If "having money to live in the southeast room, not being warm in winter and not being cool in summer" is the condition for old Beijingers to choose housing, then there is something even more unacceptable to old Beijingers in terms of housing, that is, the role of numbers and locations and some special objects in Beijing's living. Now let's see with me why old Beijingers don't live in the southeast room.
Beijingers call the courtyard where the living live a yangzhai, which means vitality and vitality. The burial ground, where the dead are stored, is called the Yin House. Yin houses are generally planted with pine trees and cypresses, symbolizing the immortality of the dead. In addition, planting pine and cypress trees also has the functions of soil and water conservation and protection of graves. Of course, in order to find the graves of their loved ones, people plant trees next to them. When they grow up, they can see the places they want to sweep for miles.
Contrary to the graveyard, old Beijingers never plant pine and cypress trees in quadrangles. Similarly, even the best mulberry trees will not be favored by their owners. As for pears with a refreshing mouth, their trees will be rejected from the front yard and backyard. Why? It's probably a homonym of "mulberry" and "mourning" and "pear" and "separation". There is a saying in Beijing: "Sang, Song, Bai, Li and Huai, don't go into the mansion of the king." This is the truth.
Therefore, there are many kinds of Xifu Begonia, Lintong Pomegranate, Chuntao Jujube and so on in Beijing's houses, which can be described as: flowers can be enjoyed in spring, cool in summer, and early fruits can be tasted in autumn. It is most appropriate to use "spring blossoms and autumn fruits" to summarize the trees in Beijing's houses.
Beijingers are also afraid that the ground in the yard is lower than that in hutongs and streets, because they have to jump out of the toad pit as soon as they enter > From low to high, it is obviously unlucky to climb a mountain. In addition, in numerals, the singular number is unlucky, which is unacceptable to most people. Buy a pair of boxes, two chairs, a pair of caps and so on. However, some people want to be singular, that is, the north room should be singular, or three rooms, or five rooms. If there are four rooms, three large rooms should be built, and half rooms should be built on each side, which is called "four broken five". As for the east and west wing rooms, three rooms are the most important. The purpose is to create a central axis in the architectural combination of the courtyard. This line is like the backbone of a person and is the most important source of geomantic omen in the courtyard. Because of this, even numbers are not popular in Beijing's residential buildings, so there is a saying in Beijing that "four or six doesn't make a difference."
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