Setting the Functions of Space

There are many "rules" in building a house. These "rules" consist of a series of traditional rituals in which witches, craftsmen, and the public participate. They are both solemn and mysterious, and outsiders and cultural others often do not understand them, thinking they are superstitious activities. In fact, the traditional knowledge and wonderful imagination behind them have their own internal logic.

Construction Process

The construction process is the entire process from site selection to completion. Many ceremonies need to be held during this process. Because many ceremonies involve safety and the future prosperity and auspiciousness of the owner, they are highly regarded by both the builder and the witch who presides over the ceremony.

Site Selection: Different ethnic groups have their own unique methods and concepts for selecting the site of a house. The Han, Tujia, and other ethnic groups pay more attention to feng shui and generally use a compass and principles from books to select the foundation of the house. The Miao in Qiandongnan, Xiangxi, Yudongnan, and Exixian also invite feng shui masters to determine whether the location is a good feng shui place. Doing this kind of thing is often not a temporary arrangement, but planned in advance. The Miao in Qiandongnan, Qiannan, Qiannan, Chuannan, and Dianbei select the foundation of the house mainly by divination. There are many ways to perform divination. The Miao in Qiandongnan usually ask the witch to look at the terrain first. After selecting a location, they take a duck to the place where the foundation is to be built, slaughter it, cook it, and observe its eyes. If the eyes are good, they use it, otherwise they abandon it. Good eyes mean that the duck's eyes are either open or closed, but cannot be both. If a family doesn't have a duck, they use a rooster instead. The foundation selected by duck divination or rooster divination is not yet usable. Bamboo or maple must be planted in this location. If the bamboo or maple grows and new shoots sprout, the foundation is usable, otherwise it must be abandoned. By planting trees and bamboo, and then observing whether they are alive or dead, this divination method can be roughly called "plant divination." There is another divination method for selecting a foundation in these areas, which can be called rice wine divination. The divination method is to take a lump of new soil the size of a chicken egg from the selected foundation, crush it, sprinkle it into glutinous rice mixed with yeast powder and prepared to make sweet wine, mix it repeatedly, and put it in a tile jar. Seal it tightly, and after ten days, open the jar. If the wine in the jar is fragrant and delicious, it is a good omen, and the selected foundation is a good one; if the wine does not ferment well or spoils and molds, it is a sign of bad luck, and the foundation must be abandoned and another one selected. In addition, the Miao also have some ways of selecting a location without ceremonies but full of imagination. The behavioral characteristics of this selection method are worship of divine life phenomena such as foreign objects and strange phenomena. Some families have to migrate as a whole, and they don't know where to go before they act. Instead, they follow the "strange phenomena" that occur at that time and reach the unknown destination before they set off. For example, there is a Miao village in Qiandongnan, whose Chinese name should be Shuiwei, located in a remote mountain hole. The ancestors of thi

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