Feng Shui has a superstitious side, but also a scientific side, to draw on its rational core, to analyze the feng shui on the site, orientation, layout and building environment of the influence on residential design, to build a beautiful home.

Feng Shui i.e

"Tibetan wind and water theory", the ancient classic "Book of Burial" explains: "Tibetan wind gathers qi, and water is the best,...... Hence the name Feng Shui".

The ancients also called

"Kanyu". It can refer to a high place, that is, the way of heaven; The public opinion refers to the low place, that is, the tunnel. Feng Shui is generally a method of selecting and selecting a site for the yang house where the living live and the yin house where the dead live.

Feng Shui has accompanied traditional architecture in China for more than 2,000 years. Feng Shui, that is, the built environment should meet the requirements of Feng Shui, such as the topography of the wind direction and water flow, etc., which is important reflected in the construction of the tombs of ancient emperors.

This combination of artificial transformation and terrain selection and utilization to comprehensively constitute a specific environment is also a major feature of ancient architecture in China.

Since the 70s of the 20th century, "feng shui fever" has emerged in Europe, the United States, Hong Kong and Macao, and many people have conducted special studies and established the science of the built environment on the basis of Chinese feng shui theory and practice.

The core of Feng Shui is a study that explores the harmonious relationship between the location, location, orientation, and layout of buildings and the nature of heaven and the fate of human beings, including residences, palaces, temples, villages, and towns.

The location and living environment of the dwelling Ancient Chinese Feng Shui contains many scientific contents of selecting and using the terrain to construct the ideal environment, and these theories emphasize spiritual unity, hiding but not dispersing, not blowing the wind from all sides, and bending and relieving the flowing water.

For example, when the three generations of the house choose the good of its topography, it is nothing more than a thick soil and water flow, and the second is to bear the yin and yang, but because of the thick soil, the water is especially important than others, so the rise of the ancient city, as small as the construction of private houses, are all related to the environment, especially with water, if there is a taboo, there is a way to make up.

In the long-term observation of the relationship between man and nature, people have gradually realized the impact of various types of topography and landforms on people's life and production, and summed up a set of experiences in the coordinated development of man and nature.

In practice, these experiences have guided people to choose a good geographical environment and improve the poor environment without building a house, which has laid the objective material conditions for people to create and obtain a prosperous life

"Feng Shui Treasure Land" and

"Outstanding people" said. Where the natural conditions are good, it will promote people's health and improve the living and production conditions.

"Prosperity of children and grandchildren" is reasonable. For example, the Jiangnan region in the Ming Dynasty inherited and developed the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty, the natural landscape of beautiful mountains and rivers, and the rich and humid water, soil and climate conditions, etc., which gave birth to many literati with lofty ideals.

Of the more than 200 champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua in the Ming Dynasty, Jiangnan accounted for more than 50% of them

In addition to social factors such as politics, economy and culture, the prosperity of "the wealth of the southeast and the humanities of Jiangsu and Zhejiang" is definitely related to the beautiful natural environment in the south of the Yangtze River.

In addition to the choice of site, Feng Shui also pays attention to the layout of the environment around the house and the spatial composition of the house.

It is considered that there should be around the house

"Four spirits", that is, there is flowing water on the left side of the house (called the green dragon); There is a long road on the right (called the white tiger); There is a pond in front of it (called Suzaku); Leaning back to the hills (called Xuanwu), this is the best residential area.

As for the interior space, the Ming Hall should be spacious, the hall door should be positioned first, and the east and west halls should be symmetrical and coordinated.

Indeed, in terms of the design of the external space of the building and the planning of the environmental landscape, the buildings of China's cities, palaces, temples, mausoleums, residences, gardens and other buildings are integrated with the natural environment under the guidance of feng shui theory, reaching a very high artistic realm.

Modern science has also confirmed that the ecological environment required by Feng Shui is related to the survival and health of human beings.

Human beings live in the natural world, especially in today's deteriorating ecological environment, and attach great importance to housing

"Feng Shui", creating a beautiful and pleasant artificial ecological environment, has a value and role that cannot be ignored.

For example, residential areas should create pleasing landscapes for residents, plant trees, flowers and plants, build mountains and rivers, combine the terrain to create natural landscapes, and create an interesting ecological living environment.

The singing and perching of birds, and the winding paths of small bridges in the green garden, make people feel as if they are living in the lap of nature.

Due to the great differences in the climate of different parts of China, such as cold and warm, dry and wet, rain and drought, strong winds, sandstorms, etc. Therefore, it is necessary to adapt to the local climate and improve the adverse climatic conditions as much as possible to create a comfortable indoor working and living environment.

For example, hot areas need to consider ventilation, shading, heat insulation, cooling ......; Cold areas need heating, cold protection, heat preservation ......; Coastal areas should be protected against typhoons, humidity, and water accumulation ......; The northwest region should be protected from wind and sand; In the plateau area, it is necessary to avoid strong sunshine and improve the dry climate (in a small area) as much as possible, which should be considered in the macro site selection, but it is also necessary to pay attention to the climatic conditions of specific locations, analyze and deal with specific problems, and scientifically select and improve the living environment conducive to human survival and development.

The orientation and spacing of the house Feng Shui focuses on the three major elements of human existence, such as sunlight, air, and moisture.

Feng Shui masters attach great importance to the orientation and sunlight of the house, and often pursue it

"Xiangyang Mansion", and let people live

"House of the Shade". In the feng shui book, it is said: "How do you know that people are blessed, and Sanyang opens the pump and shoots it directly",

"How do you know that people have to live a long life, and they will have no worries about the sun." It also emphasizes how the gable wall should be, how the courtyard wall should be, etc., in addition to striving for good sunlight in the house and improving the sanitary conditions of the house, it is also very important to maintain the temperature of the house.

In fact, in our survey of residential buildings, the orientation and layout of most of the residences are mainly determined based on material utilitarian factors such as climate, topography, and use function.

Even in areas where feng shui is prevalent, when there is a conflict between the auspicious direction of the house owner and the utilitarian direction of the building material, in most cases the door is opened towards the auspicious side, or some is taken

"Tired of winning" with

A simple measure to "ward off evil spirits". How well a house is lit depends on the orientation. Improper orientation, even if there is no shelter from the front building; Or the facing pair, and the south-facing house is covered by a large tree, and there will be no ideal sunlight indoors.

According to the indoor sunshine and ventilation, from the social, economic and environmental benefits, it is better to face the south of the house, and benefit from winter and summer.

The reason is that the sun moves to the maximum extent possible in winter. In summer, the light direction is steep, and the indoor sunshine time is short and the depth is small, which can avoid sun exposure.

However, it is not possible for all houses to be built facing north and south, and even if there is a single household, it is inevitable that there will always be east-west facing rooms.

In order to avoid sun exposure, east-west facing houses can use zigzag walls, or use lattice veneering.

In Feng Shui, wind is taboo, but this only refers to the wind with greater wind speed that is more harmful to the human body, and it is not completely windless, but just

"Wind" wants

"Hide", slow air currents are still essential in the house. One of the functions of traditional houses, such as wall and screen, slows down the rapid air flow.

Piercing is considered unlucky in our ancestors' architectural texts. The elderly, infirm, women and children in the family will become ill or aggravate their pre-existing conditions, sometimes even life-threatening.

Therefore, the wind of piercing the hall is often regarded as a demonic wind, a strange wind, and an evil wind, but it cannot be avoided. For example, in the Xiguan Mansion in Guangzhou, the back wall is generally not open to the window, in addition to blocking the north wind and avoiding visual interference, it is also afraid of feng shui

"Loose gas",

The idea of "leaking money" is related. Architects usually avoid the formation of the hall wind in the design of residential doors and windows and directions, but also divide the hall wind into two.

The heat island effect in large and medium-sized cities in South China and Jiangnan makes the residents unbearable in summer, and the wind can bring people cool and comfortable, but it is best not to let the wind blow strongly and unobstructed when opening the doors and windows.

In short, the selection of building orientation, involving local climatic conditions, geographical environment, building land conditions, etc., must be comprehensively considered, and strive to make the building oriented to a good landscape.

The general principle of selection is: under the premise of saving land, it is necessary to meet the requirements of striving for more sunshine in winter, avoiding excessive sunlight in summer, and conducive to natural ventilation, combined with various design conditions, and determining the range of reasonable building orientation according to local conditions to meet the requirements of residents.

The flat and elevated aspects of the dwellings are treated with a large number of balanced symmetries in traditional Chinese architectural composition, emphasizing the plan and façade design of the central axis.

Feng Shui also believes that the square shape of the building, the balance and symmetry of the body shape, and the completeness of the environmental pattern are all manifestations of auspiciousness, and vice versa, which is considered to be a bad omen.

For example, the front of the house is high and the back is low, the building shape is messy, and the width of the two doors is different, etc., all of which are considered unlucky.

There are quite a few things about Feng Shui

"The main room is spacious and noble",

"The hall has a lot of money and does not cause disasters". The main house and hall were roughly equivalent to the living room and main bedroom in today's dwellings.

It can be seen that the ancients also attached great importance to the area and volume of residential houses.

"The room is mostly yin, the room is small and yang, and if the yin is prosperous, the yang will be sick, and if the yang is prosperous, the yin will be sick." The ancients' exposition that the size of the room should be moderate is also basically in line with scientific principles, but it is limited to the understanding of the scientific level and is vaguely expressed.

It can be seen that there is a lot of scientific content in the traditional yang house feng shui theory, but the traditional expression and practice are far from meeting the requirements of modern residential design.

We need to inherit and carry forward the scientific elements of traditional residential feng shui and incorporate them into scientific design methods.

Take the essence and discard the dross - the correct attitude towards Feng ShuiFeng Shui has the characteristics of the coexistence of science and superstition, which is mainly reflected in three aspects: first, Feng Shui's summary of the site selection and design experience of the ancient architectural environment has a certain scientific nature; the second is the etiquette of Kanyushu, and metaphysics is assimilated by Confucianism; The third is the indiscriminate use of superstitious ideas such as prophecy and shelter based on theology.

Feng Shui is by no means the same as superstition, otherwise wouldn't it mean that all the places of interest we have seen so far (including ancient traditional buildings) have been built under the guidance of superstition?

Feng Shui

The essence of the "phase house" is a summary of the experience of building a house, which has a lot of scientific components worthy of affirmation, so until modern times, the theory of feng shui has been more or less used in the residential buildings of various parts of China.

It is true that Feng Shui also has a lot of feudal superstitions that are intended to shelter the shadows. In order to cater to people's prevailing mentality of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil, and attracting wealth and treasure, some feng shui masters rely on playing yin and yang tricks, weaving many mysterious lies and witchcraft shrouded in it, especially absurdly believing that the location, location, orientation, and layout of the mausoleum will determine the fate of its descendants, so that things with simple scientific principles have become mysterious and unpredictable scams, so that superstition replaces science, and people are deceived of money with rhetoric.

These are all artificially fabricated from beginning to end, and they are the manifestations of idealism in traditional architecture, so the result is bound to be absurd.

In today's highly developed science, we can neither inherit all the scientific elements of Feng Shui, nor can we put it into the cold because it contains superstition, but should analyze and judge from the viewpoint of historical materialism and dialectical materialism, inherit and carry forward its scientific components, criticize and abandon its superstitious dross, and incorporate Feng Shui into the scope of architectural environment science, so that it can serve architectural design (especially improving the living environment).

Feng Shui is a technique that has a long and influential history in Chinese history. Despite its strong mysticism and the abundance of witchcraft superstitions, it is not without merit.

Just as ancient witchcraft gave birth to medicine, alchemy gave birth to chemistry and invented explosives, Feng Shui is also of great significance to the development of ancient Chinese architectural science, the accumulation of knowledge of ancient geography and hydrology, and the invention and dissemination of the compass.

1. Feng Shui and Building Site Selection Science: Feng Shui's five major elements of building site selection, namely Mi Long (looking for mountains), Chasha (inspecting hills), Watching Water (watching flowing water), Orientation (measuring direction), and Point Point (selecting base points), are in many ways in line with the natural laws of China's geographical environment and meteorological characteristics.

In fact, it puts forward the ecological environment requirements and scientific site selection standards suitable for human habitation. 2. Knowledge of geography and hydrology in Feng Shui: Feng Shui scholars were the first to investigate and depict the situation, location and direction of the major mountain ranges in China, and were the first to put forward it

The theory of crustal change of "vicissitudes of the sea" was the first to recognize the law of riverbed change of curved rivers. Their long-term exploration and practice of topography, geomorphology, geology, and hydrology gave birth to and accumulated early knowledge of geography and hydrology in China.

3. The invention of the compass and compass of feng shui tools: The prototype of the compass, one of the four great inventions of ancient China, originated from the compass in the hands of feng shui scientists.

From Sinan in the Han Dynasty, to the meridian needle in the Tang Dynasty, to the four forms of the compass recorded in the Song Dynasty's "Mengxi Bi Tan", they are all related to feng shui scholars.

Feng Shui masters also made significant contributions to the invention of artificial magnetization technology and the discovery of geomagnetic declination.

In short, while criticizing the witchcraft superstitions in Feng Shui, we must also see some contents contained in it that are in line with scientific principles, and correctly evaluate their value and status in the history of China's scientific and technological development.