Is the old rural saying “three things above the bed, attract wealth and good fortune” true? I see that many people are more interested in this old rural saying. So, “put three things at the head of the bed”, in the end, which three things? Why put these three things, will attract wealth and good fortune? Here we come together to understand.
The first thing: the bed put copper money
Copper money, very popular in the past era, is a symbol of money. Although modern people don’t care much about copper coins, a copper coin in the past could make a poor rural family see the hope of life.
As the saying goes, “the family is tied up with ten thousand coins”, which can probably be interpreted as copper coins, because in the past, copper coins were strung together with threads and then used to be wrapped around one’s own belt to show that one was rich.
At the same time, we often say that some people “stink of copper”, which potentially means that the smell of copper is a symbol of the rich. Therefore, as the old saying goes, “put three things on the bed, attract wealth and good fortune”, the first of which is copper money.
The second thing: put the gourd on the bed
Many people do not understand, why put “gourd” will attract wealth and good fortune? It turns out that there is a saying in rural folklore that only rich people will put coins on their beds because they have money and don’t care about a small coin. And poor people a small coin will be treated as a treasure, how can easily put on the bed?
Therefore, in the past, many rural poor people will put a gourd in the bed, on the one hand, because the shape of the gourd looks very festive, the shape is also very cute. It is a bit like the hieroglyphic characters of the past, “喜” and “吉”, which have a kind of auspicious and festive meaning. Therefore, in the bedside table put gourd, is also the past rural people more common practice.
The Third Thing: Putting a Nightstand at the Head of the Bed
In the past, people lived in the room, will put a bedside table in the bed, not only can be used to put a variety of things very convenient, but also has a lot of symbolism. For example, put a lamp at the bedside, meaning light up the front, the future is bright. But modern people will rarely put a cabinet in the bed, because it will feel very troublesome, not very convenient, and also take up space, not elegant luxury.
In fact, this is just a modern understanding of the bedside cabinet, because most young people on the house decoration style, etc., by the influence of Western architectural style decoration, the bedside cabinet is not too concerned. But people in the past, housing is very concerned about feng shui, in which the bedside table is an indispensable object of the bed.
There are a lot of old sayings in the countryside, in the process of widespread circulation, those less recognised proverbial views have been mostly discarded by the people, while those who sound like a reasonable proverb should be remembered, because it is part of the traditional culture.