There is a saying in the countryside that "Mingtang is like sowing rice, and future generations are poor to the end". What does this mean? Proverbs like this usually have something to do with superstition, but you can't say it's completely unreasonable, because proverbs are born from the daily life of ordinary people. People will encounter some difficult things in life, but they often happen, so they like to explain them through various proverbs.
To understand this sentence, we must first understand the two key words in the first half of the sentence, Tang Ming and Bomi. First of all, what is Tang Ming? Nowadays, people often confuse the hall with the living room. In fact, in ancient times, this hall and living room were completely different. The so-called hall is the place where ancestors are worshipped, sacrificed and celebrated. The door of this room should always be completely open, so it is called Tang Ming.
So the meaning of this sentence is that before the ancestral tablets, the offerings are as thin as sowing rice, and future generations will be poor. People also have a belief that the more offerings they put, the greater their sincerity to their ancestors, and their ancestors will bless everyone to live a healthy, happy and prosperous life. Although all this is groundless, it also shows that people attach importance to their ancestors.
For us rural people, there is no harm in properly considering the many taboos left by the older generation in the construction and site selection of Yangyin House, which is why many people usually treat it with a "believe it" attitude. The purpose of metaphysics is to teach people to respect nature and serve their ancestors in an alternative way. In this respect, geomantic metaphysics naturally has a good side.