When Cantonese people move into their new homes, they need to entertain relatives and friends, and a series of admission ceremonies are needed, so that they can be considered as moving into their new homes. Among the admission ceremonies and customs widely circulated among the people, there are the following points:
First, when you move into a new house, you must have a wife to buy a new box of matches outside. They must be matches, not lighters.
Second, when you move into a new house, you must prepare a new, clean bucket, which should be filled with eight points of clean tap water, and put a double number of chopsticks and rice bowls in the bucket.
Third, when you move into a new house, you must prepare a rice jar. The rice jar must not be empty, and there must be more than eight minutes of rice. You can also put some lotus seeds, red dates, tea, oranges and profits (red envelopes) in the rice jar, which means good luck. And on the outside of the rice jar, the word "always full" written in red paper should be affixed.
Fourth, when you move into a new house, you should prepare a new trash can, a new broom, and new garbage, and tie them all together with red ropes to bring them to your new home when you move in.
Fifth, when you move into a new house, you must barbecue a pot of food in your old home in the morning. It is best to burn some rice, which means you have a family. At the time of the admission ceremony, all these rice and meals should be kept in the new home.
Sixth, when you move into a new house, you need to wait until the auspicious time before you can carry out the occupation fortune.
Seventh, when the new house is occupied, it is auspicious to prepare a brazier, and the owner should hold the brazier and walk around the new house, and every corner needs a walkway; After the host completes this ceremony, other relatives and friends can come in in turn.
Eighth, the occupation of a new house, after completing the above ceremony, you can move all the things mentioned above to the new house in turn.
Ninth, when the new house is occupied, after all the above ceremonies are completed, it is necessary to open a stove in the new house, cook glutinous rice balls, make a fire and boil water, and make tea for friends and relatives.
Tenth, when you move into a new house, you should also pay attention to the fact that people who enter the new house should not be empty-handed, and they must all bring something into the house with them, so that it can be regarded as conforming to the folk customs and the ceremony of moving into the new house.
These are the things that Cantonese people need to prepare, the customs that they need to pay attention to and the ceremonies that they need to pay attention to when they move into their new homes.