The older generation attaches great importance to the gap between the rich and the poor, and they can always see the economic situation of a family through the bits and pieces of life.
In the past, there was a huge gap between the rich and the poor, the rich looked down on the poor, and the poor hated the rich.
In order to distinguish whether a person is really rich or fake rich, everyone looks at the kitchen and hall of his house, as the saying goes, "the rich look at the kitchen, and the poor look at the hall", which is what it means.
1. The origin of the saying
In the past, due to limited productivity and the influence of the natural environment, people had very limited access to food in ordinary life.
In order to cope with the disaster year of poor harvest, the rich would hoard a large amount of food in normal times, so in the kitchen of the rich, a lot of ingredients are often piled up.
For the poor, there is no extra money to buy food, and they work hard all year round, and the harvested food can barely sustain the family's daily food and drink.
If we catch up with a bad harvest year, I am afraid that there will not be a grain of rice in the kitchen, so I can only rely on wild vegetables in the mountains to satisfy my hunger.
So, at that time, if you want to see if a person is really rich, you must go to the kitchen to see.
As for those who are well-dressed, they have no chance to pretend to be rich, and the kitchen will rip off their vests.
Besides, this "poor look at the hall" means that a family is not poor, just look at how the hall is decorated.
In the past, the hall was a place for the host to receive guests, and the decoration here not only maintained the dignity of the host, but also allowed them to have a better social circle.
Just imagine, a family with a dilapidated hall, they must be embarrassed to receive guests, and when the guests see such a family, they will hate the poor and love the rich in their hearts, and they will not have too much intersection with you in the future.
For the wealthy, their homes, whether they are halls or bedrooms, or even the most inconspicuous toilets, are exceptionally well furnished.
Rich people are not short of money, and they are very willing to spend money on house decoration for the comfort of living.
But ordinary people and poor people can't decorate houses like this.
For ordinary people, because of the limited money in hand, they can only decorate the hall that fills the façade, and the bedroom, kitchen and toilet can only be ranked last, and then reinstall it when they have money in the future.
The poor are even more miserable, they don't even have the money to renovate their halls, and it can even be said that their house can only be regarded as a shelter from the wind and rain.
This is why the ancients could tell the wealth and poverty of a family based on the decoration of the hall.
Let's ask, if a family can't even make a hall that acts as a façade, how much money can it have?
Second, the decoration is exquisiteDon't look at the living conditions of the ancients, but they are very particular about the decoration of the kitchen and hall.
At that time, people were particularly superstitious, believing that how these two places were renovated would have a profound impact on their future lives.
Therefore, in order to have a smooth life in the future, we have summarized a lot of decoration taboos.
Nowadays, although people have a new aesthetic for house decoration, there are some taboos that still need to be understood.
1. Pay attention to kitchen decoration
(1) Avoid open kitchens
In the past, people were most taboo about having an open kitchen, because such a kitchen would be directly opposite the door, whether it was the door, the bedroom door, or the bathroom door, which was not good.
In Feng Shui, the "treasury" in the kitchen family represents the family's financial fortune. If the kitchen is facing the front door, it can lead to the loss of wealth through the door, making it difficult for the family to accumulate wealth.
In addition, the kitchen also represents fire, and the bathroom represents water, and water and fire are opposed, indicating that the people in the family are living in dire straits, which is not conducive to family harmony.
From a practical point of view, the kitchen is a place to cook food, which will produce a lot of oil smoke smell, if it is an open kitchen, it will let the oil smoke drift to every corner of the home, thus affecting the environment of the whole family.
Therefore, it is best to have a separate screen or partition in the kitchen, which is not only good luck in feng shui, but also keeps the whole home environment clean and clean.
(2) Avoid having a lot of things around the stove
The cooktop is the heart of the kitchen, and the arrangement around it also affects the whole kitchen. However, many people have the habit of placing various condiments around the stove when arranging the stove.
This habit seems to be convenient for cooking, but there are also safety hazards, so kitchen decoration is the most taboo to put too many things around the stove.
From a practical point of view, the placement of items around the stove will affect the operation of cooking.
We know that there isn't a lot of space around the cooktop, and if you put too many things, it's easy to spill them when we're stir-frying, and the cooktop gets dirty.
Secondly, placing items around the stove can cause safety hazards such as fires.
The stove will produce high temperature and flames during use, and if flammable materials such as paper, cloth, etc. are placed around, once it comes into contact with the fire source, it is easy to cause a fire.
In addition, the electrical equipment around the stove also needs to be used safely to avoid wires being pulled indiscriminately to avoid accidents such as electric shock.
Finally, there are so many things around the cooktop that it's easy to splash oil on them when cooking, which not only makes it harder for us to clean, but also makes the whole cooktop look dirty.
(3) Avoid the stove range hood by the window
Nowadays, when many houses are developed, the area of the kitchen is designed to be very small, so that many people think of placing the stove and range hood near the window in order to expand the area of the kitchen.
However, when the stove and range hood are close to the window, although it seems to solve the problem of lack of space, it brings other inconveniences.
First of all, placing the stove next to the window makes it harder to clean.
As a place for cooking, the kitchen is unavoidable, especially when stir-frying or frying food, oil fumes will be produced in large quantities.
If the stove is next to the window, the fumes will drift directly to the window, resulting in grease stains on the window glass and frames.
This not only affects the aesthetics of the windows, but also brings great inconvenience to the cleaning work.
Because the oil stains formed by oil smoke are often difficult to remove completely, it takes a lot of time and labor to clean them thoroughly.
Secondly, placing the stove next to the window will also affect the ventilation of the window.
As the kitchen is the hardest hit area for fumes and odors, it is important to maintain good ventilation.
If the stove is next to the window, then when cooking, if the window is opened, only a small part of the oil smoke and odor will be discharged through the window, and a large amount of oil smoke will drift into the home with the wind and pollute the air in the home.
Finally, the fact that the stove is close to the window also means that the range hood hangs on the glass, which is very dangerous.
Although the current glass is very strong, the glass is glass after all, and it is a fragile product, so hanging the range hood on the glass will only bring safety hazards and no advantages.
Just because we have a limited kitchen space doesn't mean we can't create a kitchen space that's both functional and aesthetically pleasing.
As long as we can find the decoration design that suits our own house, we will definitely be able to decorate the kitchen we want.
2. Pay attention to the decoration of the living room
(1) Avoid having too many mirrors in the living room
The living room, as a place for family hospitality, also represents the owner's taste in terms of decoration style and layout.
When decorating the living room, many people will choose a variety of decorations to decorate the space, and some people like to dress up, so they set up a few mirrors in the living room to facilitate their own use.
However, in the decoration of the exquisite, the living room is not suitable for too many mirrors.
Placing too many mirrors can make the living room look cluttered.
The mirror itself has a certain reflection and magnification effect, and if it is placed too much, it is easy to make the space visually chaotic and crowded.
Too many mirrors can also cause light to constantly reflect in the space, causing visual distractions and fatigue.
In Feng Shui, mirrors reflect the blessings of the home.
We know that the living room has many windows, which are also directly connected to the door, so when there are too many mirrors, it will reflect the good feng shui in the home and affect the financial luck of the family.
It's not easy for everyone to make money, so for the sake of good luck, don't put too many mirrors in the living room.
If you want to put a mirror in the living room, it is recommended that you place it in the corner of the wall to facilitate the grooming and avoid adverse effects.
(2) Do not hang murder paintings
Some people like to buy paintings to hang in the living room as decoration, like the elderly like festive paintings, such as peonies, landscape paintings, etc., but some young people like more alternative paintings.
These alternative paintings, collectively known as murder paintings in Feng Shui, can satisfy the curiosity of young people, but they are easy to bring a feeling of depression to the family.
The living room is supposed to be a place where people feel comfortable and relaxed, and the horror elements and eerie atmosphere in the murder painting are likely to break this tranquility.
Living in such an environment for a long time can not only affect people's mood, but also may have adverse effects on physical and mental health.
Murderous paintings can ruin the family atmosphere. The family is a warm and harmonious place, and we should strive to create an atmosphere full of love and joy.
Murder paintings often conjure up images of unlucky scenes or things, which is incompatible with the family atmosphere we are pursuing.
If the home is full of murderous paintings, then the relationship between family members may also be negatively affected.
In addition, murderous paintings may also affect the feng shui of the home, which may have bad effects, such as leading to family disharmony and poor financial luck.
Therefore, the living room should not be hung with murder paintings. Instead, we should choose something positive and beautiful to decorate the living room.
(3) Avoid poisonous green plants
Placing green plants in the living room can play a decorative role, and can also purify the air in the house, but too many green plants can easily cause a large number of small flying insects in the house because of the lack of timely insect control.
If these small flying insects fly on food, they will contaminate the food, and if the family eats it by mistake, they will also have an upset stomach.
Therefore, friends who like green plants, just place 3-4 pots of green plants, which are not only beautiful, but also will not bring other problems.
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