Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 226

Chapter 220 VII Upper Beam
After finishing all this work, my mother took some yellow cakes and distributed them to the neighbors and the sisters who came to help. Li Junge fed them two yuan each, and drove them away. After choosing a lot of materials, I came to the ancestral hall and said to Uncle A Chong: "Uncle A Chong, the things are ready, how can you use them?"

Uncle A Chong picked up the things and inspected them one by one, and finally picked up the money to check it out.

The shape of Yasheng money is like a big copper coin, but what is written on it is not so-and-so Tongbao, but "Ziwei Gaozhao", and behind it is a spell similar to the word "mountain ghost", with Tai Chi gossip, used to drive away evil spirits Disaster use.

Uncle A Chong flicked the money noodles, then turned the weight again, and said, "Well, it's not bad, the pressing hand is thick, and the amount of copper is enough to hear the sound, good money!"

Li Junge asked: "Have you checked that everything is in order? I'll make up what's missing!"

Uncle A Chong inspected it again, and after confirming that there was nothing wrong with it, he said, "Okay, that's all. We'll go to the beam on the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar!"

Three days passed in a blink of an eye, and the only child in the family, Wang Meixian, who was far away in Sichuan, couldn't come over. I just made a phone call to complain, and asked my little cousin to send Huang Ba to satisfy his greed.The rest of the cubs were also present, and besides wandering around the village with Bai Dadai and them all day long, they just ran around with the children in the village, making the whole village noisy.

There are a lot of rare things in the village. Matou is practicing shooting TV. The forest farm has heard that a zip line can be installed to go to Miao village of sister Ayin. There is a pile of wooden row fans in the village. Grabbing the papa, one by one finds it strange to see everything, so excited.

Li Junge arranged for Si Xingzhun to take pictures, and the technical team stopped their work to fiddle with the drones. Liang Huili and Ayin were also busy arranging matters.

On January [-]st, New Year's Day, it is appropriate to break ground, build a house, and sacrifice.

The village has long been surrounded by a sea of ​​people, and even Pan'ao Township has many folks from their own family and other families. There are many people hanging on the trees in the distance. Even Si Xingping helped Mr. Si to mix in the crowd watching the excitement, curious. Look over here.

The most excited thing was that besides Wazi, there were also two international friends. This scene was so festive. The two girls were so happy that they screamed and took pictures with a SLR camera and a portable video camera.

The tourists who come to Lijiagou today are also blessed. Those who fish will stop fishing, and those who pick up stones will stop picking up stones. They all gather at the head of the green road.

The happiest are the photographers who come to shoot birds with long guns and short cannons. Now they don’t take pictures of birds. They take advantage of the favorable position early on. The long and short lenses are set up. The posture is more professional than Si Xingzhun and Song Jie. .

A Chong's uncle, A Tong's dozen or so Miao babies took care of themselves, and carried the girder over early in the morning to set it up.

There are three ceremonies in total today, installing the stool, erecting the mountain, and raising the beam.

The "stool", that is, the pillar base, is the special handicraft of the old stone and the small stone. It is in the shape of a round drum, and the relief carvings of auspicious grass and animals are hollowed out on it, one by one.

The stool represents the foundation, so the procedure of installing the stool is very important for house builders.

The camera was turned on, the drone was raised, and the two firecrackers were let off. Uncle A Chong walked up to the foundation of the house with a red face, and cupped his hands to Li Junge who was standing there laughing silly. The ground is raised. The Lord’s house is building a new house today, and now I will lay the foundation.”

"A thousand years of auspiciousness is installed on the left, and auspicious ten thousand years are installed on the right. Gold vaults are installed at the front and back, and Fuluxi is installed in the middle."

"Anywhere the Lord's house is full of happiness, an easy time for crops to grow in the fields, an easy time for large livestock to flourish, and an easy time for barren hills to be turned into fields."

"It's better to come sooner rather than later. Now is the time for me to issue the hammer. This hammer is not an ordinary hammer. It is made by Lu Ban's first teacher. One hammer returns to the gods, the second hammer returns to the earth, the third hammer ghosts go west, and the fourth hammer demons." No need to come."

"Skillful craftsman, skilled craftsman, several stools, very famous, exquisitely carved, high-strength craftsmanship, the front eaves pillars are well played, two dragons are used to grab treasures, a pair of central pillars are strong, and a pair of central pillars are strong. The two phoenixes come to Chaoyang, the back eaves and pillars come to fight well, and a lion to match the unicorn!"

These four words and eight sentences were arranged properly, and it was very festive. Li Junge and all the villagers applauded wildly and shouted "Good!"

Among them, the old and small stones are the most exciting, and their mouths are crooked. This carpenter is just like a bamboo craftsman, and he can be handed over!

The two Miaowa were in charge of a stool, and quickly put it in place.

The next step was supposed to be "arrangement of fans", that is, the carpenters arranged various materials into a whole fan by fan.

Miaojia wooden buildings usually have four doors and three rooms. The "fan" is arranged longitudinally by the column head and the riding tube. Generally, there are three columns and four riding, five columns and two riding. There is a certain size ratio between the columns and between the columns and the riding tube. Fang, Lantern Fang, row fan Fang, pick Fang and so on.

After the "exhaust fans" work is completed, they are arranged in order, indicating that the construction of the house is finally completed, and it also means that the assembly stage of building the house has officially started.

This step is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it was done by the Miaowa before, just waiting for today's "Lishan".

As the name suggests, "Lishan" is to erect row fans, which look like "mountain" characters from the front.

The rule is to set up the nave first and then the wing rooms.

The top of each row of fans is tied with a thick hemp rope, and the rope is spread on the ground. It is not possible for one or two people to complete the task of setting up a mountain, and it requires the hard work of a village.

All the young and old in Lijiagou came to both sides of the rope, holding on to the rope, just waiting for Uncle A Chong to give orders.

I saw Uncle A Chong holding an ax in one hand.Holding the rooster in one hand, he climbed on the central pillar of the middle hall with one foot, while making gestures, he said loudly: "This rooster, this rooster, is not an ordinary rooster. It is useless for others to use it, but my disciple uses it to stop evil spirits. Heavenly evil, earthly evil, year evil, and moon evil, only this chicken can stop the evil spirits. As soon as the magic hammer sounds, the door opens, and the master invites me to fan the head, and all relatives and neighbors work together...

As he said that, he slammed the back of the ax on the pillar: "Hey, let's go!"

The young and old shouted in unison and worked together to stand up the fans row by row and fix the ropes. Uncle A Chong directed the Miao babies to put row fan squares between the fans so that the row fans would not fall over.Every time you set up a fan, you have to say a set of four-character and eight-sentence words, each of which is different and wonderful.

There are many people and strength, and the process of setting up the mountain will be completed in a short while, followed by the most solemn ceremony, "beam raising".

The ceremony of raising the beam begins with offering sacrifices to the beam.Instructing all the Miao babies to place the beams in the center of the hall, Uncle A Chong held an ax and a chisel in one hand, and served a dish with wine, meat, fruit and candies in the other, and walked into the hall alone.

First, incense and paper were burned in front of Liang Mu to worship Lu Ban and Xianling. Together with the cigarettes, Li Junge greeted Er Mao, who was in charge of the firecrackers.

Uncle A Chong began to pray loudly again: "Auspicious days and good times, heaven and earth will open, golden beams and jade pillars will shine brightly, and the zodiac will be here today, great auspiciousness and prosperity!"

After finishing speaking, he knelt down in front of the beam, and after three bows, he continued to confer a gift: "A tea tray with four corners, Zhang Lang designed Luban clothes; four squares were carved with cloud teeth boards, and a pot was placed in the center."

"Don't talk about the shape of the pot, it's useful to talk about the pot; I was a silversmith that day, and I invited him into the house to make patterns."

"Put a silver tooth head in front, and cut a goose beak to pour out wine; the silver tooth head is easy to grab, and contains a pot of grain wine; what is the use of the master? It will be a long-lasting sacrifice."

After speaking, tap a little on each of the three places on the beam body.

"The first sacrifice to the head of the pillar, the sons and grandsons will be princes; the second sacrifice to the waist of the pillar, the sons and grandsons will be in the Gang Dynasty; the third sacrifice to the tail of the pillar, the wealth and glory will flow forever."

Ah Tong handed over the big cock just now.Uncle A Chong took it, and he invited the God of Earth Vein Dragon and Master Lu Ban to slaughter the rooster, and took the rooster that was spraying blood, and poured the blood from the head of the beam to the tail of the beam.

When Liangtou was showered, Uncle A Chong said loudly: "Liangtou is good, the sons and grandsons of the owner have been granted Marquis early!" When offering sacrifices to Liangzhong, he said: "Liang Zhongping, generations of descendants are in the court!" When he sacrificed to Liangwei, he said: "Liangwei Rough, the house is full of gold and jade to study!"

After reading this, Uncle A Chong tore off some chicken feathers and stained the chicken blood on the center beam.

The bright red chicken blood drenched on the beams, entwined left and right, shaped like a soaring dragon.

There are those who know how to lead the rhythm in the crowd: "You want to get it! The master wants to get rich!"

So everyone followed suit.

Next is the opening of the Liangkou. In fact, the Liangkou has already been opened, and it is just a ceremony now.

A Tong also came up to the stage with an ax and a file, and stood at Liangtou and Liangwei with Uncle A Chong.

Uncle A Chong first sang loudly: "Speaking of opening Liangkou, open the east first. The owner of the east is blessed and knows everything. He can enjoy endless prosperity and wealth. He sits firmly in the treasured land like a dragon palace."

After speaking, he shoveled off a piece of sawdust at the east end of the wooden beam with an axe.

A Tong at the end of the beam also followed up with a gift and said: "Master, I will open the east and I will open the west. Everything is going well. Since the completion today, wealth and honor are like climbing a ladder."

This process is very particular. For example, the wood chips such as the bark cut by the ax should be wrapped in red cloth, and they cannot be scattered on the ground for people to trample on. Some of the wood residues should be wrapped in red cloth and stored in boxes. fiscal)".

Next, Uncle A Chong and A Tong started the ceremony of making the beams. The two of them cut and planed one by one, and said the words of gift while cutting.

Uncle A Chong sang: "This beam, this beam, where were you born and where did you grow up? Who saw you born, and who saw you grow up? Lu Ban saw you born, and Zhang Lang saw you grow up. Born on Mount Ximi, you will be satisfied." The light of the sun and the moon; it grows in front of Babao Mountain, and grows thin leaves and long strips; there are thousands of branches and leaves on it, and blessings and prosperity on the bottom. Zhang Langyun used a horse-raised ax to cut it down, and Luban Mountain used a ruler to cut it. The first emperor repaired it Jinlan Hall; the second section of the Confucian school. There are only three sections, neither long nor short, neither short nor long. It is useless for others to take it. Only the master can be the pillar. Ask the disciples to come down, cut off the head and tail and measure it with a ruler. A large ruler measures three feet and three feet, and a small ruler measures ten feet and eight lengths. The master invited 48 good sons to beat them into the wood yard with blowing and fine blowing. A pair of wooden horses are like mandarin ducks; a curved ruler measures horizontally and straightly. An ax One hand, the shovel will be square; once the plane is removed, the planer will be smooth and flat. One ink thread is flicked in the center, the night pearls are installed on both sides, and the bright moon shines in the middle!"

A long passage was sung in one breath, without a beat in the middle. Amidst the applause of the crowd, the two quickly put together the beam.

The next ceremony is called "putting grain up".

"Put the grain up" means to cut a small square hole with a length, width, and depth of one inch in the center of the beam facing downward, and use it to put tea, grain, gold, silver, and cinnabar.

Tea means peace, representing peace and security;
Grain and rice symbolize abundance, representing abundance of food and clothing;

The implication of gold and silver is naturally clearer, nothing more than representing prosperity and wealth after the completion of the new house.

Cinnabar is used to ward off evil spirits.

Of course, the amount of gold and silver should not be too much, just a little bit to show the meaning.In the old days, copper coins were put in. Li Junge asked Ergu to buy six commemorative silver coins for this year to refill Uncle A Chong.

The number of roads is the same from the royal family down to the grassroots. When the Palace of Supreme Harmony was renovated in the Forbidden City, these things were also found on the beams.

"Release the grain and increase" is very particular, and it can only be drilled twice.Every carpenter has a chisel with a one-inch edge, which is the kind of chisel that must be used to store grain.

(End of this chapter)