When building a house, you should pay attention to the trend and avoid going against the trend when choosing the foundation. According to the custom of China people, building a house usually faces north to south, and it is forbidden to sit south to north. Based on geography and climate, it is designed for wind and sun protection. This trend has little problem in the east-west direction of the terrain. The most taboo is high in the south and low in the north. It looks very unpleasant. As the saying goes, "the front (south) is high and the back (north) is low. Widows and orphans will fail in the portal. The rear (north) is high and the front (south) is low, and there are many cattle and horses. 」
Shanxi area, like scattered living, old customs close to the city. In Henan, there is no way out for taboo houses. There are residents around the homestead, so it is not good to borrow roads, for fear of encountering weddings and funerals in the future. According to custom, weddings, funerals, weddings and happy events are all fair, and this should be taken into account when building a house. In addition, it is also taboo for houses to rush to hills, gaps, rivers, roads, etc. Afraid of being in a hurry. If it is really unavoidable, bury a pile in a proper place and sign the words "Mount Tai Shi Gandang" to eliminate the disaster.
It is said that the east side of the house prefers water to roads, and the east side of the house has running water that can reach the rivers and seas, which means "wealth can reach the three rivers" and "happiness is like the East China Sea". It is unlucky to have roads to drain money in the east side of the house. There is Koufang in the north and a road in the north, which is also fierce.
Ancient families were divided into five tones, and surnames were divided into five tones. It is strictly forbidden to have different surnames. Lun Heng said: "There are five tones in the family and five tones in the surname. The house is not suitable for its surname. If the surname and the house are thieves, it will be difficult to die and sin. This is the embodiment of the Five Elements Theory in the Han Dynasty in terms of curtilage surname. In ancient times, there was a taboo that "the house was not conducive to the west", that is, not to expand the house to the west. It is said that it will hurt the house god or cause death.
Custom Yi Tong said, "Houses are not good for the West. As the saying goes, the west is the best. People who go home will harm their parents. For those who benefit from the west, The Book of Rites says, "The south is the north, and the west is the top. Er Ya said, "The southwest corner is called Austria." A place of respect. Those who don't benefit from the west are scared to shake their ears. 」