The stove is an important place for cooking in the kitchen. When we decorate and install the stove, we must not only select healthy and environmentally friendly materials, but also be scientific and reasonable in installation. But have you noticed one thing? That is, the stove also has Feng Shui taboos. It is easy for us to overlook this. The stove is an important place for cooking food. If the Feng Shui is not good, it will not only affect people's fortune, but also may affect the health of the family. Therefore, there are Feng Shui taboos on the kitchen stove. The problem should not be underestimated. Today, the editor has compiled the knowledge of kitchen stove Feng Shui for everyone.
Kitchen stoves should not be dirty. Food must be both delicious and healthy, so the stove must be scrubbed clean. Every time you cook a meal, there will be more or less oil splatters on the stove. The "garbage" generated during cooking, such as rice water, noodle soup, potato peels, etc., are all good cleaning agents. Using them to scrub the stove repeatedly will not only remove oil stains, but also make it as bright as new.
1. Feng Shui taboos for kitchen stoves
1. Avoid black and red colors for stoves. When choosing a cooking stove or building a stove base, some colors are not suitable. Like red. Because red belongs to fire, and the stove also belongs to fire in the five elements; from the analysis of color psychology, red can also easily make people have a bad temper, so it should be avoided, and black is not suitable.
2. Avoid direct contact between the kitchen stove and the family. In traditional Chinese Feng Shui knowledge, it is believed that the kitchen stove is the place where a family cooks and nourishes the family, so it is not advisable to be directly attracted by the recent anger caused by the family.
3. The stove should not be facing the door, and the stove should not be facing the door or close to the window, because if the gas stove and LPG stove are blown out by the wind, liquefied gas will leak, which is very dangerous. Avoid being close to the sink. The stove belongs to fire. The sink belongs to water. Water and fire are incompatible. The two should not be too close.
4. Yin and Yang are balanced. The kitchen is a place where water and fire conflict. If the two can be balanced and harmonious, it will be conducive to the prosperity of the home. The kitchen is a shady area, a place where food is stored, not an area frequently used by the whole family. However, if you use a corner of the kitchen as a temporary dining area, you can increase the yang energy of the kitchen and balance the yin and yang in the kitchen.
5. It is not suitable to be close to the bedroom:
It is not suitable to be close to the bedroom: the stove is hot, and the fumes produced during frying are not suitable for the human body, so it is unlucky to have the stove facing the main door. , especially the bedroom is not suitable.
6. Avoid having an empty space behind the stove
Avoid having an empty space behind the stove: The stove should be backed by a wall rather than open. It is also unlucky if there is transparent glass behind it, because this is just as the ancient books say: "Any stove should not be exposed to window light, as it will cause misfortune."
7. Avoid placing it on waterways
Do not place it on waterways: Stoves belong to fire, and waterways are for drainage. Water and fire are incompatible with each other, so the two should not be close to each other. It will be unlucky if the stove powder is placed on the waterway.
8. Avoid having beams on top of stoves
Avoid having beams on top of stoves: There is a saying in Feng Shui that "beams on top" is unlucky. It is unlucky to have beams on top of a bed or chair. It is even more inappropriate to have a beam on top of the stove, which is harmful to health.
9. It is not suitable to be exposed to the slanting sun.
It is not suitable to be exposed to the slanting sun: According to Feng Shui, if the kitchen faces the west, especially the cooking stove that is exposed to the west sun, it is unlucky.
10. It is not suitable to shoot at sharp corners
It is not suitable to shoot at sharp corners: Feng Shui experts believe that sharp corners are sharp and can easily cause damage, so they are very taboo about shooting at sharp corners, and stoves are If the place where a family cooks and nourishes is hit by a sharp angle, it will harm the health of the family.
11. Avoid the conflict between water and fire
Avoid the conflict between water and fire: Avoid the stove close to the bowl. The stove belongs to fire, while the sink belongs to water, so the two should not be close to each other. It is not allowed to have the stove sandwiched between two bodies of water, such as between a washing machine and a dishwasher.
2. Feng Shui taboos for placing the stove
1. Avoid facing the stove in the opposite direction: the kitchen mouth is opposite to the direction of the house. For example, the house faces south and the stove faces north. If the mouth faces south, it is unlucky. Avoid facing the door: The kitchen stove is a place where fire is lit for cooking, and it is very hot, so it should not be directly opposite the door, otherwise it will be detrimental to the people in the room.
2. Avoid direct access to the kitchen door
Avoid direct access to the kitchen door: In traditional Chinese Feng Shui concepts, it is believed that the kitchen stove is the place where a family cooks and nourishes the family, so it should not be too exposed. , especially it is not suitable for direct exposure to external air brought in by the road.
3. Avoid the kitchen door facing the stove
The kitchen door should not be exposed: the kitchen stove should not be exposed. It is certainly unlucky to see the stove outside the door, but it is also bad luck to see the stove outside the kitchen door. Not appropriate.
4. Avoid being opposite to the toilet
Avoid being opposite to the toilet: the stove is a place where the family cooks, so it should be hygienic, otherwise diseases will come from the mouth and harm your health. , and the toilet contains a lot of dirt and bacteria, so it is not suitable to be close to the toilet, especially the stove mouth should not be opposite to the toilet.
5. Avoid facing the door of the room.
Avoid facing the door of the room: the kitchen stove is a place where fire is used for cooking. It is very hot, so it is not suitable to face the door of the room, otherwise it will be dangerous. Not good for the people in the room.
6. Avoid "western exposure". Stoves should not be placed in the west. Traditional Feng Shui believes that the "gold" energy in the West is suppressed by the "fire" of the furnace and is unlucky. The sun sets in the west and the twilight atmosphere is heavy. When cooking dinner, it will be unlucky if the stove absorbs these "twilight atmosphere". Food cooked on stoves is prone to change when exposed to slanting sunlight, and people can easily become sick after eating it.
3. Which direction is better for the stove?
In Feng Shui, the traditional stove orientation is based on the entrance to the firewood, while the modern stove orientation is based on the ignition of the stove. The switch is direction. Looking at the kitchen alone, the diagonal position of the kitchen door is the direction of gas gathering. Installing the stove here can make the stove diagonally face the door, without conflicting with the door, and can ignite the energy coming in from the door, which is conducive to Home luck. But the actual installation depends on the specific situation! For example, the direction of the stove should not be opposite to the direction of the house. This is a situation that is opposite to the house and is an unlucky sign. It often leads to disputes, family disagreements, and money outflow. If the stove cannot be placed opposite the direction of the house due to the layout of the kitchen, If there is any auspicious direction for the owner of the house, then the stove can be facing the mother's longevity direction to promote family harmony, etc. Let’s take a look at the feng shui analysis of different stove orientations:
1. The ignition switch or button faces the east or southeast: these two directions belong to wood, and they are also auspicious when combined with fire to form the sign of wood and fire. The host's family is often cared for by noble people.
2. Turn the ignition switch or button to the northeast: The five elements in this area belong to earth, and when they meet fire, it is a symbol of fire and earth, and it is a symbol of easy-going and auspiciousness.
3. The ignition switch or button faces south: South belongs to fire. When it meets the fire of the rice cooker, it becomes too hot, so it can only be regarded as a bad luck.
4. Turn the ignition switch or button to the southwest: The theory of evil is that the southwest belongs to the earth, the hexagram is the yin hexagram, and the star is the symbol of illness. The fire of the rice cooker makes it "prosperous" and increases its If the person has a vicious nature, his family will be sick.
5. The ignition switch or button faces the west or northwest: The five elements in these two directions belong to gold, which is in conflict with fire. It is a small evil and indicates the bad luck of the family.
6. The ignition switch or button faces north: The north belongs to wood, and when it meets fire, it means "water and fire are both beneficial", which is auspicious and the owner will be safe.