Feng Shui is a scientific study on how do the changes in our space and time period impact on ourselves.
Feng Shui
Literally translated, Feng Shui means "wind and water". It is orginated from the term "Hum Yu" which is the studying of sky and earth.
Sky can be recognized as the changes of time - day and night, the different seasons, and the path that the Earth is travelling relative to other planets.
Earth, on the other hand, can be viewed as the space we are in. In a small scale, the house we live in can define our space; in a larger scale, the community we are in can define our space. In a mathematical perspective, space can be defined by length * width * height.
So what do the above information translate into? With the study of time and space, ancient Chinese turned it into the analysis of "chi" flow, or the air flow that contains energy charges. With differences in geographic structure and time period, chi will flow differently, affecting the individuals who occupied that space.
To understand chi more, please visit the following sites:
1.) Chi in general
2.) Yang Chi
3.) Yin Chi
The Man Wong Ba Gua is a temporal or time element interpretation of the trigrams.
First we look at the placement of winter, spring, summer and autumn.
In the spring there is a lot of thunder (Jun), as the beginning of one year. The thunder brings the rain and the beginning of growth, which is wood (East).
Feng Shui Masters use a special compass, called the Lo Pan, to accurately determine the direction our homes face.
The inner circle of the Lo Pan shows the eight houses:
1.) Hum
Before the Tang Dynasty, (about 618 to 906 a.d.), Feng Shui came under the control of the ruling Emperors. The practice was kept secret from the people under the control of the Feng Shui Masters, as it was felt the Emperors would lose power should Feng Shui become common knowledge.
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