What are the taboos of building geomantic omen?
After selecting the residential foundation, according to the observation and interpretation of the external environment and weather, the orientation of the whole residence is determined, which is called "orientation method", and its steps are as follows:
(a) "measurement": that is, "building foundation" and "floors" (referring to the number of buildings) are measured one by one and drawn on a piece of paper to form a plane sketch. The proportion is mostly: 1: 100, and then divide the map into eight diagrams and nine palaces, and write 24 directions to infer good or bad luck.
(2) "Set the general direction": that is, determine the general direction of the house according to the natural topography, landform, water flow direction and climate characteristics. Generally speaking, it is a pattern of "negative yin holding yang", and it only faces east or west under special circumstances. Sitting south facing north is less.
(3) Accurate compass orientation: The compass, also known as the "steering wheel", is divided into four directions: southeast, northwest and northwest, with twelve scales of Yin, Shi Wu, Shen and Hai Zi Ugly arranged in turn, and its pointer points to good or bad luck in other places.
In terms of space construction, Feng Shui pays special attention to the height of the main hall ridge, and thinks that the size of the ridge has a direct causal relationship with auspiciousness. Generally, the height of the midrib is slightly larger than the width of the main hall. There is also the practice of yin and yang sides, that is, the water surface lengths of the two slopes before and after the roof are not equal, and the cornice height in front is higher than that in the back.
In short, the general requirement of geomantic omen for residential layout is: "The four corners of the house should be straight and tidy, not sharp, partial or oblique;" No matter how many rooms there are, the incense should be in the middle hall, and the incense hall should not open the skylight. " This requirement is consistent with the feudal ethical code system and ethics.
The third is doors, walls and roads. The door is a sign of separation between inside and outside, and it is the first pass to enter the room. The book "Xiang Zhai Jing" says: "The good or ill luck of the house lies in the door, and the house is subject to the gas of the door, so the door is called the gas port, and the convenient door is called the palace." "Geographical practice is all about the wind and the Tao, and the sky is connected to the bottom, and the qi is introduced layer by layer to determine good or bad luck." Therefore, people attach great importance to the arrangement of doors.
Gate: the main entrance of the compound. Generally, houses face south, which is called East in geomantic omen. The gate should be in these three places, the southeast is the best, commonly known as "Qinglong Gate". Compared with the gate position of traditional houses, it is more in line with this point.
Middle door: inside the door and outside the hall, also called "instrument door", is not as important as the door. Except for the earthquake room and the main door, the rest can go out of the hall directly.
General's Gate: a common way to stay in bed in the hall of each building. When there are few rooms, the position of this door can be ignored. When there are many rooms, it is good to set up a single room with three squares, and the door is located in the set three squares.
Doors: the front and back of each bedroom. Feng Shui believes that the bedroom is a very important part and a hotbed for the offspring of a house. So pay special attention to the door, which is located in Sanjifang.
Convenient door: three rooms in the western suburbs should open small doors connecting the house with firewood and water.
In addition, from the gate to the side door, the door cannot be located in the same straight line. Generally speaking, if there is a straight line, the "qi" will be too strong to be missed, which will affect the "luck" of the main house and be unfavorable to the owner.
For two families, the doors cannot be opposite. If they are opposite, then a shadow wall should be built between the two doors. The gate can't go straight into the lane, but we should set up various things to help the town, such as "Taishan Shi Gandang", "Zhenshanhai" and small mirrors.
The door can't rush to the neighbor's house and the mountain, and can't rush to other chimneys and pigsty. In the old society, in real life, pigs (nicknamed "black-faced lang") and chimneys were often attached with "black devils". People think that "opening the door and bumping into the black devil is a big murderer."
The door can't rush to the main road, which is also an ominous sign, and so on.
In the structure of the door, it is required that the width (height and width) of the door cannot be equal. Feng shui converts the numerical value of size into the number of river maps and Luo Shu, and then attaches the attributes of the five elements to judge whether it is good or bad. For example, the door is one foot five feet high and one foot four feet four feet wide, all of which belong to gold. Gold and soil are born together, which is auspicious. For the convenience of conversion, a special ruler was used later. Among them, the principle of "door light ruler" and "Lu half ruler" is to divide the ruler into eight sections, namely, "wealth, separation, righteousness, official, robbery, harm, illness and capital" When measuring the size of the door, it is good to fall on the words "wealth, righteousness, official and capital", otherwise,
In terms of drainage and patio, compass grid should also be used to determine the orientation. The requirement for the drainage ditch is: "Be like a snake and go out." Water can't direct current, for example, direct current is "water breaks the heart" and water can't cross it, for example, it is also "water breaks the heart"; Water should not be divided into eight characters, which is "spreading wealth and consuming gas"; Water should not come out from under the door, if it comes out from under the door, the rich will spread the poverty; Water can't be inclined or straight out from the door without bending, which is called "grasping evil spirits" and is the main murderer; Water is forbidden to wear a house. Once worn, the house is difficult to live in. It is also necessary to avoid going in and out of the hall beams and doors, which will be wasted; The water is more violent when it passes through the sluice.
The patio is in a house, which is not only a place for ventilation and sunshine, but also the best source of drainage, so Feng Shui is treated specially. According to the record in "The Courtyard" in the third volume of "Xiang Zhai Jing": "The patio is where the hall and the outer hall of the first house are located. If it is ten feet wide, four or five feet long and five or six inches deep, it is appropriate to be clean. People who plant trees in the patio are unlucky, the fence is unlucky, and the door should not face the patio. Those with one room and three patios, the left and right patios should all be the best in the lobby patio. "
In addition to the above-mentioned Feng Shui regulations, on the terrain of the foundation of the house, the front is low and the back is high, which is called "Yang Zhai" by the people and is auspicious; If the front is high and the back is low, it is a "haunted house" and the main murderer. If the two ends are high and the middle is low, it is commonly known as "the little devil is the master" and the main murderer; If the two ends are low and the middle is high, it is also unlucky to be commonly known as "a boy carrying a sedan chair".
In order to ward off evil spirits, there are many taboos and tricks in architectural customs, such as painting Shi Gandang, Taiji Eight Diagrams, Zhenshanhai, magic mirrors, doors, beams, and fu Zhen patterns and characters on the roof.
Decorating mirrors on doors is also an important custom of building houses and living in the middle. It used to be called "looking in the mirror", and popular beliefs can make ghosts reveal their true colors. When building new houses, people often embed ordinary mirrors in the lower right of the top of the gate to "exorcise ghosts and keep them safe".
In the exorcism decoration of the house, there is also a warrior statue made of tile, which is placed on the roof and named "General Wa"; There are also statues riding horses with bows, which are placed in the same house; In addition, it is made of copper or iron and has the shape of tiger, thorn, turtle, snake and so on. , as the base of the closed ring on the gate, called "paving", and so on.
In the auspicious decoration of houses, there are eight things, such as "Box, jade fish, Drum Plate, Pan, Longmen, Ganoderma lucidum, pine and cypress, crane", commonly known as "Eight Treasures", to show auspicious signs. Harmony box, jade fish, drums and stones symbolize the conjugal love of husband and wife, family harmony, prosperity and happiness of future generations; Longmen symbolizes a successful career and a promising fame; Ganoderma lucidum and pine cranes symbolize longevity, immortality and success.
There are also strict regulations on the wood for building houses, commonly known as "the head does not top the mulberry, and the feet do not step on the locust." Mulberry is homophonic with "mourning" and locust is homophonic with "bad". If mulberries are used as the beam and locusts as the threshold, the family will be ruined. Also, the purlin on the roof of the house likes jujube wood, the beam head likes elm wood, and the door likes apricot wood. The homonym of jujube is Zao, Ling is Ji, Pleasant is Ying, Liang is Liang, Apricot is Ji, and Tree is Ji. There is also a traditional custom. Feng Shui stipulates: "Plant peaches and willows in the east, gardenias and elms in the west, prunes and dates in the south and apricots in the north." There are trees in the middle door, and wealth will last a lifetime. There are elms behind the house, and ghosts are not close. "
Mr. Feng Shui will use compasses to erect piles after selecting auspicious soil and determining the foundation according to the requirements of "Feng Shui". Most of the piles used are willows. According to folklore, mulberry trees are not allowed to be used as piles. At this point, the work of selecting foundation and determining the direction of the house has come to an end, and then it has entered the stage of breaking ground.