Dear Master Cecil,
Thank you for the invaluable article on
initial opening and moving house
ceremony. Our questions are based on
your pdf file, "Initial-Opening". For
the initial opening ritual, does it
apply also to brand new apartment
without renovation or furnishing? Ours
is newly built apartment and yet to be
furnished. If so, there will not be any
stove or kitchen area yet in the
apartment and as such what do we do
about the placement of item on kitchen
stove as per No. 8 of your pdf file?.
What about the tea leaves (tie kuan
yin), No. 5? Only leaves or brewed
chinese tea?
Thank you in advance.
Anon

1. Yes, the Initial Opening Door Procedure, is meant more for the very (very) first time one becomes the owner of the home and enters it for the first time.

2. The procedure is technically non-religious. And if one were to view the procedures, it has more to do with "sowing wealth" into our new home.

3. Unlike condos, or some premier Housing Board flats, where the floor tiles/ cabinets and even kitchen cabinets and stove are ready; for homes (apartments) that are totally empty; the items as per "Para 8" should be placed on the floor. Roughly, at the spot where you may at this moment consider having a stove or simply place it in the middle of the kitchen. (There is no hard and fast rule, here).

4. Yes, the tea leaves are often purchased in packets. Not those "lipton tea bags" or grounded tea. Best that it should be "tea leaves".

Dear Master Cecil,

I would like to know what should I do with items after the 3rd day specifically thechinese tea and the sprouted grean beans. The rice and beans on the floor I should be able to throw away, right?

Thanks in advance.

Anon

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Anonymous wrote:
I would like to know what should I do with items after the 3rd day specifically thechinese tea and the sprouted grean beans. The rice and beans on the floor I should be able to throw away, right?

Yes, correct.