First, it depends on personal choice whether the Dragon Boat Festival gourd is on or off.
1, closed gourd Most gourds without mouths grow naturally. Of course, some copper gourd will choose to close down. This kind of gourd is generally used to ward off evil spirits at home. Especially when the house has some feng shui problems, such as beam top pressure, gate fence and so on. , can be solved by placing a gourd. For example, it can be used to solve feng shui problems caused by indoor decoration errors, such as beam coping. In addition, it can also be used to solve the conflict between kitchen and bathroom doors. Generally speaking, it is of greater significance not to open the feng shui gourd to ward off evil spirits. It should be noted that most copper and jade gourds can't open.
2, open gourd If the top of the gourd is removed after natural growth, so that the gourd is open, then the main function of this gourd is to collect money, that is, to promote family wealth and feng shui, and improve personal wealth and income. Opening a gourd is like a cornucopia, it will continuously suck in wealth, thus improving the wealth of the family. Putting this gourd directly on the family's economic situation can play a role in getting rich.
If you want to make money, you need to open the mouth of the Feng Shui gourd and improve your fortune. Because if you open your mouth, if you encounter heavy brakes, in this case, it will only cause more collisions between the brakes and the hoist, and you can't turn the brakes in time. However, the open feng shui gourd shows signs of opening up all kinds of financial resources. It is more auspicious in terms of making money.
Second, what is the importance of hanging gourds on the Dragon Boat Festival? At the same time, different materials of gourd have different feng shui effects. The material of the gourd should conform to the user's eight characters and five elements in order to achieve the maximum effect. Generally speaking, people who like gold in five elements put copper gourd, people who like water in five elements put crystal gourds, people who like wood in five elements put wooden gourds, and people who like earth in five elements put jade gourd.
2. It is best to put the gourd on auspicious days and times, but don't put it in front of the door, so as not to offend the goalkeeper. It should not be placed in front of other gods, such as Guanyin, Buddha and God of Wealth. At the same time, it can't be placed at the same height, so as not to disrespect the gods.
3. Legend has it that Lv Dongbin, the Eight Immortals, became a peddler and went to the mountain village to sell oil. The price of oil indicates that the successor will pay for the oil according to the quantity of oil. So many people take more oil and pay less money. One of the teenagers also learned from others that he took more oil and paid less. When the boy came home, he told his mother the truth. Everyone bought oil and bought oil by themselves. The mother severely criticized her son and ordered him to return the extra dozen oil immediately and apologize to the oil seller.
Lv Dongbin is well aware of his honesty. He told the young people that in May of 1 year, a great disaster would come to the world. If he hangs a gourd at the door, he will be safe and avoid disaster. The kind mother quickly told the news to her neighbors. Every family hung gourds at the door when they heard the news, and frowned in succession.
Sure enough, a few days later, a catastrophic flash flood swept away the people who didn't hang the gourd, and the people who hung the gourd were safe and sound. Since then, the custom of hanging gourds a few days before the Dragon Boat Festival has disappeared. There is also a folk custom. According to legend, on May 1st of a certain year, the King of Medicine came down to earth and saw that poisonous insects were rampant and plagues were everywhere in the world, so he hung the gourd in front of his house as a magic medicine to kill insects and epidemics and save the people all over the world.