Chinese Feng
Shui is a kind of geomancy, which guided ancient Chinese
people to choose sites to build cities, houses and burial grounds.
Feng means wind and Shui means water, both of them are the main
components of the geographical surroundings. The core of Feng Shui
is earthly breath (Qi). Ancient Chinese believed that Qi would disperse
by wind and stop by water. It moves like wind but can eddy and stagnate.
So the ideal site for building a city, a house, and a tomb must
be able to gather the earthly breath of Qi. Chinese people also
believed that Feng Shui can influence the fortune of the family
and their descendants.
“Man is an integral part of nature”, “Harmony between man and Earth”,
and “Heaven and Earth interacts on each other” , which were traditional
concepts of Chinese people. So the view of Feng Shui actually is
the manifestation of traditional view of environment.
Ancient Chinese supposed the heaven as the father, the earth as
the mother. The heaven and the earth bred all creatures. The earth
was like our human body with main and collateral channels and points.
So the points of Feng Shui are the points of geographical surroundings,
the place that has energy and life. The ideal point of Feng Shui
is like the point of womb where breeding life, Yin and Yang combining,
and Qi gathering. The site with ideal Feng Shui must be a place
where natural geographical components are well-balanced. It should
have good geology, topography, hydrology, soil, vegetation, sunshine
and wind direction etc. All these key elements must be in unity
and well-balanced and they can consist of an organic ecosystem.
Artificial Feng Shui was also applied to produce an auspicious aura
in which the cosmic currents may generate for the creation of favorable
Feng Shui for the benefit of the people. For example, the artificial
mountains, lakes built in the cities, symbolic figurines built on
the roofs, and the pictures pasted on the doors.
Feng Shui theory produced in ancient China, after absorbed content
from the traditional Chinese culture, philosophy, religious belief
as well as superstitious thoughts it became very complicated. It
contains scientific components, idealism and feudal superstition.
Today it is still popular and we should discard the dross and assimilate
the essence.
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