Why are rural houses so particular: no mulberry trees are planted in front of the door, and no poplar trees are planted behind the yard?

This is a relatively feudal saying among the older generation. Because mulberry trees and the word "mourning" are homophonic, people think it is particularly unlucky and unlucky.

How superstitious were people in the past? Not only are you not allowed to plant mulberry trees in front of your own house, but even if you pass by other people's fields where there are mulberry trees, you have to go home and find a red string and tie it to the door, so as to drive away this bad luck.

There is also a saying that when the mulberry tree matures, it will grow a lot of red fruits. These fruits can easily attract various birds to eat. In this way, the birds will gather around the door and chirp, which will affect everyone's rest.

And after eating, they will poop a pile of bird droppings in front of the door, which is difficult to clean up and easy to smell. Especially in summer, there is a smell in front of the house. Therefore, there is no benefit to planting mulberry trees in front of the door.

There are no poplar trees planted in the back of the yard because the leaves of the poplar trees are very big and make a whirring sound when the wind blows. Everyone described the sound as "ghost clapping", which made people feel very scary.

Actually, this is really a very superstitious statement. What is the sound of ghost clapping hands? Has anyone heard of it?

In addition to not planting poplar trees behind the courtyard, willow trees are also taboo for everyone. Because willow is a homophone for the word "liu", the elderly think that it means loss of money, which is also an unlucky statement, so they also stay away from willow.

Of course, these are nonsense. Even from a Feng Shui perspective, it is untenable. However, for the older generation of elders, these concepts have been deeply rooted in their hearts, and changing them cannot be achieved in a short while.

Nowadays, some people in the village have abandoned this concept and plant whatever trees they want in their front or back yards.