The word "lin" means "facing", "approaching", and "coming soon".
The word "lin" in "to face the mountains with one's back" is a verb. Indicates that a situation or event is about to occur or is approaching a certain stage, meaning that a situation is already urgent or critical. In "Lingshan Mountain", "Lingshan" means facing a high mountain and cannot retreat. The front must face the mountain to climb. The image metaphor of "Ling" is used to express a crisis and extremely urgent situation.
Feng Shui is a mystical art with a long history in the Chinese nation, also known as Qingwu Art. The more academic term is called Kanyu. Wind is vitality and field energy, and water is flow and change. Feng shui is originally the art of looking at the ground, which is a method of checking geography on the spot. It is also called geographies and the ancient name of geology. It is a philosophy that studies the environment and the laws of the universe. Since people are a part of nature, nature is also a part of people. Reach the state of "harmony between man and nature".
The relatively complete Feng Shui knowledge emerged in the Warring States Period. The core idea of ??Feng Shui is the harmony between man and nature, to achieve the "unity of man and nature." Early Feng Shui was mainly related to methods and principles such as the location, orientation, and construction of palaces, residences, villages, and cemeteries. A metaphysics.
The origin of facing mountains and rivers
The concept of facing mountains and rivers comes from ancient military wars. At the critical moment of the war, in order to survive and win, although the army faced mountains and rivers, it could not turn back and must Attack forward with all your strength, break through the enemy's formation, and usher in a major victory. During the Song Dynasty, there was a general named Yue Fei. When resisting the invasion of the Liao people from the north in the Southern Song Dynasty, he led his soldiers to station at the mouth of the Hengjiang River. The situation was critical.
Song General Li Chenggui and Emperor Gaozong Zhao Gou believed that Yue Fei could retreat 20 miles away, so they wrote a letter to accidentally transfer Yue Fei from this position. After Yue Fei left, the Liao people from the north invaded the south. Losing this key position, the southern army's retreat was cut off. The Southern Song Dynasty had to send elite troops to fight against the Liao army. The Song army won a victory at this position and counterattacked the northern Liao people. This victorious battle was called the Battle of Hengjiang by later generations.