
The so-called "tiger" cannot be in front of the door, but it is not that there can be no "tiger" in front of the door. It refers to the sharp corners on the building facing the door, or something protruding.
Facing such a thing in front of the door, although it will not affect our lives, but the old ancestors often pursue auspiciousness, so there are sharp objects outside the door, which is unlucky in the eyes of the old ancestors.
When the ancient ancestors built their homes, in addition to considering factors such as lighting and ventilation, to a certain extent, they also considered folk factors, and the most important part of the folk factors was whether it was auspicious.
Although the folk saying that "three rushes in front of the door and the people are idle and the family is poor" is a kind of experience and wisdom of the old ancestors of the people, we can see the ideological connotation of the "unity of heaven and man" pursued by the old ancestors when they built a family and chose a house.
Under the influence of our traditional culture, the ancestors chose the house not only for life, but also contained profound cultural connotations!