As the old saying goes, "The housing is not in front of the Yamen or behind the temple." Why exactly is this?

When a new house is built in rural areas, people will be invited to inspect various aspects such as the terrain and Feng Shui, and a date will be chosen to start construction. Although young people today will say that this is obviously a superstitious practice, rural people attach great importance to it, and there is another rule that cannot be broken, that is, as the old saying goes, "the house is not in front of the Yamen or behind the temple." So what is this old saying about?

First, the ancient yamen were too murderous.

In ancient times, yamen were used to handle cases. However, at that time, there were neither various monitoring equipment nor as many advanced lie detection methods as now, so many times people in the yamen were used. A punishment used to force a prisoner to confess. As a result, the yamen will have a strong murderous spirit. If you live in front of the yamen, you will be hit by the murderous spirit. People think this is very unlucky.

Second, rural areas believe that temples are places where yin energy gathers, so they use gods and Buddhas to suppress them.

I remember once seeing such a thing, that is, people found that a residential complex was a cemetery before it was built, so they did not buy the houses here. Later, the developer came up with a way to A temple was built next to it for suppression. In fact, many temples were built in this way in the past, so according to folk explanation, the temple itself is a place where yin energy gathers, so it needs to be suppressed by gods and Buddhas. As a result, people naturally dare not live around the temple.

Third, work and rest habits are different.

There are no government offices now, but in modern times there is an army. It is very painful to live near a military camp. After all, soldiers need training. They go to bed later than everyone else, wake up earlier than everyone else, and roar louder than everyone else. The same is true around the temple. The masters in the temple need to get up early to chant sutras, and the buzzing sound of chanting sutras is also a kind of torture for people.