The kitchen is the cooking place of the home. Like the front door and the master room, it has a decisive influence on the feng shui of the home. The Feng Shui pattern of the kitchen and its stoves directly affects the health, career and wealth of the residents. Therefore, Feng Shui lists the kitchen as one of the "three major elements" of a Yangzhai (i.e. door, master room and kitchen stove). Below, the editor will tell you the Feng Shui knowledge you must know when decorating your kitchen. I hope it will be helpful to you.
The key points of kitchen feng shui at home are as follows:
1. The location of the kitchen
The kitchen is a place for cooking, and the five elements belong to fire. The most suitable position is The eastern and southeastern parts of the residence. Because the five elements in the east and southeast belong to wood, they can coexist peacefully with water and fire. The kitchen should not be located in the south of the house, because the south belongs to fire, and the kitchen also belongs to fire. Adding fire to the fire will be detrimental to the home. It is most taboo to place the kitchen in the center of the house. Feng Shui has a saying that "water and fire leave no cross lines". "Water" is the toilet, "fire" is the kitchen, and "cross lines" refer to the center line of the house. The center of the house is the best location. Avoid being polluted. Being polluted is bad and unlucky, so you need to avoid it.
2. The sitting direction of the stove
The stove is the most important appliance in the kitchen. It represents the ability to create and contribute, and occupies an extremely important position in kitchen Feng Shui. Correct practice can be beneficial to health, marriage, career and wealth.
1. Stoves are most suitable for "sitting auspiciously and facing auspiciousness". The "Method for Solving Evil Stoves" points out: "The stove is the source of nourishing life, and all diseases are caused by diet. The stove should be a good source of vitality, a heavenly medicine, and a three-luck prescription for prolonging life. It is not suitable for inauspicious prescriptions." For example, in Kanzhai facing south, In the middle, business refers to the southeast, which is called Shangji; Tianyi refers to the east, which is called Zhongji; Yannian refers to the south, which is called Xiaoji. These three directions are all auspicious directions. Therefore, it is conducive to the placement of stoves.
2. Stoves are also suitable for "situating evil to bring good luck". The so-called "sitting in evil" means that the stove is placed in an unlucky position to suppress the evil spirit, but it must be "facing auspiciousness", that is, the fire door of the stove must be facing an auspicious direction to collect auspicious energy. "Eight Houses Mirror" says: "For those who have a fire door, if the firewood is placed at the bottom of the pot to burn the fire, it will be in the auspicious direction, and they will gain fortune very quickly, and it will be verified within a few months." The "fire door" is the mouth of the furnace. If it is an electric furnace, petroleum gas The furnace is the switch on the front, which is the fire door, and it is auspicious if the fire door is facing auspicious. Taking the Kanzhai house facing north to south as an example, it is best for the stove to be oriented northwest to southeast, because it is located in the "Six Evils" (unfortunate direction) and wants to be "angry" (auspicious direction), which meets the requirements of "sitting inauspicious to auspicious directions" and belongs to " Angry "Ji Zao", the owner is noble, the sky will rise, and the descendants will be prosperous. Secondly, if you sit west to east, that is, if you sit in the "disaster" (unfortunate direction) and face the "Heavenly Doctor" (auspicious direction), it belongs to the "Heavenly Doctor" auspicious Zao. Lord of good fortune, abundant wealth, good health and longevity.
3. It is not suitable for stoves to be "positioned with good fortune and toward misfortune", and it is even more unfavorable to be "positioned with misfortune toward misfortune", both of which are considered unlucky.
3. The "Twelve Taboos" of Kitchen Feng Shui
1. Avoid opening the door to the stove. There is a saying in ancient books: "If you open the door and see the fire, you will waste a lot of money." If the stove burner is facing the front door, it will be difficult for the owner to gather money and the family's health will be more likely to be damaged. It is considered unlucky.
2. Avoid opening the stove toward the toilet. As the source of happiness for the whole family, the stove must contain auspicious odors. If it is directed toward the toilet, the stove will absorb filthy odors, and the family's wealth and health will certainly be unsatisfactory.
3. Avoid the kitchen and toilet being in the same household. The toilet in some houses is located in the kitchen, and one has to go through the kitchen door to enter the toilet. This pattern violates the Feng Shui taboo of "if the kitchen and toilet are in the same house, there must be an evil one". It can cause the husband and wife to fall out, or in the worst case, damage to health and money. Lose your career.
4. Avoid the conflict between water and fire. Stoves belong to fire and should not be flushed with water. As the saying goes, "water and fire are incompatible". If this happens, it will lead to unrest in the family, disharmony between husband and wife, and loss of money. The so-called "water and fire conflict" mainly include the following four patterns:
A. The stove mouth faces north. Because the north is a land of "prosperous water", if the furnace mouth faces north, it will be a conflict between water and fire, which is unlucky.
B. Sandwich the stove between two "water-based" objects. For example, if it is sandwiched between the dishwasher and the washing machine or refrigerator, it is a taboo for water and fire to conflict with each other.
C. If the stove is directly facing the faucet, refrigerator, dishwasher or washing machine, water and fire are also in conflict.
D. It is not suitable to place the stove on a sewer ditch or if there is a water pipe passing under the stove, as water and fire conflict with each other
5. Avoid facing the house in the opposite direction. That is to say, the orientation of the stove mouth and the house are exactly opposite. For example, the house faces north to south, while the stove faces south to north. This pattern often causes repeated family fortunes, and everything goes wrong.
6. Avoid having no one to rely on.
The back of the stove should be against a solid wall, not empty. If there is a transparent glass window behind you, it is bad luck. As traditional Feng Shui believes: "Any stove door should not be exposed to light from the window, as it is the main source of evil." This pattern is not good for marriage, career and wealth.
7. Avoid placing beams on the stove. If the stove is weighed down by the beams above, it will be unlucky, as it is said in ancient Feng Shui books: "If there is a stove under the building, the Lord will be tired and timid." It means that the family is often sick, which is especially harmful to the health of the housewife.
8. Avoid being hit by sharp corners on the stove. The stove is the source of life, and it should not be hit by sharp corners, furniture, or decorations, as this will be detrimental to the health of the family.
9. Avoid keeping the stove close to the bedroom. The fire is hot, and the fumes produced during frying have a negative impact on the health of the family. Therefore, the kitchen door should not be facing the door of the room, and the stove should not be close to the bedroom, especially close to the bed.
10. Avoid having the kitchen floor higher than the hall or room floor. This layout puts the kitchen above the hall and room, reversing the priorities and easily causing the sewage to flow back. When cooking in the kitchen and eating in the dining room, the kitchen should be lower than the living room and the living room should be higher. If it is the opposite, there is a risk of losing money.
11. Avoid placing the toilet over the kitchen. Some compound houses often only consider the matching of rooms on the floor plane, but ignore the relationship between the upper and lower floors. For example, the upstairs toilet happens to be above the downstairs kitchen. This is an extremely unlucky house appearance. If It is even more ominous if the toilet in the upstairs bathroom is right on top of the stove in the kitchen downstairs. When the dirty odor from the toilet falls into the kitchen or stove, you can imagine the health and financial fortune of your family.
12. Avoid looking into the mirror. Hanging mirrors in the kitchen is one of the taboos in home feng shui. It is not advisable to hang mirrors in front or behind the stove. If the mirror shines on the stove fire, it is called "Tianmen Fire" and you are prone to fire or misfortune.