Zhang Min turned his eyes and said, "Shangliang is one of the five major ceremonies to be held in the construction of a new house. The five major ceremonies are: first, the ceremony of "Anfushi" in the house site, second, the ceremony of "releasing water" (burying the underground drainage ditch in the main hall of the main house), third, the ceremony of securing the gate, fourth, the ceremony of putting up the beam, and fifth, the ceremony of "falling (moving) into the new house". In order to make the "Shangliang" ceremony more grand and spectacular, and those with wealthy families often combine the "Shangliang" and "new house" ceremonies.

"Don't be a joke, what you're talking about is a ritual, I'm asking you how the custom of going to the beam came about. ”

"Third uncle, what are you anxious about!"

Zhang Min looked at the other place, and glanced at Qin Yu, who was sitting on the side, before he said to the third uncle with a smile: "Let's call our family's great talent to answer!"

Zhang Min's understanding of these rituals is also because she experienced it when she built a new house, but it was difficult for her to tell her why.

"Well, then I'll talk about it, if it's wrong, don't laugh at me, uncle. Qin Yu saw his cousin's gaze, so he had to speak.

"Xiaoyu, just tell me, the wrong place Uncle will add to you!" Zhang Yuanqiao encouraged.

"In fact, the custom of the beam has existed since ancient times, as the saying goes: 'there are beams on the roof, there is grain at home, there are no beams on the roof, and the six animals are not prosperous' People think that Liang is upright, stable, and noisy, in order to prosper the family business. Moreover, in ancient times, there was a strict selection of beams, which must be round and straight, not crooked, so that beams can be used as upper beams......"

Qin Yukai said that he was very interested in these folk customs during his college years, and he also conducted some understanding and investigation.

"Yes, you are right about the meaning of the upper beam, then do you know what procedures are there for the upper beam on the road?"

Zhang Yuanqiao is a teaching gentleman, and he couldn't stump Qin Yu, so he habitually had to ask to the end.

"Hehe, uncle, I really know about this. The customs of the upper beam are different in various places, as far as our region is concerned, the upper beam has to choose an auspicious day, and then the night before, the carpenter and the masonry master will carry the colored beam on the table in the hall of the new house, and put the head on the east side (that is, facing the left), and the tail will be placed on the west side (that is, facing the right), and then the master will arrange the melon seeds and fruits, and accompany the masters to guard the beam, so as to prevent a trace of filth and evil things from approaching the color beam.

When guarding the beam, first of all, the carpenter master should make a ceremony to accompany the beam. He first grabbed a handful of rice on the tea tray, sprinkled it on all sides of the hall, and said after waving it to Liang Shu:

"This beam and this beam are very unusual, the beams are on the house, steady, the red stars are shining, and they are brilliant. The family is auspicious, the people are prosperous, the old man has a long life, and the longevity is better than the hill; Scholars are promoted, and scholars are honored, and the clouds are soaring. All the best, good luck. ”

After the carpenter master recounted He Liang's words, he had to go out of trouble according to the rules, and he wanted to ask the master for a cup of clean water, drank it in his mouth, sprayed it on the beam tree, and said:

"Seeing one side, the heavens and the earth are opened, the day is auspicious, the emperor's descendants are building a hall, living in peace, the fierce god abdicates, and the evil is lurking. Accompany Liang here, forever auspicious. A mallet sounded through the sky, all saints and sages accompanied the beam, the sky was quickly returned to the sky and the clouds, and the earth was smooth and underwater Luoyang. ”

Qin Yu's voice was subdued, and with the sound of the sizzling charcoal fire, it reached everyone's ears, and the vivid scene of the carpenter's chanting could appear in everyone's minds.

"Very good, I didn't expect Xiaoyu that you know so much about the customs of Shangliang, continue to talk about it, and give them a long knowledge, these old traditions are not many people who understand these old traditions now. ”

Zhang Yuanqiao is very satisfied with Qin Yu's performance, but as he said, young people nowadays have too little understanding of tradition, and I am afraid that these things will disappear completely in a few decades, and when the older generation of people die.

"I only knew that the ceremony of the upper beam of the road was quite complicated, but I didn't expect that there would be so much exquisiteness. This is Qin Yu's other cousin sighed.

Qin Yu nodded, and he also recognized what his uncle said, the goals pursued by young people nowadays are different, and the fast-paced life has made these ancient cumbersome customs few people understand with their hearts.

After the trouble, the guest and the host sit in the hall with the beam, to the middle of the night, on the preparation of wine and food to entertain the people who accompany the beam to drink at night, the host to the carpenter, the masonry master to be more generous hospitality, often stewed elbows to thank them for their hard work, the owner of the new house has to accompany the carpenter, the masonry master to drink slowly, after the end of the supper, the time is also close to the fifth watch.

At this time, the master carpenter took the red-painted axe, ink fountain, and curved ruler and placed it on the table, and leaned three feet in front of the left side of the table. The master masonry also brought brick knives and a ruler and placed them in front of the right side of the table. When everything was ready, a big red rooster was placed on the beam, and at this time, the carpenter master who held the ink bucket walked to the table and said, "Lu Ban came early, and the beam is good at this moment." Then the carpenter put the grain and pen, ink, and paper in the middle of the beam, and then sealed the beam with a red cloth—tightly wrapped the beam around the waist, and sewed the red cloth with red thread, and then sang the words of the beam:

Holding a piece of silk from the master's house, there are three feet and zero,

The left is tied three times to increase wealth, and the right is tied three times to Hanlin.

The lord's family is prosperous, and the house is full of glory and wealth.

After chanting, the carpenter and the master mason each raised a glass of wine, lifted it on his head, and then sprinkled wine on the beam tree three times, and recited in unison:

A glass of wine in the hand, praise the world and the earth;

Two cups of wine in the hand, glory and wealth from generation to generation;

Three cups of wine in the master's house, and the children and grandchildren will be crowned princes.

After the carpenter and masonry have raised wine and offered the beam, the carpenter will take the rooster and put it on the beam tree to stand. First of all, he took the chicken and praised:

Holding a chicken from the master's house, it was born with a high head and a low tail;

Wearing a golden crown and a colorful feather jacket.

This chicken is not an extraordinary chicken, the owner of the owner sacrifices the chicken of Liang!

After that, put the chicken on the beam tree, which is called the living dragon standing on the beam, which means that the family industry is prosperous. After the beam sacrifice ceremony, it was the auspicious day of Shangliang. The master carpenter and the master masonry climbed to the top of the column with ropes wrapped with red paper at both ends of the tree, each holding a beam tool, carrying the rope, keeping a balance at both ends, slowly pulling up, and chanting as he pulled:

The main house is on the beam today, and the zodiac is auspicious,

The lucky stars shine brightly, and the gold and jade are full of prosperity.

After groaning, the guests who accompanied Liang, the host, and the men, women, and children of Hecun who came to pick up and throw Liang's steamed buns all shouted: "What a good thing!" The sound of harmony resounded in the sky, and the sound of firecrackers sounded the atmosphere of the upper beam with joy and excitement.

At this time, the master masonry chanted again:

"This beam and this beam are very unusual, growing on the mountain, and today they are beams. Today's Shangliang, happy to meet the zodiac, Gu Chang Jidan, Ziwei Gaozhao. Dong Yu Zenghui, Wuhua Tianbao. The elderly are longevity, and the year is dedicated to Yao peach. The few are happy, the full moon is good, the readers are in school, the dragon gate jumps high, the official is added, the step by step rises, the cultivator has a good yield, and the grain is full of barns. The family business is prosperous, and the treasure is forever entered. ”

The master carpenter and masonry pulled the beam tree to the top of the column while chanting, and put the rope down, pulled the steamed buns, peanuts, candy, and coins up the beam, and deliberately asked: "There are a lot of people below, don't throw the axe around!" Then he shouted loudly: "Liang Shu is fine, attract wealth and treasure." One day early, Momoyo is good. Please, master, hurry up and throw the steamed buns on the beam!" So the carpenter master and the masonry master sat on the beam tree through the square, throwing steamed buns, and chanting the cheers of the beam......

Qin Yu's words were finally finished, and everyone was still in the aftertaste, and some people sighed for a long time:

"I didn't expect to be a good carpenter, not only to be able to do work, but also to understand this!"

"In fact, in the past, apprentices followed the carpentry master to learn to work, when they can become a teacher, it is to see if the master will teach him these things, and after learning this, he can be regarded as a correct teacher. ”

The uncle answered appropriately, and Qin Yu also nodded in approval, the craftsmen in ancient times were very strict, and it was not a simple matter to become a teacher.

"Hey, no, Xiaoyu, although what you said is very good, it is a little different from our customs here, as far as you said, there seems to be no accompanying ceremony, and there is no evil ceremony!" Zhang Hua thought about it for a while, but found some differences.

"Stupid, you don't want to think about it, what age is it now, it's all reinforced concrete houses, where did the beams come from, Xiaoyu is talking about the old customs!" Zhang Yuanqiao looked at his son and how unpleasant, he dropped out of school on his back and went outside, which almost made him angry.

Qin Yu threw a mournful look at his cousin Zhang Hua, and his uncle would hit his cousin mercilessly whenever he had the opportunity, which was already something that everyone was used to.

Zhang Hua winked at him and motioned to Qin Yu to help him break the siege, otherwise his old man would be able to seize the opportunity to count him down for a long time.

"In fact, although the house does not need to use beams now, but these rituals still exist, but in a different way, take out the evil ritual, now the carpenter master will catch a rooster and walk around the whole house, and some bamboo strips will be placed in the corner of each doorway, and where the rooster walks, someone must pick up the bamboo strips and slap the wall, which is called driving away the evil!"

Qin Yu naturally wouldn't die for his cousin's request for help, so he had to explain for him:

"In the folk rooster itself has the ability to break the evil and call the sun, where the rooster goes, the yin and filthy things naturally dare not stay, hear the sound of the bamboo strips, will hide in the bamboo strips, and then wait for the carpenter master to walk the whole house, people will collect the whole bamboo strips by a person with a pillar tied to the firecrackers in front of the road, there are bamboo strips to follow the people to run out of the gang, this is called sending evil!"

"Well, this book is not in vain, these traditions passed down by our ancestors can't be lost!"