"There are tens of thousands of mansions in Ande, and the cold people in the world are happy, and the wind and rain are not moving, and they are as safe as mountains." This is the Tang Dynasty poet Du Fu wrote the poem "Song of the Thatched House Broken by the Autumn Wind" during his stay in Chengdu, Sichuan. It is a pity that since the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, for thousands of years, the Hua Xia dynasties have not been able to solve this problem, the economy is depressed, the people's livelihood is withering, there is no food, there is no clothing, and the people are living in dire straits, let alone improving living conditions.

Before the establishment of the Angel Kingdom, many mountain villages basically did not have a single hall and brick house, and those who could live in adobe tile houses were better off their families, and most of the villagers lived in low and simple adobe grass houses. In some yards, there are patches of wild artemisia and wild grasses, and the houses are also full of branches and leaves, and the pine and wax moss grow high in the cracks of the tiles, and the living conditions of the villagers are very difficult.

After the establishment of the Angel Kingdom led by Xia Xue, the economy and agriculture, industry and commerce were vigorously developed, and the lives of the villagers in the mountain villages of the Angel Country gradually improved.

Many rural and mountain villages in the Angel Country have successively had a place where they could make bricks and tiles, so please put the style to hoop the earthen kiln, and the bricks and tiles produced will be sold at a low price or on credit to the villagers. Some families relied on the savings of odd jobs in brick factories to rip down and rebuild their roots in the same place. Some people thought that the original place was narrow, so they asked the husband to look at another place to build a house.

Xia Xue saw some of the customs and traditions of many villagers in ancient mountain villages building houses, and found it very interesting.

People in the mountains build houses close to the slope and close to the water source, and they are reluctant to occupy flat land. And the newly built house everyone wants to have good feng shui and prosperous people, so the roots and standing wood have become the two major things in building a house, which must be presided over by Mr. Yin and Yang and the carpenter himself. On this day, the master has to get up early, put a small square table in the yard, three small black bowls side by side in front of the small square table, grab a few handfuls of wheat beans in the bowls on both sides, put three steamed white raw buns in the middle of the bowl, in the middle of the small square table, the particular people put an incense burner, and if they are not particular, they also put a black bowl, the bowl holds more than half a bowl of wheat grains, and the incense is directly inserted into it, and then the master sounds a string of firecrackers in the place where the house is built, and picks up the pickaxe, gouges a stone or digs a lump of soil, I feel much more down-to-earth in my heart. The sound of firecrackers echoed in the mountains, startling the chickens and dogs in the village, and the birds in the forest flying in a panic. When the morning dawned, the neighbors came to congratulate, and the host poured water and tea to entertain everyone. To build a house, you should first prepare rafters, purlins, burdens, bright columns, patching hammers, floor shun, mats, picks and other large pieces, and by the carpenter according to the depth of the built house and the size of the opening to intercept, adze, planing, beating, and then configure and set the socket, but also to prepare different sizes of iron nails, pillar capstones, line ropes, wooden wedges, through the rafters, connecting and other accessories. After taking root from the foundation with a big stone, fill it with a small stone, after going out of the ground, put on a layer of stone with edges and faces, and pull the rope through a horizontal ruler to take advantage of the flat, and then use wheat bran and good mud to smooth it, and the root is even if it is tied. In the days that followed, the master's family did not work in the dark, and the whole family went into battle together, relying on the rack car to pull and carry the cage to carry the soil, and the soil that hit the wall was piled up into a hill in the root of the house. The soil should be dry with some water, and the soil should be able to be held in a lump and fall on the ground to disperse, so that the wall that comes out is light and strong. The wall board of the wall is two pine or elm boards that are seven feet long and two inches wide and two inches thick, and one end of the two boards is two female joints up and down, and then a baffle is made, the length of the baffle is the thickness of the wall, the height and thickness are the same as the wall board, the two ends of the baffle board are left with two male joints, after the socket is set, and then the wooden wedge is put on it, which can not only retain the soil but also fix and open and close the role, and the wall board is called the lion's head. The other end is open, when hitting the wall, put two wooden sticks with a thick end and a thin end on the wall board, the bottom plays a supporting role, the top plays a fixed role, the rural people call the mouse (because after the wall is laid, this wall eye is still retained, like a mouse hole), the two wooden sticks are fixed by two splints up and down the wall board, and then the outside is strengthened with a wooden wedge, so that the wall board is installed. When hitting the wall, first sprinkle the grass ash on the inside and then put the soil, people go up, first step on it with their feet, then beat it with a hammer, and then beat it on the soil again, until it is compact, scrape it flat with a wooden mold, you can pull out the wooden wedge, go to the next splint, turn the mouse a few times, and then move and open the wall board, and then put the mouse on the front frame, move the wall board forward, and then fix the grass ash on the soil to continue. Hitting the wall is a work of strength, but also a work of technology. It is well played, the walls are flat, and the gables and front and rear walls are properly mixed to make the house structure firm and durable. Red gum soil is the strongest and the most difficult to beat, and generally does not use sand. Careful people put two wooden sticks in the middle of the wall soil to increase the tension and make the wall stronger. After the wall is hit to seven or eight feet high, the upper soil needs to be turned over, the people below put the soil on the shelf, and the people on the shelf put the soil into the wall panel, and wait for the four eaves of the wall to be together, and the gable can be selected to the top of the standing wood.

Standing on the beam is a festive and solemn day, and the neighbors are to come to help and pay tribute according to the relationship between relatives and relatives. The main relatives, young and old, not only have to carry rice buckets or wheat beans, but also bring gift money. Other neighbors are very decent to bring one or two liters of rice noodles. Early in the morning, the carpenter put the pillars, floors, and nuts in advance on the house, and several laborers used rafters to support the pillars here, and tied the top of the pillars with ropes to pull up, and waited for the pillars to be straight, and the pillars were fixed with three rafters and ropes below. The wooden frame on the gable wall is directly on the wall, and then the purlin and mat are pulled up with a rope, and the carpenter first inserts the mat into it, and then puts the purlin on the shelf. After all the ridge purlins, waist purlins, and eaves purlins are finished, the master carries the red cloth wrapped purlin according to the time that Mr. Yin and Yang see, and the people on the house put down the rope, put it on the two ends of the purlin, and pull it up hard, and the carpenter takes advantage of the situation to set the purlin joint, and finally uses a horizontal ruler and a hanging rope to visually inspect whether the room is correct or not, and the beam purlin and the slope are uneven. If it is oblique, it will be re-aligned, and if it is high, it will be sawed at the bottom of the open column, and if it is low, it will add the capstone or pad the stone chips.

According to the traditional customs, the hostess should use white flour to steam ninety-nine small buns and one big bun on the first day, and each small bun core is wrapped with a small river pebble, which is called Piaoliang danzi. The master found a black lacquered wooden bucket, spread a layer of red paper underneath, and put the floating beam danzi and wheat, baogu, sorghum, peanuts, soybeans and piaoliang danzi into it, and covered it with a one-foot red cloth. Also find a large copper or iron kettle with a long mouth, fill it with water, and hang it with a long rope. Wait for the purlin to go in, the bright pillar, the spine purlin, the waist purlin, the eaves purlin are all straightened, the couplet on the bright pillar on the beam stops, the carpenter rides on the middle purlin, holding a bucket in one hand, holding a pot in the other, and began to rap: "Call the master, turn the bucket, and hold the steamed bun in your hand." This bun was fully filled, and it was covered with big red felt. The carpenter's five feet are carved with flowers, and the wood, mud, stone and tiles are a family. ”

After the rap was finished, he stretched out his hand to scatter the floating beams down, and the people were clamoring to grab the floating beams that fell to the ground, and the carpenter poured the water from the pot down, drenching the hair and clothes of the people below, and the people squeaked and complained and scattered in all directions.

The carpenter then sang, "Three rooms with two beams, three or three to see nine new houses." First rammed the level, inside and outside eight ropes. An axe is made of four taels of steel, and a mason's brick knife is built into a wall. On the auspicious day of the zodiac, let's go to the beam, and the green dragon and white tiger will come to help. The square table is placed in the center, and the main family places offerings and burns incense. The steamed steamed bun weighs half a catty, and it is one zhang long and likes to be picked red. ”

The carpenter then went on to rap: "In April the wheat is yellow, and the barley and wheat are on the field." The barley was beaten for thousands of quintals, and the wheat was only beaten for the first two. Mulberry stalls come to grind stones, and brooms sweep wooden shovels. The bucket was dug up, packed in a cloth bag, and handed over to Li Erniang of the mill. The grinding white flour is frosted and handed over to the Queen Mother of the Kitchen. The Queen Mother came to steam the buns, and the Nine Heavens Fairy burned the pot. Tianhe scoops the noodles with water, and the steamed steamed buns are white and light. The master didn't dare to eat, and the craftsman didn't dare to taste it. ”

In the cheers of men, women and children, the carpenter continued to scatter the floating beam buns in the bucket in all directions. "Scatter it to the east, and the house is full of gold and silver treasures. To the west, Gengxin Jin, the days are harmonious and ten thousand springs. Sprinkle to the south, Bingding fire, and all the gods are singing. Sprinkle it to the north, and the water of the nong, and the treasures of gold and silver to the roof fortress. The last handful, the next handful, Tai Sui saw it and laughed haha. ”

The carpenter said a word, sprinkled a handful, and played a trick from time to time. After a while, the arm of the garden was picked up, but the force was very small, and the floating beam bun fell nearby. For a while, the arm movement was very small, and the wrist was violently exerted, scattering the floating beam bun in the distance. The people under the house were running left and right and jumping to pick up and grab them, but they often flew into the air, and everyone laughed and made a mess. The carpenter took the remaining big steamed bun in his hand, waved his arm at the people, did not let go and quickly withdrew it, and casually carried the big white steamed bun into his arms.

At last the carpenter shouted loudly, "Call the Lord's house, come and fight, and the glory and wealth are in it." The man and woman hurried out, took the bucket and the kettle with a smile on their faces, poured smoke and water for the carpenter, the plasterer, the gentleman, and their relatives, and then busied themselves to the stove for cooking. In the mountain villages, the people who come to work are all human workers, and they don't pay for food, and they don't have money to give, and they are more of au pairs. You have something to call me, I have something to call you, and the relationship between relatives and neighbors is close, and the relationship is naturally harmonious. This is more intimate and simple than the relationship between neighbors who are indifferent and snobbish to the city dwellers in later generations.