How superstitious were people before? Not only can't you plant mulberry trees in front of your own house, but even if you walk from someone else's field with mulberry trees, you must go home and find a red rope to tie it on the door to get rid of this bad luck.
There is also a saying that mulberry trees will produce a lot of red fruits when they mature, which is easy to attract all kinds of birds to eat. In this way, birds chirping by the door will affect everyone's rest.
Moreover, when you are full, you will pull a pile of bird droppings in front of your door, which is not easy to clean up and stinks easily, especially in summer, when your door stinks. Therefore, it is impossible to plant mulberry trees in front of the door.
Poplar trees are not planted in the backyard, because the leaves of poplar trees are so big that they shout when the wind blows. The voice was described as "ghost clapping", which made people feel terrible.
In fact, this is really a superstitious statement. What is the sound of ghosts clapping their hands? Has anyone heard of it?
In addition to saying that poplars are not planted after the courtyard, willow trees are also taboo for everyone. Because willow is homophonic with "Liu", the old man thinks it means money loss, which is also an unlucky statement, so he also stays away from willow.
Of course, these are all nonsense. Even from the perspective of feng shui, it is untenable. But for the old people of the previous generation, these ideas have penetrated into their hearts and will not be changed for a while.
Now some people in the village have abandoned this concept and planted whatever they want, regardless of the front yard and backyard.