The role of threshold
The original purpose of the threshold is to clearly distinguish your house from the outside world. The high threshold can prevent some small reptiles from entering the gate yard, and it can also prevent the invasion of garbage and dust when the wind comes. The rough threshold can set off the momentum of the gate and make the structure of the gate complete and not easy to break!
The geomantic omen of the ancient house is very particular, so the design of the threshold is related to the geomantic omen layout of the whole house! In ancient times, palaces and officials' homes had high requirements for thresholds. Ministers built it according to their position in state affairs. It symbolizes the position of ministers and embodies the dignity of all ministers! The high threshold is the mascot of gathering qi in Feng Shui. Noble lords' mansions are generally large, which will lead to loose gas field and high threshold will also play a role in gathering gas. The ancient threshold has another powerful function, which is to prevent the assassination of thieves. The threshold is high and the legs are lifted high, so it is difficult to hide all the swords in clothes, which improves the chances of safety!
Threshold height
In Feng Shui, in order to avoid misfortune, there are certain regulations on the height of the threshold. If the front door is an empty flat, the threshold should be set to be five inches high to allow gas to collect in the house. If there is a long straight road in front of the door, it is a gun. In order to stop evil, the threshold should be set to three inches and six minutes high. If there is no suffocation in front of the door, the threshold can be set to one inch and two minutes.
There is a folk legend that the threshold is the director's back or the cervical vertebra of his neck, and people can't step on the threshold. In Buddhist temples, many male-dominated guests have to step into the temple with their left feet first, and female guests have to step into the temple with their right feet first, which is even more taboo!
The role of palace threshold
In the architectural design of the palace, the requirements for the threshold are very high. The mansions of emperors and generals are more hierarchical. What kind of luxury building is designed according to the official rank? Most of the thresholds encountered in the Forbidden City in Beijing are very high. According to historical records, the threshold of the royal residence should have the following functions:
1. Status symbol: Kneel to see you. It shows that the status of the master is noble, and it also reflects the dignity and identity of the master.
2. Gathering the gas field: In order to highlight the distinguished status of the owner, most of the imperial mansions are large in area, which easily leads to scattered gas fields.
3. Safety considerations: When outsiders see the emperor, they must first consider safety, and high thresholds require high leg lifts. Ancient clothes were huge, and it was easy to hide hidden weapons in them, and the threshold was very high, so it was easy to reveal hidden items in robes.
4. Threshold function: the inner and outer boundary can protect the bottom of the door and block the wind blowing from under the door.
Feng Shui Significance of Threshold
1. get angry: whether it's an emperor or a general, a businessman or a celebrity, or even the poor have this stress. Prevent the airflow from shuttling back and forth under the door, causing the palace gas field to be scattered.
2. Gathering wealth: the threshold has the feng shui function of gathering wealth, and the wealth of luxury houses without gas fields does not gather, and wealth comes and goes!
3. windproof: it can protect the bottom of the door and block the wind blowing from under the door.
4. ward off evil spirits: when designing the threshold of a folk mansion, the design steps will be more than three levels. Because it is said that ghosts can't walk like people, just hop, and can't go directly to the steps above the third level! So it can play the role of exorcism!
5. Threshold stone: People should pave the way for the threshold stone when making the threshold. The doorsill is the reinforcement of the threshold. The meaning of doorstone is the meaning of reinforcement and luck!
6. When designing the building threshold, the ancient folk should have a strict process of choosing the day to climb the pier, which shows the importance of the threshold!
7. among the people, it is said that the threshold is the neck or back of the owner, and it is taboo to step on it with your feet.
8. There is also a threshold culture in Buddhist culture. To enter the temple, you must cross the threshold. The male guest takes the left foot first, and the female guest takes the right foot first. Similarly, you can't step on the threshold. It is said that this will make people float between yin and yang.
Whether it is design or geomantic omen, the threshold plays a great role, so every step should be checked in the decoration of the home! At present, there are few wooden thresholds, which are basically marble structures. Before installation, a wooden board should be placed under the marble, which can not only enhance the gas field in the home, but also play a supporting role! With the bedding of the board, it can not only prevent wear, but also make the slate unbreakable, so the role of the threshold is still great! I hope everyone knows!