In "Poetry Gong Liu": "That is, the scenery is Gang, and it is yin and yang".
The meaning of the poem shows that in ancient times on the mainland, great attention was paid to the location of the building complex. In ancient times, people were aware of the importance of the location and orientation of buildings.
In ancient times, there was already a distinction between yin and yang, the yin side refers to the north, and the yang side is the guide. Therefore, in ancient times, there was a saying that the direction of sitting north and facing south, which has great design and construction significance.
Not only that, people paid great attention to feng shui in ancient times, and there is also a feng shui doctrine in China that emphasizes the unity of nature. The orientation, topography and climate of the building are all taken into account.
In the course of China's thousands of years of development, the doctrine of Feng Shui has always existed, and it has a very high position, even if it has developed to the present, the doctrine of Feng Shui still exists.
And there is such a saying: "If the house is empty, the family will die." ”
Since ancient times, many people have believed that this is the advice of their ancestors, so what does this sentence mean? Is it really reasonable?
01 Ancient Chinese house orientation and feng shui
Ancient Chinese buildings are very distinctive, and when building, they will find feng shui treasures, and the requirements for geographical location and orientation are very high.
In China's inherent culture, there is a strong emphasis on the sense of space and direction. This is the case in the southern culture, where the house is located north and facing south is not only about feng shui, but also because it has practical significance when applied to real life.
Because the continent has a monsoon climate, it is affected by the topography, and in the summer, there will be typhoons from the Pacific Ocean, and in the winter, there will be cold snaps. Therefore, the building can be cooled in the summer when the north faces south, the room temperature is reduced, and it can resist the wind chill in the winter.
However, most of the houses are not facing due south, because the ancients believed that it is normal for the living environment to have the circulation of qi, and when the house is completely facing due south, it will aggravate the evil qi, so the house will be biased towards the southeast or southwest, and avoid the evil qi in the house.
There is a lot of attention paid to the question of orientation, and the question of orientation is not only applied to practical applications, but also related to Feng Shui, which makes Feng Shui more important.
When determining the geographical location, the feng shui master will not only take into account the actual meaning and appearance, but also reconcile the orientation of the building with the yin and yang qi in the cosmic costume, which is considered to be a community of destiny.
It is for this reason that Feng Shui becomes more superstitious. The orientation of the building is not just a matter of practical significance, but also has more complex factors.
In ancient China, when building a house, feng shui must be put in the first place, but feng shui is not just a superstition, but a manifestation of people's attention to the environment, and it is also an expression of aesthetics. Feng Shui can be used to understand nature, conform to the natural environment, and then transform it to achieve the ideal environment that people want.
Therefore, whether it is ancient or modern people, they pay great attention to feng shui, feng shui represents a good environment, and there is a certain superstitious color to imply that people have good feng shui, and they also have good luck, so they are willing to spend more time in feng shui to change the fortune of the whole family.
02 China's "Sexagenary Branches" are related to Feng Shui from recording time to Feng Shui
In ancient times, there were 10 heavenly stems and 12 earthly branches, and in the beginning, this meaning was not related to feng shui, but was used as a tool to record the changes of time. However, with the development of time, the content of the heavenly stem and the earthly branch began to become richer, which is related to Feng Shui.
Because there was no very powerful science and technology to help people record time or explore the mysteries of the universe in ancient times, ancient people made full use of the heavenly stems and earthly branches to feel the changes in the universe. With the existence of the sexagenary branches, we have slowly explored some laws of nature and made people's lives better.
When building a house, the heavenly stem and the earthly branch come in handy, and the number of heavenly stems and earthly branches is different, and there will be a surplus in the corresponding number of two pairs, and the remaining earthly branches will be called "empty death".
When explained in terms of Feng Shui, the death of time and space represents "badness". If the house happens to be on an empty site when it is built, then the house will be defined as a murderous house.
And there will also be the existence of the empty death line, a circle has 360 degrees, and the ancients would divide this 360 degrees into Bagua and 24 mountains. Each hanging has three directions, so once it is hung at a 45-degree angle, at the junction, it forms an empty line.
When the position of the empty death line is empty, there will be a bleak end in the family, such as father and son turning against each other, husband and wife discord, and even family ruin.
Therefore, when building a house, not only will the orientation of the house be considered, but also the feng shui master will be asked to make the correct judgment, in order to avoid the construction of the house just in the empty position of the dead branch, which will affect the luck of the family.
03 Scientific Feng Shui has a certain truth, and don't be overly superstitious
With the development of the times, Feng Shui has not been eliminated because of the progress of modern society, and anything that exists is reasonable. There are still many people who believe in the existence of Feng Shui, as if it is a kind of metaphysical saying that if you believe in it, you will not believe in it, and there is a scientific theory about the direction of house construction.
As for the house, if it is on the line of empty death, there will be a situation where the family will be ruined and people will die, and there is not much scientific basis. No one can really say concretely, if they really live in an empty house, will their families be ruined!
Modern Feng Shui, on the other hand, combines science as a basis to make the whole more systematic, not only related to metaphysics, but also considers whether the overall environment is beneficial to people, whether it is good for life, and so on. On the basis of the ancient Feng Shui doctrine, it has been continuously extended and improved to form the scientific Feng Shui doctrine of today.
"Examination of Work" recorded: "The sky is sometimes, the earth is gasy, the material is beautiful, and the work is coincidental. ”
It can be seen that the ancient people pursued the environment, time, and geographical location when building buildings.
From ancient times to the present, buildings have not only been inhabited, but also have a lot to do with culture, natural factors, and even politics. You can find the mystery in many ancient buildings.
What is expressed is also the wisdom of the ancients, and it cannot be generalized with just one sentence of feng shui or superstition. Nowadays, although Feng Shui does not have so many subtleties, there are still many people who care about it, which is also for a better life.