Should Mr. Feng Shui be asked to renovate the old house?
There was no such thing as "separation" in ancient times, and descendants basically lived in the ancestral home of their ancestors.
Although people consider the firmness of building materials for long-term residence when building houses, due to the backward economy in ancient times, most of the materials used in building houses are wood, mud and stone.
No matter what kind of material is used to build a house, it will collapse after thirty or forty years. So after 30 to 40 years, most people will tear down old houses and start building new ones.
China is a country with a history of more than 5,000 years, and China has more etiquette culture, which is reflected in house demolition and construction.
As the saying goes, "tear down the house and tell the neighbors to ask one person to build the house." Do you know what this sentence means? What kind of cultural etiquette does this proverb show us? Does this sentence exist in 2 1 century?
First, "tear down the house and tell the neighbors"
This is not difficult to understand the "four neighbors" mentioned in the book. The ancients called the four houses around the house "four neighbors".
Why should the four families living around the house be informed in advance of the demolition of the old house? Whether we look at this proverb from the perspective of ancient people or modern people, the truth in the proverb is simple and easy to understand.
As we all know, the old house may have been crumbling long before people planned to demolish it.
When the house is demolished, there may be a dangerous incident that the building falls and hurts people. Therefore, when there are plans to demolish old houses, people should tell people living around them to pay attention to safety at all times.
They will tear down their neighbors' old houses and invite them to have a look around when they have activities, so as to avoid accidents and hurt the feelings between neighbors.
In addition to safety awareness, when ancient people demolished old houses, there was more dust floating in the air.
If we demolish the house without the permission of our neighbors, most of the dust will fall into their homes.
If the neighbor is eating and the dust falls into the neighbor's food, the neighbor will also be dissatisfied with our behavior.
In addition, most of the dust falls in the neighbor's yard, which has an impact on the health of the neighbor's yard, so two sentences will also produce most dissatisfaction with us.
As the saying goes, "A distant relative is better than a close neighbor". Although the blood relationship between relatives is more important, when a person needs help, he may not be able to arrive at the first time and inform his relatives at the first time.
At this time, they ask their neighbors for help and can come into their home to help. Therefore, if they want to live a happy life, they must first get on well with their neighbors.
The ancients often said that teeth and tongue are close to each other, but they may hurt each other when chewing food together.
Teeth will bite the tongue, indicating that even the best relatives and friends will have some contradictions because of some small things.
In order not to hurt the mutual affection between neighbors, ancient people would inform their neighbors in advance when demolishing old houses, and would demolish old houses only after obtaining their consent and understanding.
Second, "Ask a person to build a house"
We ask one person to build a house here. Do we only ask one person for help to save money when building a house? That's obviously not the case.
The "one person" mentioned in this proverb refers to Mr. Feng Shui.
In ancient times, when people were building houses, for the sake of comfort and safety, most of them invited Mr. Feng Shui to measure the geographical position at home.
The ancients believed that no matter how many people were invited to build a house, one person had to be invited, and that was Mr. Feng Shui.
2 1 century, when building a house, people will still ask Mr. Feng Shui to test the local Feng Shui. The purpose is not to leave secretly, but to see if the local geographical environment is suitable for living.
For example, when a natural disaster occurs in the geographical location of the building, will the building collapse, thus immediately affecting people's safety?
How to choose the orientation of the house is incorrect. People who live in houses get heatstroke in summer and catch a cold in winter.
From this point of view, the ancestors were far-sighted when summing up this proverb. They know whether to use this proverb in ancient times or in 2 1 century. People can't build houses without the rules in this proverb.
Summary:
"Fiona Fang cannot live without rules". China is a big country of etiquette, and no matter what it does, it pays attention to rules and etiquette.
If people in the world violate the rules and etiquette and accomplish one thing, it will affect the relationship between neighbors.
As the saying goes, "tell your neighbors if you tear down a house, and ask someone to build it" tells us that our ancestors were able to create an ancient civilization hundreds of years ago because they respected rules and etiquette when doing everything.
Living in the 2 1 century, we want to get more blessings, and if we want to accomplish one thing smoothly, we can't leave the rules and etiquette.
This proverb is also highly available in the 2 1 century.