土地公(六屋圍)

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Macau people have a "surrounding and relying on each other" custom, where close friends gather together and live in the same area. In traditional surrounding houses built by elderly relatives, porches, roads, wells, and even the land god all rely on the spirit of mutual aid to maintain them. Because they suffered hardships together and enjoyed prosperity together with difficulty, ancestors emphasized that honor and shame come from heaven - success is entirely due to the wind-water miraculous effect of the land fortune gods - people do not boast and can avoid contention. Even if it develops into a surrounding area where outsiders live together, it must be a harmonious arrangement between families, just like intermarriage between two tribes - six houses in the surrounding area are a clear example. The front facade is neat and tidy, with doors facing doors, windows facing windows, mouth to mouth, mouth to mouth, breath connected, implying a good omen of kissing versus kissing! If windows are connected by red lines, and lamps, clothes, etc. are hung or hung, it is said that blessings and harmony can be collected, and the effect of a peaceful home. Moreover, the surrounding area is a single exit bag-like space, making it difficult for thieves to escape, external evil forces can easily refuse entry, and children cannot get lost. So when ancestors seek good land, they are called ancestral shadows, and the happiness of the house belongs to the land god, which is the cause behind life and death. As time passes and the world changes, the surrounding area's glory has become a derogatory term like "surrounding and relying on each other". Everyone competes to build high-rise buildings that block the sky and shade the sun, comparing them to heaven. And as for our land god who governs justice and accumulates wealth and fortune, he is now shrunken into a corner, becoming just a street facility after all.