What kind of trees are suitable for planting in front of the ancestral temple?
The ancestral temple is a place where people worship. In order to show the solemn atmosphere, some tall trees should be planted to show the solemnity of the whole. Common tree species are palm trees, mulberry trees, osmanthus trees and plum trees.
palm
Autumn is more suitable for planting palm trees Palm trees can grow about 30 centimeters a year. The tea hair of palm trees is dark in color, with needle-like palm hair, which has no feng shui implication. Autumn is beautiful, belonging to general tree species, and its value is not high.
mulberry
Mulberry is suitable for planting in spring and can grow about 50cm a year. Mulberry branches are brown and leaves are pointed. Mulberry doesn't mean feng shui. It looks good in summer. It is also a normal tree species with low value at this time.
bay
Osmanthus fragrans is suitable for planting in spring and can grow about 60cm a year. The upper branches of osmanthus fragrans are luxuriant and the flowers are white, which means auspicious feng shui. Autumn is in flowering period, which is ornamental, but it belongs to general tree species and has low value.
plum tree
Plum blossoms are suitable for autumn planting and can grow about 1.2cm a year. The upper branches of plum blossom are luxuriant, and the flowering period is just in winter. It has no feng shui significance and belongs to the general tree species with low value.
Matters needing attention in planting trees in front of ancestral temple
Trees can also be planted behind the ancestral hall, but some trees can't be planted in front of the ancestral hall, for fear of blocking the sun of the ancestral hall and affecting the geomantic omen of the whole ancestral hall. In the folk, it is thought that this will destroy the feng shui at home.