2015年立春 Li Chun 4 Feb 15 12.09pm is the actual day and time for us
to enter into the year of GOAT, not the 1st day of Chinese New Year 19 Feb 15 正月初一. Thus,
the baby who is born after 4 Feb 2015 12:09pm is a goat already.
If
you are going to shift to your new house, you have to select auspicious dates
& time according to the bazi (time of birth) of the family members and
facing of the house for two very important dates i.e. Earth Breaking Date and
House Shifting Date. After the date has been determined, a simple ceremony can
be carried out. It is vital to conduct the ceremony to show our respect to the
Earth and the surrounding.
Earth
Breaking Date
1.
Firstly, prepare 4 sets of fruits (apple, Mandarin orange or orange, banana and
pear), some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea.
2.
Put the things at 4 different locations i.e. North West, South East, North East
and South West of your house. Hence, there should be 4 sets of fruits, some sweets
and 3 cups of Chinese tea at 4 different locations respectively.
3.
For those who use joss stick, pray and put them onto the fruits until they have
completed burning. For those who do not use joss stick, just pray at the
sectors. Say your wishes when you pray.
4.
The schedule of praying is from North West; follow by South East, then North
East and lastly the South West.
5.
Break a small piece of the wall.
However,
after 4 Feb 2014, you should avoid breaking the wall at the below locations:-
1. West
sector of your house –
5 yellow 五黃位.
2. West
sector of your house –
3 killings 三煞位
3.
South West sector of your house – Grand Duke太岁位
4.
North East sector of your house – Year breaker岁破位
所谓不可在太岁头上动土In
short, you should not ‘touch’ the South West, North East and West prior
‘touching’ other places. This is to show that we ‘respect them’. After breaking
the small piece at the correct place, you can proceed to renovate any other
places. For the year of goat, you can break the small piece of wall at the
places other than the places that mentioned earlier. In another word, you can
ONLY start the renovation after the ceremony.
It
is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried out.
No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere and
pure heart. You can consume the fruits after the prayer.
Shifting
Ceremony
1.
Firstly, prepare 4 sets of fruits (apple, Mandarin orange or orange, banana and
pear), some sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea.
2.
Put the things at 4 different locations i.e. North West, South East, North East
and South West of your house. Hence, there should be 4 sets of fruits, some
sweets and 3 cups of Chinese tea at 4 different locations respectively.
3.
For those who use joss stick, pray and put them onto the fruits until they have
completed burning. For those who do not use joss stick, just pray at the
sectors. Say your wishes when you pray.
4.
The schedule of praying is from North West; follow by South East, then North
East and lastly the South West. (Step 1-4 is the same as the earth breaking
ceremony but you can pray to the ancestors and Heaven 神 for the shifting ceremony)
5.
After the prayers, you should place 柴米油鹽酱醋茶 cooking material such as rice,
oil, salt, sauce, vinegar and tea leaves into the kitchen. Subsequently, boil a
kettle of water or cook something to symbolize that you have started to occupy
the kitchen and the house.
6.
Activate the qi of the house by switching on all the lights and fans.
7.
It is superb if you can hold a house-warming party to gain more qi of the human
when there are lots of laughter and children praying around the house.
8.
It is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried
out. No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere
and pure heart.
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Again,
it is crucial to maintain a peaceful mind when the ceremony is being carried
out. No argument should be taken place during the ceremony. Pray with a sincere
and pure heart.
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