What is Lubanchi?
Lu Banchi, also known as "Lu-like ruler" and "Square ruler", is about 42.9 cm long. It is said that it was written by Lu Ban in the Spring and Autumn Period. Later, eight words were added to the geomantic circle to measure the good and bad luck of houses and houses. This has been proved by the experiments of relevant people in the field of architectural science at home and abroad, and has been widely adopted by Chinese communities in Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province, Southeast Asia, North America and developed coastal areas in China. Now it has been widely used by craftsmen, mainly to check whether the planed plates, purlins and structures are vertical and whether the edges are at right angles.
What does Lubanchi think:
Six-and-a-half feet are divided into four lines, which are the traditional four scales: inch, six-and-a-half feet (measuring houses and furniture), ruler (measuring houses and ancestral tablets) and centimeter.
When making or purchasing mahogany furniture, try to choose the auspicious size when measuring with Lu Banchi. In fact, this Lu Banchi is not a ruler, but a comparison table. 1 half a foot = 1.368 city scale =45.6 cm; Usually the length unit has the "carry system"; For example: 1 ft = 10 inch, 1 inch = 10 minute, which means this is 10 decimal. Lubanchi, on the other hand, has no "carry system", only words indicate good or bad luck. The first row of eight characters "1 wealth, 2 diseases, 3 divorces, 4 righteousness, 5 officials, 6 robberies, 7 harms and 8 books".
How to use Lu Banchi:
Good or bad usage of Lubanchi:
There are eight words on Lu's half-foot: wealth, illness, separation, righteousness, official, robbery, harm and capital. Under each word, it is divided into four small words to distinguish the meaning of good or bad. These eight characters and the attached small standard box respectively represent good or bad meanings as follows:
1, wealth: Kyrgyzstan, which means money and talent.
⑴ Financial virtue: refers to the performance in finance, virtue and merit.
⑵ Treasure House: a metaphor for acquiring or storing precious things.
(3) Liuhe: harmony and happiness. Liuhe is the square of heaven and earth.
(4) Welcome happiness: welcome happiness. Happiness is happiness and benefit.
2, disease: on behalf of fierce. Refers to the injured patients and the disadvantaged.
(1) refund: it means to lose money or break it.
(2) Official business: refers to public affairs such as corruption, bribery and litigation.
(3) Imprisonment: refers to prison.
(4) Widowhood: refers to the act of being widowed.
3. Separation: stands for fierceness and refers to the separation of six parents.
(1) Changku: There is a saying that there is a prison in ancient times.
⑵ robbing money: wasting money, wasting money.
⑶ Official ghost: refers to things caused by official evil.
(4) Loss: the meaning of the loss of things and the separation of people.
4, righteousness: on behalf of Kyrgyzstan. Refers to behavior that conforms to justice and moral norms, or to collect money for doing good.
⑴ Tianding: In ancient times, there was a boy named Tianding.
(2) Benefits: Wealth and the increase of wealth.
(3) Your son: a son who can get ahead in the future.
(4) Good luck: Good luck.
5. Officer: Dai Ji, which means official transportation.
(1) Shunke: successfully passed the exam and won.
(2) windfall: windfall.
(3) Benefit: Benefit.
(4) Wealth: wealth and power.
6. Robbery: stands for fierceness, which means being robbed or coerced.
(1) farewell to death: farewell forever.
(2) Retirement: refers to filial piety.
(3) Leaving home: running away from home.
(4) Financial loss: loss or loss of property.
7. Harm: stands for fierce and evil.
(1) disaster arrival: disaster arrival.
Dead: Dead.
(3) the disease is coming.
(4) Mouth and tongue: disputes and quarrels.
8. Ben: stands for Kyrgyzstan, the standard or noumenon of things.
(1) Wealth is coming: Wealth is coming.
(2) Enter the exam: take the exam.
(3) Treasure: Money-making treasure.
(4) Prosperity: Prosperity.
The size of the entrance door is the best: welcome happiness, windfall, wealth and good luck.
The size of the master bedroom door is the best: rich, rich, rich and Liuhe.
The size of children's doors is the best: Deng Ke, Guizi, Daji and Yili.
Number of doorways on Lu Banchi: If converted into metric size, generally speaking, the scales of auspicious numbers are 2 1-23cm, 40-42cm, 60-62cm, 8 1cm, 88cm, 89cm, 106- 108cm. 17 1- 176cm、 19 198cm、2 1 1 - 2 16cm、23 1-236cm、24 1cm、253-256cm、26 1
Generally speaking, the height of modern doors is less than 283cm. In ordinary houses, the width of the door (i.e. the horizontal distance of the inner wall of the door frame, excluding the thickness of the door frame) is mostly 108cm and the height is about 2 12cm, while the width of the door is mostly 8 1cm and the height is mostly 198cm.
Conclusion: Although Lu Banchi has certain guiding significance in geomantic omen, it can only be used as an auxiliary tool, and more attention should be paid to its measuring function.