In ancient China, the decision of accommodation fixation is awfully important for every family.
Against green-covered mountains, there is an even stream flowing by ahead of a house; thus one will take high praise of the house location. Why the house was considered as a good accommodation? By ancient Chinese geographic theory--geomantic omen, the high green mountain behind house symbolizes reliable support for family and the stream in front symbolizes successive satisfied revenues of house owners. If a house is settled down in an ideal location, the owners and their heirs will be fortunate for ever.
The house architecture complex is more often designed in symmetry structure for eternal family safety. So the door where the vital energy comes in and out of house becomes a very important element of housing design. In that way, the door's position, material, color and nails on it are all considered into geomantic omen.
For instance, if a door is painted in, with a bronze lock wing, red lacquer and is adorn with 63 nails, the owner should be a very honorable officer like duke. Further more, if a door in green color is decorated with 45 nails and a tin lock wing, the owner would be an officer as a count. The third is that if a black-colored door is stored with an iron lock wing on it, the owner would be a low officer or a common people.
Later, the door god was worshiped so much in Chinese folk culture. If you pay a visit to a peasant's house in rural area in China, you will always find two door gods being painted on the front door who were said to demolish the evils day in and day out.
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