Guangdong’s customs for moving into a new home. What should you pay attention to when moving into a new home?

Most Cantonese people believe in Feng Shui, so they are very particular about moving into a new home. They will follow traditional customs and perform some rituals to bring good luck to the new home! New homeowners may wish to follow one or two of them. In particular, they can first understand some of the taboos that new owners should pay attention to when moving into a new home!

Before moving into a new home, clean the house first and leave the doors and windows open for two or three days to circulate the air and introduce good luck. Before moving into a new house, you can "worship the four corners", which means politely saying hello to the land gods of the new house. Drive away snakes, insects, rats, ants, disinfect the environment, or drive away unclean things.

Buy a new broom and sweep it from every corner of the hall to the center and then out the door. This symbolizes sweeping away unclean things. Items to bring when moving into a new home: There are several items that need to be prepared on the day of moving, and these items must be moved to the kitchen before other things are moved into the house, and then other things can be moved into the house one by one: use a rice bucket Fill the rice eighty percent full. A red envelope placed on top of a rice bucket means that you will have plenty of food and clothing after moving in. There is a set of tableware and chopsticks used in the old house for each person, with red paper tied on them to bless the family with a healthy diet and no illness or pain. A stove is used to pray for prosperity in the family. The day before moving in, put a bucket of water in the living room and turn on a fan to represent prosperity. Bring some soil from the old house to the new house in case it doesn't suit the new home. Prepare a pair of garbage shovels and new brooms with red cloth tied on them for cleaning the corners.

Choose an auspicious day and put the words "Good luck entering the house" written on red paper on the door. The "gods of heaven, earth, door gods" and ancestor tablets are enshrined indoors, and Taoist priests perform rituals to dispel evil spirits and settle the house, and provide food and drinks. Invite relatives and friends to a banquet.

When moving in, firecrackers should be set off to ward off evil spirits. There are six things that must be brought before moving: first, rice, which should be packed in a bucket until it is 80% full; second, a red envelope, which should be placed on top of the rice bucket. , indicating that there is money and food; the third is water; the fourth is bowls and chopsticks, placed in the bucket; the fifth is a stove; the sixth is a pair of dustpans, a broom, and some people bring a handful of soil from the old house, which is said to be able to control water. The soil is dissatisfied. After moving, worship the homestead god and entertain relatives, friends and neighbors for peace and good luck.

There are many customs when moving into a new house. When moving into a new house, you have to buy two glazes. In Cantonese, they are called "Lu You". Rolling the pomelo from the door into the house is called Yue. The more busy you are, the more money you have. The ground should first be sprinkled with water made from grapefruit leaves and yellow peel leaves to drive away evil spirits. Then sweep the floor from the door to the center of the hall. If it is the other way around, all the money will be swept away. Be sure to use a new broom.

Finally, it can be said that one of the highlights of the joining ceremony is to ask the owner of the house to go to the kitchen to light a fire, boil a pot of boiling water, place it in the center of the hall, and then use a swinging fan to blow the boiling water back and forth wildly. Blow and open all the doors, windows and faucets. The whole house will be filled with steam and the sound of wind and water will come together, which means "the wind rises and the water rises".

Wang Ding: Eating glutinous rice balls means reunion. The "huo" in joining a house is composed of "people" and "fire", so cooking in a new house must be inseparable. After the house is prosperous, the most important thing is for the family or relatives and friends to gather together and eat sweet glutinous rice balls together, which symbolizes reunion, sweetness, and happiness. Some people may not live long after moving in due to various special reasons. You can also arrange these arrangements first, but the family must stay in the new residence for one night to be "human" and prosperous.

Good luck: Inviting relatives and friends to your home will bring prosperity and a large number of people. Secondly, you should pay attention to the color arrangement of the new home. The new home is easy to be decorated in a prosperous and festive manner. It is not suitable to decorate the rooms and living rooms with deserted colors. For those with fair skin, for example, it is better to choose some redder carpets, wall stickers, tablecloths, etc., and it is not suitable to use curtains, bed sheets, etc. that are too white. When you move into a new home, the red air can expel the yin energy in the house, increase the yang energy, and increase the luck of the house.