--- title: 'What We Did First in Our New Home: Chinese & Indian House Blessing' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=9oeqqvX8Jcs' video_id: '9oeqqvX8Jcs' date: 2026-07-26 duration_sec: 700 --- # What We Did First in Our New Home: Chinese & Indian House Blessing > Source: [What We Did First in Our New Home: Chinese & Indian House Blessing](https://youtube.com/watch?v=9oeqqvX8Jcs) ## Summary A couple documents their first moments as homeowners, performing a blend of Chinese and Indian house-blessing rituals. The video combines cultural traditions like the door-opening ceremony, fruit offerings, and incense cleansing with an emotional reflection on their journey. ### Key Points - **Arrival and Excitement** [00:01] — The couple arrives at their new home with family, expressing joy and nervousness as they prepare to collect keys. - **Door Opening Ceremony** [00:43] — They perform a door-opening ceremony to welcome luck and remove bad energy, wearing red attire for auspiciousness. - **First Look and Fresh Air** [02:14] — After opening the door, they step inside, appreciating the fresh air and preparing 'ping guo' (apples) for safety. - **Scattering Rituals** [03:37] — Green beans (growth), rice (prosperity), tea leaves, and salt are scattered in corners to drive away bad energy and invite good energy. - **Directional Rules** [04:27] — They note that sweeping the items towards the main door is forbidden; the items must remain for three days. - **Fruit Symbolism** [04:44] — Fruits like apples (safety), pomegranates (new opportunities), oranges (wealth), and pineapple (luck) are placed, along with Indian water and salt for warding off evil. - **Ampao with Coins** [05:38] — An ampao containing eight $1 coins is placed; after three days, it will be used to buy a sweet treat symbolizing endless sweetness and happiness. - **Sambrani Smoke Cleansing** [06:17] — Sambrani (incense) is burned in every room, especially behind doors, to drive away evil energy and bring good luck. - **Green Beans Germination** [07:22] — Green beans on wet paper towel are placed to germinate, representing new beginnings. They must be eaten or discarded after sprouting, never given away. - **Emotional Reflection** [09:02] — The couple reflects on their journey from meeting as teenagers to achieving homeownership, expressing pride and gratitude. ### Conclusion The video celebrates a deeply personal milestone of homeownership, enriched by cultural rituals that blend Chinese and Indian traditions. It underscores the couple's journey and the symbolic significance of their blessing ceremony. ## Transcript >> It's our We are official homeowners. [laughter] >> I SMILE SMILE. >> I SMILE SMILE. WE ARE COLLECTING OUR KEYS. [screaming] is about to come down and pass us our keys and we're going to go see our >> Yes, very excited. My head is shaking. Oh my god. >> Hey, thinking of nervousness or because this camera is heavy. We got a whole family here. >> Yes, Papa Sha, Mama Ang and Granny Sha and Papa Ang. There's this thing called a door opening ceremony where like, you know, like we welcome luck into the house and get rid of like bad energy. So, you'll see it later. And we are dressed in red cuz >> Hello. >> I'm He basically helped us with the >> Yeah, he's really a agent. >> He's a good one. He's a good one. >> Uh link in description box below. So, later you guys will take a look at this house and will they be able to see the house? Are we doing a house tour later? >> Yes, a free house tour, yeah. >> Yes, a free house tour, yeah. >> Okay. Oh, is it like Oh, it's up there. >> FBI open house. >> Hey, yes. >> Can I open up the door yet? >> No, no, no, not ready, not ready. >> On the line, on the >> On the line, on the >> Okay. >> VOILà! >> [screaming] >> [screaming] [laughter] >> Fresh air. >> I mean the fresh air, too. We are preparing some gua gua thing. some gua gua thing. Ping gua means ping ping an an, which is safety. >> You got it. You got it. It's yeah. >> Yeah, like safe and sound. Five apple. I know there's a reason for number five, I can't remember. It's something to do with a Chinese thing, yeah. You ask your dad. >> Uh oh, oh, four ling one. >> Five elementals. Five elements. >> I have our earth serve like this five side. >> [clears throat] rice, uh tea leaves, and salt. So, green beans represent uh growth. And then rice represents prosperity, and the tea >> Okay. >> So, we're supposed to scatter these corners. >> What does it mean? >> Uh bad energy go away, good energy come. >> All right, all right. All right, all right. cannot sweep it towards the main door. You are not welcome here. You are not a You are not welcome here. You are not a welcome being here. >> Go inside. I got it. I got it. I got it. here. >> What do I do? >> Okay. Okay, I do wrong. Okay, I'm wrong. Okay. We're supposed to leave this for 3 days. So, ping guo, which is apple, uh >> Yeah. >> Pomegranates represent new opportunities. Uh oranges is like for wealth and prosperity. I forgot what are bananas for. I'll put it here, but >> [laughter] >> pineapple is uh what? And uh luck >> And then, so this is the Chinese feng shui, but we also have in fact some basic things that my grandmother has taught me from my Indian side, which is uh water and salt. So, salt is to ward off the evil spirits. They will absorb like bad energy and all that. And then, uh water is just like I think she said >> Mhm. >> Not sure, but yes. inside the house. So, you need to bring the elements into your house. ampao, the ampao. >> Oh, yes. There's this ampao that we that >> Oh, yes. There's this ampao that we that contains eight $1 coins. And at the end of the three days we are supposed to like buy something sweet and share the treat together with us like ice cream and this like represents like like endless sweetness and like together like you know like happiness together like you know like happiness together like basically. And the ampao is >> The old >> So next step. >> Sambrani. Sambrani. >> Instant Sambrani. It is for the house for good luck everything. Drive away all the evil things >> Okay, so like we should go to all the rooms. >> Okay, so usually what we do is go to every room let the the smoke like go to the corner. Very important is behind the door. And you light the smoke behind the door And you light the smoke behind the door the evil energy. This is the final I burn the Sambrani then you let the smoke through. and it's also leave it and then you don't to adjust but fire hazard so I'm don't to adjust but fire hazard so I'm going to put it out. >> Bless the [singing] house. >> The house is blessed. >> Yeah. >> Green beans with like wet paper towel. I >> Uh-huh. >> I think it's wet enough, yeah. >> This is for the green beans to germinate. So green beans itself Represents beginnings, right? Like new beginnings. >> So, it's actually germinating. It's like a new beginning. It's germinating all leave it here and and on 3 days, we're supposed to like either eat it or throw it away. We can't give it to people. Like everything that >> And then this one we can only take it out once the bean has sprouted. >> Yeah. So, when it was sprouted out then >> Okay. >> Okay, we are officially done. >> 3 days later. >> So, it's been 3 days. >> And eat this. >> Yeah. >> No. >> It is because they all represent elements like um prosperity, all these. You can't give it away to other people because it's like giving away your prosperity. >> So, we have to discard it or eat it ourselves. So, this contains our eight $1 coins. Remember we're supposed to take these now and buy a sweet treat today. And it represents like sweetness and endless happiness >> Nice. I guess this is mine then. >> No. >> Put in my pocket. >> We've been keeping this from you guys for like quite some quite some time, but we are officially homeowners. >> Finally bought a new house. The house of our dreams. How do you feel about having your own dream house? always dreamed about this since like I was like a little kid and like I can't believe I actually made it. in 6 >> You got to get married before >> And I'm so happy that we accomplished this. >> I think >> for making it like this far. things. Like I saw from the videos and stuff everything that happened here. Stuff, you know, there are always setbacks and all these challenges that we have gone through, but I'm really proud that we are we actually this as a couple. >> And this is like our new space together >> And this is like our new space together life. And it's like I just can't believe it, you know. We're going to like go through this whole like uh process of having a home, renovating a home, and like you know, living in our dream space. >> Talking about it from when we first met, really >> I was 17. When I first met him, I was >> And I was like um >> I was like we barely knew what we were doing. Like we were like just as goofing around, you know, like And like now it's >> I mean I >> still goofing around, but >> But okay, I got to be honest, I knew it was serious since like since the beginning. We saw maybe 1 year in I'm like this is the this is the pathway. This is the [music] person that I'm going to spend my life together with. So like It's actually quite happy and like quite a lot of emotions. I have a lot of emotions in terms of like all the things that's going to happen, but I know that no matter what, we have each other like that. that. >> I don't feel as scared. I love you. >> I love you, too, baby. >> Give yourself a pat on the back. >> job to us. >> Good job to us. >> Good job.