There are some widely circulated words that read smoothly and are easy to understand. They are very meaningful in the 5,000 years of Chinese history and traditional culture.

Most of these words were recorded and passed down by the ancient working people after their own exploration experience, or or some words passed down orally >.

It embodies the wisdom of working people and reflects one of their psychological wishes. We call such words colloquialisms, which are also old sayings that are often spoken.

\”When the door faces a tiger\’s head, people will feel sad if their wealth is gone\” is an old saying. It is a Feng Shui saying widely circulated among the people.

What exactly is the tiger head in \”The Gate to the Tiger Head\”?

1. Analysis from the perspective of historical origin

In ancient wars, there was a widely used weapon called the \”Tiger Head Spear\” . \”Zhang Guoliang\’s Suzhou Commentary\” contains a structural description of the Tiger Head Spear.

The book says this: \” The body of the gun is made of cold iron, one foot and one foot three long. The head of the gun is in the shape of a black gold tiger\’s head. The tiger\’s mouth swallows the blade. The body of the gun is gold-plated. It is made of platinum. It is extremely sharp. It can chop, stab and chop. It is not afraid of fire and can be refined a hundred times. Fine iron. ”

From here we can see that the tiger head gun has a tiger-shaped head and is an extremely sharp battlefield weapon. So the tiger head here implies a kind of war. From this explanation, we can understand the profound meaning of the old saying \”The door is facing the tiger\’s head, and people will be sad if the money is gone\”.

In the poem \”Shi Hao Li\” written by Du Fu, we can learn that there is a family in it. Three sons have gone to the battlefield, and two have already fought. After the death, the officials still came to beat the young men and planned to take the old woman\’s husbandand even an old man to fight.

From here we can see how war is cruel, and what he brings to others What has come is a decline in humanity.

Then we can know here, In fact, the tiger head is like a war, causing a family to be underpopulated. If explained in this way, the underpopulation will naturally occur. There will be no wealth luck.

In addition, there must be many souls killed by the tiger head gun. Therefore, from a superstitious point of view, the ancient words also imply that if the door faces the tiger head, if the door faces the tiger head, Tiger heads are prone to attract strange and evil things, which must be the source of disaster, and their luck is naturally bad.

2. Analysis from the perspective of the prototype of the tiger head

We know the story of Wu Song fighting a tiger in Water Margin, which wrote that people in Wusong did notBefore killing the tiger, everyone was very disgusted with the tiger, but they were also very afraid, because the tiger is a very vicious animal.

The ancients said that the gate is facing the tiger\’s head. something.

Just imagine, the house we live in, as soon as I go out and take a look, I feel an ominous premonition.

It’s okay during the day, but at night, it’s dark and it’s easy for people to make associations. Over time, even if nothing bad happens, mental health It will also change.

From a Feng Shui perspective, the location of such a door must be poor. Therefore, \”the gate faces the tiger\’s head,\” here, what the tiger\’s head represents can also find a certain allegorical basis.

3. Analysis of the \”Four Great Divine Beasts\” handed down from mythological stories

The four great mythical beasts refer to Qinglong, White Tiger, Xuanwu and Suzaku respectively. There are some connections with tiger heads. The white tiger is a fierce creature and belongs to Yin, the one in charge is the west, opposite to Qinglong.

Old sayings often include\”Western Paradise\” and \”Sunset over the Western Mountains\”These are all negative meanings. Therefore, from the interpretation of the tiger head, the door faces the west. It is like a symbol of decline. Naturally, the house will be bare, and the door will be unfavorable for wealth.

In addition, based on the analysis of the direction of the earth\’s magnetic field, from ancient times to the present, it has been advocated that the best direction for the door is to face south, because facing south helps airflow It has good traffic and good lighting.

And facing west, Qiaqia is the worst. Houses with doors facing west are colder in winter and hotter in summer. It is not suitable for people to live comfortably for a long time. It\’s not good for your health.

In this way, the \”tiger head\” facing the door, facing the west direction, is also a building house, people What to avoid.

So, regarding this tiger head, it was an ominous sign in ancient times. Whether it\’s from what it gives in the storyPeople think it is as terrible as war;

Or, with its shape, people think of it as something different in front of the door. There are some sharp and visual things that reasonably exist; or in terms of orientation, it refers to the statement that the doorway should not face the west direction.

These three statements all show that the tiger head image opposite the gate is very bad.

How did the ancients avoid falling into the old saying

Although many people only build one house in their lifetime, they also attach great importance to the location and location of the house. The surrounding environment. But it is inevitable that sometimes the saying happens to be \”the gate is facing the tiger\’s head\”.

So in ancient times, was there any way to prevent such an ominous connotation?

In fact, there is. According to ancient people, when faced with this statement, they had some ways to resolve it.

For example,people in the past would hang a pair of animal heads on the lintel of the door,facing the Feng Shui imagery that the ancients considered bad,or hang a mirror on the door, which is quite Prevent bad luck from coming straight at the door of the house, serve as a barrier against disaster.

Is it really such a disastrous failure that \”when wealth is gone, people are worried\”?

If we carefully observe the old sayings, there are old sayings such as \”When five trees enter the house, a person will be poor and his family will be ruined\” and \”There is a trap behind the grave\” ,Basically, things that warn people not to do things that violate the rules will be followed by warnings of serious consequences.

This reflects the wisdom of the ancients. The ancients knew that not everyone can truly understand the reasons why this cannot be done, but Everyone has a natural yearning for a better vision.

So, the ancients are telling us what we should not do, andcoupled with the warning that doing so will have serious consequences, it is naturally easier for people to keep it in mind.

Just like our fond wishes of posting Spring Festival couplets on the door now, you will find that Spring Festival couplets are always red. We know that red brings joy. It fits perfectly with the old sayings of \”Looking up brings happiness\” and \”Opening the door brings happiness\”.

Conclusion

\”The ancients will never deceive me\”, there are too many ancient sayings spread in history and culture, we need to pay attention to them. Taste it carefullyand learn more about it, so that you can understand its profound meaning.

Even if some of them seem inappropriate to today\’s social phenomena, if we look carefully, we will find the merits in them.

Just like this old saying: \”When the door faces the tiger\’s head, people will be sad if the money leaves.\” The common hope of the ancients is the ideal of a better and peaceful life

The hope is that humans can form a harmonious coexistence model with nature, naturally have energy, good health, and good fortune, which makes life more satisfying.