Why do ancient buildings in China have a threshold?

The threshold was originally intended to keep out the rain, but it was later extended, which not only blocked the wealth but also blocked the life. Therefore, when a person is not going well, he said "he met a threshold". According to an old folk saying, the year of birth is a "threshold". It is said that people are troubled in this year, so you should be extra careful in your life. Rooting a red belt to ward off evil spirits is to step over this "threshold". There are also people who describe 73-year-old and 84-year-old as a "threshold" for the elderly. The so-called "seventy-three, eighty-four, the king of hell does not ask himself to go"; He also said that "Confucius was seventy-three and Mencius was eighty-four", meaning that this "threshold" was also fulfilled in Confucius and Mencius. People say that if you break through the seventy-three threshold, you are sure to live to eighty-four; Once you pass 84, you will live longer.

There is also something related to the threshold, that is, to go to the temple, the male guest must take his left foot first, and the female guest must take his right foot first, so don't make a mistake. The male guest takes his left foot to enter the pure land of the West, while the female guest takes his right foot to enter the eighteen levels of hell. On the contrary, he can't be careless. Also, don't step on the threshold, which will make people float in the yin and yang, and they will not be able to become gods or be born.

the wooden Buddha and the threshold

It is said that there is a Buddha statue in a temple at the corner of a mountain, and the people nearby often come to worship the Buddha, each time offering the best fruit with extra piety and making a deep bow. People need to go through a threshold when they come to the Buddha. The threshold is made of a crossbar. The threshold was very upset to see so many people revere the Buddha. One day, it said to the Buddha, "Buddha, why are we all made of wood, but you are treated so well, but I am trampled by so many people every day?" This is a bit unfair! " The Buddha looked at it and said meaningfully, "Although we were both wood at the beginning, you were only cut twice, and how many carvings I have undergone."