The patio in the house is not only the place where the sun shines, but also the best source of drainage. Therefore, Feng Shui is given special treatment. In order to avoid bad luck, there are many taboos and means to avoid evil, such as painting Shi Gandang, Tai Chi Eight Diagrams, real mountains and seas, magic mirrors, Fuzhen patterns and characters on doors, beams and roofs.
Decorating mirrors on doors is also an important custom of building houses and living in the middle. It used to be called "looking in the mirror", and popular beliefs can make ghosts reveal their true colors. When building new houses, people often embed ordinary mirrors in the lower right of the top of the gate to "exorcise ghosts and keep them safe".
In the exorcism decoration of the house, there is also a warrior statue made of tile, which is placed on the roof and named "General Wa"; There are also statues riding horses with bows, which are placed in the same house; In addition, it is made of copper or iron and has the shape of tiger, thorn, turtle, snake and so on. , as the base of the closed ring on the gate, called "paving", and so on.
In the auspicious decoration of the house, there are eight things, such as "box, jade, fish, drum, plate, Longmen, Ganoderma lucidum, pine and crane", commonly known as "eight treasures" to show auspicious signs. Harmony box, jade fish, drums and stones symbolize the conjugal love of husband and wife, family harmony, prosperity and happiness of future generations; Longmen symbolizes a successful career and a promising fame; Ganoderma lucidum and pine cranes symbolize longevity, immortality and success.
There are also strict regulations on the wood for building houses, commonly known as "the head does not top the mulberry, and the feet do not step on the locust." Mulberry is homophonic with "mourning" and locust is homophonic with "bad". If mulberries are used as the beam and locusts as the threshold, the family will be ruined. Also, the purlin on the roof of the house likes jujube wood, the beam head likes elm wood, and the door likes apricot wood. The homonym of jujube is Zao, Ling is Ji, Pleasant is Ying, Liang is Liang, Apricot is Ji, and Tree is Ji. There is also a traditional custom. Feng Shui stipulates: "Plant peaches and willows in the east, gardenias and elms in the west, prunes and dates in the south and apricots in the north." There are trees in the middle door, and wealth will last a lifetime. There are elms behind the house, and ghosts are not close. "