Eight dollars and fifty cents under the threshold.
Eight 50-cent doorstones with pictures under them.
There are also regulations on the number of coins placed on the doorstone: if there is official business at home, press seven coins on the doorstone to indicate that you are riding on the seventh one; If your family is in business, you can bet eight, get rich (eight), and put a "safe entry and exit" with coins. This can make a good start, bless your family and your career.
Now the traditional customs have been handed down bit by bit, and the emphasis on placing coins has been simplified. The saying that coins gradually replace copper coins and put money under the threshold represents a custom of paying attention to geomantic omen, in order to make a fortune.
Which of the eight coins on the doorstone is facing up?
Many people don't know how to put coins under the threshold. Let's see which of the eight coins under the doorsill is introduced face up.
The threshold is basically upward. This is a custom handed down by our ancestors. Coins have passed through the hands of countless people, implying that they are contaminated with a lot of yang. Putting them at the gate can play the role of feng shui.
All the bad things outside will not be brought into the house, but kept out, just like people can cross the brazier when they are unhappy. This is just a common way to ward off evil spirits every day, and it also has the meaning of making money into treasure.
Copper coins were used before, and copper coins are also very common. Generally speaking, there are five emperors' coins and gossip copper coins. Five emperors' money refers to the copper coins of the five founding emperors. Wrap it in red cloth and put it in the four corners under the threshold. The 8-hexagram copper coin version is easier to understand, that is, put 8 copper coins in 8 positions at the bottom of the door stone. These eight positions refer to eight directions in the eight hexagrams.
Put eight 50-cent coins under the doorstone, which side of the doorstone is facing up, and it will take you here.