From a scientific point of view, the phenomenon of opening a square pool in front of the door and trapping trees in the courtyard has nothing to do with the failure of the family and the death of others, and belongs to a superstition. However, there is a certain scientific reason for people to pay attention to the environment at home.
People who have been to the south, or those who live in the south, know very well that there are ponds in front of most houses in the south, and most of these ponds are square ponds. For example, there is a big square pond in front of the former residence of Shaoshan great man, and there is a big square pond in front of Hongcun ancient residence in yi county, Huangshan City, Anhui Province.
There is also an old saying that can explain the characteristics of building houses in ancient South China: "It is not appropriate to enter before, but not to pond after." In other words, it is not advisable to dig a well in front of the house and a pond behind the house. On the other hand, "it is advisable to dig a pool before digging a well." This arrangement can now be found in ancient houses in the south. The "inappropriateness" mentioned here can easily be understood as "inappropriateness" in Feng Shui superstition, but it is not the case. It is mainly unsanitary to put it in front of the house. Well water is easily polluted by human beings, and people will get sick if they drink it. When people get sick, the ancients thought it was a disaster, so they used superstition to explain it. The pond is placed behind the house, which is mainly inconvenient to use and look after, such as the safety of children.
So why did the ancient south open a square pond in front of the house? The prescription hall is mainly aimed at the needs of rural life. The first is the need for fire prevention. In the past, residential buildings were mainly made of bricks and wood. Even if it looks like a brick, the internal structure is made of wood, which is easy to catch fire. The second is the need to soak hemp. China ancient people mainly wore linen textiles, that is, linen clothes. This is the meaning of calling people "cloth" in ancient times. At that time, hemp was not only the material for people to dress, but also a tax paid to the government, so people generally planted hemp and spun homespun. The planted hemp needs a lot of water to soak from cutting to processing into thread step by step. The water quality of soaking hemp is not high, just soak it in water. Third, the needs of poultry and livestock. Such as bathing cows, drinking water and feeding ducks and geese. At the same time, fish, loach, eel, mussel shells and other aquatic products should be fed. The pond in front of the house is indispensable for the production and life of ancient rural residents.
So were the ponds in the countryside dirty in the past? Now the ponds we see in the countryside are generally dirty, and all kinds of floating objects and dirty water flow into the ponds, stinking. But the pond in the past was not as dirty as it is now, and most children in the pond could swim in it. According to the past rural customs, every pond should be "pulled up" once a year in autumn and winter, or before the rainy season in spring, that is, the water in the pond should be drained, the silt in the pond should be removed and put into the rice field as fertilizer, and the fish in the pond should be caught by the way to improve life. Ponds in the south are generally injected with living water from streams and rivers and stored all year round.
What I said in the book is nothing more than explaining that there was a square pond in front of every household during the busy farming season. The square pond is not only convenient, but also a landscape in the house. Ponds are often covered with melons and vines.
Now let's get down to business. Talking about "opening a square pond in front of the house" must not be understood as opening a square pond in front of the residents' house. There are two situations in the square pond in front of residents' houses. First, there was already a pond before the house was built, so there was no need to dig a new pond. The other is that there was no square pond before building the house, so a new pond should be dug. This sentence is obviously the latter, and a new pond has been dug in front of the house. The above-mentioned "not suitable for digging a pond in the back" also means digging a pond in the back of the house after the house is built. As the saying goes, if you live in a house, don't just dig a pond in front of it. The prerequisite depends on whether there is a "tree house" in the yard. If there is a "tree house", the pond in front of the door will not be dug, which will bring disaster to the family.
Southerners generally don't plant trees in the courtyard of houses, and fruit trees also plant some relatively low peach trees, plum trees and orange trees. Tall fruit trees such as pear trees and persimmon trees have to be planted in the yard, and more people don't plant any trees. The courtyards for planting trees are generally temples and Taoist temples, mainly because their courtyards are relatively wide. The yard where people live attaches great importance to planting trees and likes to plant trees. It is tall and long-lived, but it must be far away from residential buildings. It is generally planted around the village, at the mountain pass and on the back of the mountain, and should keep a certain distance from the residential building. Mainly to prevent two situations when the tree grows up: First, when the tree is blown down by the wind, the house is damaged, causing casualties. As an ordinary family in rural areas, this situation is really "family destruction"; The second is lightning protection. Lightning can knock down trees and houses, even set fire to houses, and can also destroy homes and people.
The past folk proverbs are the accumulation of people's experience, and the reason why they can be handed down must be something experienced by predecessors and have their own reasons. This kind of experience is not necessarily related to feudal superstition and geomantic omen, but is a warning to the life of future generations from the experience of predecessors. For example, there is a pond in front of the door. Are the trees and houses in the yard easily struck by lightning? This requires scientific testing. Fortunately, lightning protection devices are installed in buildings now, but you should think twice before planting some tall trees.
In short, the phrase "a pond opens in front of the door, a tree in the courtyard is trapped in the house, and the family is ruined" should be understood from the perspective of natural science and social science.
The square pond was opened in front of the door, and the trees in the courtyard were sandwiched between houses, and the family was ruined. This is a common saying about building site selection, emphasizing design and layout structure. Before is the cause, after is the result. Everything has a cause and effect, but cause and effect are not necessarily inevitable. It is deliberately exaggerating the effect to emphasize the importance of the former, so as to arouse vigilance and attention, rather than belittling and ignoring the cause.
People regard home as home, and the house is the embodiment of home. Environment has a great influence on people, and home has a greater and more direct influence on people. Therefore, people have always attached great importance to the location, orientation and construction of houses, and according to people's knowledge and experience, many taboos have been formed, forming a science. Some are reasonable, scientific, psychological, influenced by traditional habits, unreasonable, and purely superstitious and threatening, so it is best to learn to analyze and distinguish.
The pond in front of the house is connected with the pond behind it, and the young Lang is often drowned. This is from the perspective of safety, and some are from the perspective of health. Life and family attach importance to safety and health, longevity is not longevity, family unity is not unity, Ding Caigui's longevity is good or not, and all these issues are causal. Of course, there are also distorted reasons, even more exaggerated. Obviously exaggerated, not necessarily actual. Who is not afraid of family destruction? Warn and warn people by exaggerating the effect, and pay attention to the unfavorable antecedents.
Open a square pond in front of the door. The existence of the pond will affect the environment, which is related to the safety problem and whether the pond is original or newly opened. The size, location, shape, depth and stagnant water of a pond are all related to people's safety and health, and sometimes they are very important. Dead water and running water have a great influence on the air. Shallow water depth, shape and location have an impact on people's safety, especially for children who lack knowledge and experience. Some people often drown. It is good to have water in front of the mountain, but everything is divided into two. If a pond is opened in front of your house, you should pay attention to some safety issues, consider preparing it in detail, don't open it indiscriminately, and pay attention.
Also pay attention to the harmony between the house and the surrounding environment. There are many stresses, such as the strength of yin and yang, and even the cultivation of flowers and trees is worthy of attention. The smell of flowers and plants will affect people, and the size and species of trees will also have a great influence. Don't plant mulberry before, and don't plant willow after. The trees in the yard are very dangerous, which will attract lightning strikes and snake thieves. Secondly, the trees in the courtyard are a great security risk, which will affect the spirit of the sun and the sunshine of the house, and even lead to the leakage of rain. So it is a bad omen to have trees in the yard, so pay attention. In the past, people used to choose a site to build a house, and they all liked to face the mountain and the water. When there is no water, they will open a pond. Water can regulate the air and is beneficial to people's living. People can't live without plants, flowers and trees. They will plant flowers and trees around the house to improve the environment. However, if we want to split it in two, we must see the good side and think of the bad side. It is best to make the best use of everything, otherwise, there are problems.
In the folk, everyone thinks that building a house is particularly important, which can be said to be above weddings and funerals! Because in people's eyes, a family can live without luxury goods and cars, but it can't live without a house, because a house represents home and means home. This is also the rural people's concept of home!
In order to build a beautiful, solid, spacious and bright house, many farmers also saved their lives! But it is precisely because of people's concern about the house that many rules have been derived, such as the location in front of Gai Lou, the time in Gai Lou, the structure of the house, the ceremony of erecting girders and so on. Everyone is very particular. Although some of them are fallacies, everyone would rather believe them than believe them!
"Open a square pond in front of the door"
In rural areas, people think that it is good to have water at home. Is that really the case? For this question, it is actually right or wrong. There is running water in front of the door, and it must be running water. If it is a pond, a solitary pond is not good. It can be two or three ponds! If there is no pond before the house is built, it is not good for the old farmers to open a new pond after it is built!
The reason is that the newly opened ponds are mostly stagnant water, which is easy to breed mosquitoes and flies over time. Moreover, it is not safe to have a pond in front of the door, which is even worse for people with children at home! Finally, there is a pond in front of the door, and the moonlight is very refracted at night, just like a mirror, which easily affects the rest of the family, not good!
"Two trees in one room"
These two trees sandwich a room, which means that if the house is built facing south, there are trees on both sides outside the yard, which is not good for the family. The rustling of leaves in the morning also affects rest, and there will be more bugs. It's windy in summer, and trees may be blown down!
Many people may think that the "tree-sandwiched house" is nothing, but something happened around me, and I feel that the tree-sandwiched house mentioned by the old man is not that simple. It was the summer of 20 13, when we were still enjoying the cool at the village entrance, suddenly a flash of lightning hit Li Goudan's house at the end of the village, and the whole tree was split in half, and the trunk fell directly into the kitchen, otherwise Li Goudan was enjoying the cool at the village entrance.