The custom of moving into a new house
The custom of moving into a new house. Since ancient times, moving to a new house has been regarded as a major event for the family, and it is a very happy event for anyone. thing. Because living in a new environment, a person's fortune or spirit will change. Let's learn about the customs of entering a new house. Customs when entering a new house 1
1. Hang lanterns or post couplets
There is a good custom in our country, that is, all festive events must be decorated with lanterns. This custom is common in both the north and the south. Although the form of expression is somewhat different. For example, the north puts more emphasis on hanging lanterns, etc., while the south pays more attention to posting couplets, but both have a festive atmosphere. Therefore, it is the same when moving into a new home. Generally, lanterns or couplets must be hung at the entrance.
2. House Entry Ceremony
With the development of the times, few people now hold a brazier in their hands, but turn on all the lights in the house. It makes the room full of life. When entering a house, generally everyone should bring something with them, especially something that indicates good omens. For example, men can bring an abacus, and women can bring some firewood, rice, oil, salt or bowls. Chopsticks, children can bring onions, garlic or sugar.
3. Set up the new bed
The owners of the house can arrange their own new beds. However, it should be noted that on the day of check-in, you cannot go to bed during the day and cannot go to bed until night. . This is generally very important to many people.
4. Turn on the stove or fire
If you want to cook something with good intentions or make a meal, turning on the stove is one of the important signs of entering the house. One, it must be completed on the day you move into the house.
5. Invite relatives and friends to warm the house
Generally, no one has lived in a new house, so people who have just moved in will feel cold and uncomfortable. This means that the new house lacks popularity. relationship, so you can invite relatives and friends to come to your new home to get together.
6. The date of moving into the new house
The auspicious day of the zodiac is often considered a good day to do certain things. This depends on the owner’s birth time and the fortune of the owner. Decide on a day and time for moving into your new home.
7. Worship God before and after moving to a new home
This practice is to ensure that the family can be safe in the future, no matter how long it takes or whether it is held grandly. Gotta worship God. After moving out of your old home, you need to tell the gods that you are planning to move. The purpose of this is to avoid disturbing the gods. If it is the second time to move into a new house, according to folk custom, it means wealth, incense, land god, door god and other gods. If you really don't have time, you should take the time to set off firecrackers at home. (Not recommended, there is a fire hazard) Customs for moving into a new house 2
Customs for moving into a new house
1. Check-in time for a new house. Generally speaking, the dates marked on the old lunar calendar as suitable for moving into a house are all auspicious days of the zodiac, so there is no problem in using them to move into a house. Just note that the year that is in conflict every day is not your zodiac sign and the sun god. On the basis of choosing a date, you can also choose a good time to determine the auspicious time for moving. At the same time, you can also prepare some altars, offerings, candles and other commonly used items for blessing. In addition, you are not allowed to enter the house at night when moving. According to custom, the move should usually be completed before three o'clock in the afternoon.
2. Before moving into a new house, buy some symbolic food before you need it, such as: carrots, lettuce, nostoc, garlic, glutinous rice balls, scallops, red dates, sesame seeds, mung beans, red beans, oil , salt, sauce, brown sugar, etc. It goes without saying what the meanings of these things represent. In short, they represent good luck, good luck, health, wealth, etc.
3. On the day of moving into the new house, couplets should be pasted and large red flowers should be hung on the door.
4. On the day when you move into a new house, everyone should be calm and do not get angry or curse. You should also say auspicious words and do auspicious things.
5. On the day you move into the new house, you will also have a wedding banquet or invite relatives and friends to your home. The more lively the better.
6. What needs to be noted when entering a new house is that the order of entry is that the owner walks in front, from the oldest to the youngest, and then to relatives and friends; and everyone must have something in their pockets. Wealthy means "having money from generation to generation".
7. When moving into a new house, the owner opens the door with both hands and says auspicious words. While stepping in, he says "step in with both feet and wealth will come in" and throws coins in front.
8. Everyone follows the owner from the east (or living room) of the house, to the master room, then to the child’s room, then to other rooms, and finally to the kitchen (every time they go to a room, the owner says If it's lucky, scatter 2 coins into each corner of the house).
9. After moving into the new house, the owner lights the gas stove, boils a pot of boiling water, takes it to the living room and blows it with a fan, which means prosperity is coming.
10. The owner of the new house cooks glutinous rice balls for everyone to eat, which means reunion and sweetness.
Moving-in Ceremony
Moving day usually refers to the day when the “moving-in ceremony” is held. It is best to put all the things in the house before the “moving-in ceremony”. Arrange home appliances, furniture, beds, books, clothes, and other debris, and clean the house to remove decorations or other filth inside the house. This process is called clean house.
In addition, there is an ancient custom in China that all festive events are decorated with lights. For example, people in the south like to post couplets to create a festive atmosphere. Therefore, it is the same when moving into a new home. Generally, southerners will post couplets on the door before moving into the house.
If conditions permit, you can also turn on the lights in the whole house (or at least the main light in the living room) three days before moving into the house, and leave them on for three consecutive days and nights until the day of moving in. The implication is to drive away the cold, turn the sun around, and make the aura dry and dry, making it suitable for people to live in.
1. When entering a house, the family usually leads the family to open the door with a higher seniority. Ancient people would hold a brazier when entering the house, while modern people usually turn on all the lights in the house after entering the house. They are all turned on to make the house full of life. The lights are usually turned off the next day, which means that the energy in the house is strong and continuous.
At the same time, when entering the house, everyone usually needs to bring something new, especially something with good intentions, such as a rice bucket, a deposit book, or a bag containing 138 yuan (a lifetime). Red envelopes, etc., represent good luck and play a psychological role of encouragement.
2. There are two things you should do immediately after entering the house: First, each of you should arrange your new bed, but you cannot go to bed to rest during the day and cannot go to bed until night.
The second is to turn on the stove or fire to cook something with good intentions or make a meal. For example, boiling sugar water represents a sweet life, boiling water represents wealth, boiling glutinous rice balls represents happiness and reunion, etc.
Opening the bed and firing the fire is an important sign of entering the house in ancient Chinese customs. These two things must be completed on the day of entering the house.
3. In ancient times, people liked to worship the foundation owner in the afternoon and dusk on the day they entered the house to ensure the safety of the home. Therefore, if you want to worship and pray at home, you can choose to place home-cooked meals, wine, incense and candles at the entrance to the kitchen or the back door of the new house on the evening of the day you move in, and perform a worship ceremony.
4. Before going to bed on the night of entering the house, there is a special custom. The owner has to lie down for a few minutes and then get up and work for a while, which means that he has to get up after going to sleep, which symbolizes that he is full of energy at work.
5. After settling in the new home, the family often invites some relatives and friends to come and sit in the new home to increase their popularity. You can treat guests on the same day. If you are too busy that day, you usually choose a day to treat guests within a week after moving into the house. Alternatively, you can invite good friends to make tea and chat, which can also make the family more popular. This is commonly known as making room. Customs of entering a new house 3
Customs and rituals of entering a new house
1. Choose a good and auspicious day according to the sitting direction of the new house and the numerology of the owner.
2. When entering the house, the owner of the house should first take the statue of the god, ancestor tablet, or land god of wealth, place it on the table in the center of the living room of the house, light three longevity incense, a pair of candles, flower and fruit offerings, and fire a cannon Play music, perform sacrifices and pray for blessings.
3. School-age teenagers can take mascots such as books, paper, pens and ink, Wenchang Tower, etc. After entering the house, go to the study room to display and respect the Wenchang Star and Confucius statues.
4. After entering the house, put the kitchen utensils into the kitchen, and move the furniture, beds and utensils into the house one after another.
5. You should buy new bowls and chopsticks when entering the house, which indicates that there will be more people in the future and the population will be prosperous.
6. The rice vat should be filled with white rice, label it with the word "福" in red and put two red envelopes on it, which means having plenty of food and clothing, and everything will go well. .
7. Fill most of the new bucket with water, then put three lettuces in the bucket and place it at the entrance, which means that you can make money in the future and have a lot of money.
8. On the first day of moving into the house, the whole family should go to bed early and get up early. This means that the move into the house is safe and smooth, which symbolizes that the family will start to live and work in peace and contentment in the new house.
9. It is taboo to speak unlucky words when moving into a house, and avoid being angry, arguing, or swearing.
10. If someone in the family is pregnant, do not move for the time being to avoid fetal gas. If you really need to move, wear a Guanyin statue or a fetal protection charm.