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What’s the point of putting city wall soil in a newly renovated house?

Feng shui precautions for moving into a new house:

Throughout the ages, moving into a new home has been a rigorous matter, also known as entering the house. According to traditional customs, many ceremonies have to be held. For example, in many places, when entering a house, firecrackers are fired, and the oldest person in the family leads the family in with a brazier in hand, which means to warm the house. Zhai, also known as prosperous house and prosperous house, means vitality. However, these cumbersome rituals are gradually being simplified. Young people are very fashion-conscious. In their opinion, holding a big brazier in their hands is old-fashioned and boring. It is better to save trouble. Secondly, some customs or rituals are slowly being forgotten and faded. Therefore, many people now adopt very general rituals when moving into a new home, and some even simply move in directly. Although some of the new home moving ceremonies have always been too onerous, some procedures are also essential and must be paid attention to. Just like a new home can be regarded as a newborn baby that needs to be adapted and cared for. Similarly, when a person moves to a new environment, he naturally has to get used to different air currents and magnetic fields. In layman's terms, he has to get used to the new environment. And some rituals are necessary precisely to help people adapt to the new house. Generally speaking, there are several basic things to pay attention to when moving into a new home.

When moving into a new home, lanterns or couplets are usually hung at the entrance. There is a saying in the book that red can ward off evil spirits and exorcise ghosts. I think the truest meaning of posting couplets or hanging red lanterns should come from this. After pasting the couplets, the higher-ranking person usually leads the family to open the door. In modern society, few people hold a brazier in their hands. Instead, after entering the house, all the lights in the house are turned on. It is regarded as holding a brazier and having a house. The purpose is also to make the house full of life. When entering a house, generally everyone should bring something with them, especially something with good intentions. For example, a man can bring an abacus or a scale, a woman can bring firewood, rice, oil, salt, or bowls and chopsticks. You can bring onions, garlic or sugar, and unmarried men and women can wear a string of red strings on their hands. These are meanings, which often represent good luck. In fact, they are equivalent to psychological hints and reminders. At the same time, when entering the house, everyone should usually bring something new, and they should not look back when entering the house. These are very important. In fact, to put it bluntly, they are a kind of psychological comfort and a hint of encouragement.

After entering the house, there are two things to do immediately: First, each of you has to make your own new bed and arrange it. However, generally you cannot go to bed to rest during the day on the day you move in. It will be at night. Only then can you go to bed and rest. This is generally very important to many people. The second is to turn on the stove or fire to cook something of goodwill or make a meal, such as sugar water, etc. Opening the bed and turning on the fire is another important sign of entering the house, and it must be completed on the day of entering the house.