What does the rural saying “If you build a house without it falling down, it will last for three generations”? What does it mean?

In traditional Chinese concepts, having a place to settle down is more important than anything else. In fact, it is similar now. Most people work hard just to own a house of their own in the city. In the local dialect, this is called finally finding a place to rest. In fact, this is also true in rural areas.

Homestead is the basis for farmers’ survival. When a family makes money, the first thing they want to do is renovate their old house. In recent years, there have been numerous renovations of old rural houses to new ones. In Zhichajun's hometown, almost everyone built a two- or three-story small Western-style building made of reinforced concrete. Some wealthy families will spend a lot of money to decorate their homes like villas, which is enviable.

In rural areas, building a house is a big deal. According to the old tradition, before building a house, you need to find a Feng Shui master to check the Feng Shui of the foundation, determine the time to start construction, and plan the direction of the door. Because many farmers believe that these are closely related to their own destiny and the fortune of their families.

In rural areas, we often hear such a saying, "If you build a house without it falling apart, it will last for three generations." It refers to the matter of building a house. If the location is not chosen well, it will not only have consequences for you but also for yourself. The impact may even be detrimental to future generations. So how should we understand this sentence?

In fact, friends who are familiar with the suitability of building houses in rural areas, or friends who grew up living in rural areas, will understand the meaning of this sentence at a glance. The meaning of this sentence is very simple. The so-called breakage refers to a fault in the ground. When building a house, the foundation must not be placed on the fault. Because once the foundation is selected in a place with faults, it will easily cause the foundation to become unstable, and it will be particularly prone to accidents over time.

No matter how luxurious the house is built, if the foundation is not solid or the location is wrong, problems will still occur in the end. In serious cases, it may even cause the house to collapse. If the house collapses, at least it will cause property damage, and at worst, the family will be destroyed. Whether it is financial or personal safety, it is a top priority that farmers cannot bear.

In addition, rural houses are not a generational thing. Normally, after a house is built, it may be lived in for several generations, and eventually it becomes an ancestral home. Just like Mr. Zhicha's hometown, although it is a remote mountain village in the Dabie Mountains, there are still old houses that have survived hundreds of years of wind and rain. For a house like this, the first step is to choose a good foundation, followed by building materials and maintenance. Otherwise, it would not last for so many years.

Precisely because a house will live for several generations, you must be more cautious. Sometimes when choosing a foundation, you are not familiar with the underground conditions, or the foundation is not solidly laid, and you can’t see any problems at first. But as time goes by, ten or twenty years, or even longer, you will encounter rain erosion, Surface subsidence or underground movement, fault dislocation, etc. may cause tilt cracks or collapse accidents. Therefore, if the foundation is not chosen well and unfortunately it is built on a fault, it will affect future generations.

Therefore, although the saying "a house built does not fall apart, and a house that falls apart does not last for three generations" is an exaggeration, it is very reasonable. This is not a superstitious statement, but a truth summarized by our ancestors through their own life accumulation and experience knowledge. They use the form of catchy and easy-to-understand folk sayings and pass them down from generation to generation in order to tell future generations their own experience summary and remind future generations what issues they should pay attention to when building houses.

Actually, Mr. Zhicha feels that what the old man said has a deeper meaning, which is to warn future generations that when working hard in their careers, they must choose a career that suits them and choose a suitable direction. At the same time, the foundation must be laid firmly. Only in this way can you go further and fly higher in the right direction.

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