It is a geomantic saying that ancestral graves emit blue smoke. Blue smoke is a kind of blue gas, an auspicious gas and a good omen. According to the past, you can be an official. Now many people don't have ancestral graves, so they are not allowed. Another solution is that when you make a fire, blue smoke will come out, indicating that you will "fire".
According to Chen Shuaifo, chairman of the China Yijing Association, in the book Eye of the Earth, it is a common phenomenon that the smoke emitted from ancestral graves is caused by the earth's atmosphere, and the low-melting gas or solid in the soil produces colored gas under the action of temperature, which overflows the surface and forms blue or white tiny particles, that is, smoke.
Although the original intention of smoking in ancestral graves is to do good deeds and be a high official, there is irony and swearing in China's profound culture. For example, if someone is promoted to a small minister and others are dissatisfied with irony, they will say that the other party is a ancestral grave.
It should be noted that flammable items such as firewood and hay cannot be placed on the grave. The older the grave, the more likely it is to produce combustible gas. When worshipping and burning paper, the high temperature of burning paper money may make the grave burn carelessly, causing a lot of trouble.
Good cemetery geomantic omen should follow the following principles:
1, headwind water principle
The cemetery also pays attention to "upper hand and water". The upwind direction and water supply direction of Beijing are northwest, so the Ming Tombs are located in Changping District, northwest of Beijing. The northwest is determined according to the central axis of Beijing. This central axis starts from the Drum Tower in the north, passes through the Palace Museum and the front door, and ends at Yongdingmen in the south. The center is the Forbidden City, also known as the Forbidden City.
2. According to the principle of mountains and rivers
Surrounded by mountains and rivers, green mountains and green waters are a beautiful environment that people generally yearn for, and it is also the basic principle of a good cemetery. Reflected in the theory of geomantic omen, it means that "the owner of a mountain will decide that water dominates wealth", which means that choosing a mountain can make future generations prosper; Choosing water can make money roll in. Stone is the bone of the mountain, water is the blood of the mountain, benevolent people enjoy Leshan, and wise people enjoy water.
Water is the source of life, and there is life when there is water in mountains. A mountain without water seems to have no soul, so there is a saying in Feng Shui: If there is no water in the mountain, don't look for land again. Look at the water before you look at the mountain.
It can be seen that "the master of mountains and the master of wealth" is the simplest and most incisive summary of investigating the geomantic omen of cemeteries. Some feng shui theories that focus on regulating qi emphasize storing wind and gathering qi. As the saying goes, "the method of feng shui, first get water, then store wind." The ancients thought that the bigger the water surface, the thicker the gas accumulation and the thicker the wealth.
3. The principle of returning to nature
In the current urban planning, the cemetery is getting farther and farther away from the city. Why not be closer to the city? It is convenient to pay homage to the grave. Isn't it more humane? Isn't it more modern to be wrapped in the middle of a tall building? Here, the geomantic omen of Yin House is just the opposite of Yang House. City people advocate the integration of people and vehicles, man-machine (computer) integration, work first, efficiency first, cemetery emphasizes nature first, and harmony between man and nature.
4. The principle of hall opening.
In ancient times, when someone became famous, became an official or made a fortune, people often talked about the geomantic omen of this person's ancestral grave, which was called: outstanding people and outstanding people. Feng Shui believes that the opening up of Tang Ming is conducive to cultivating talents and developing the cause, so it is necessary to "climb the mountain to see the Shuikou" and "enter the cave to see Tang Ming".
Tang Ming means that there must be a vast and flat place in front of the tomb. Tang Ming is open and full of vitality, so it will have a bright future. On the contrary, cemeteries should not be located in narrow and limited valleys.
5. The principle of tolerance.
I'm afraid that people have heard a lot in the cemetery. This is feng shui's summary of the terrain around the cemetery. In fact, it is surrounded by mountains and there is a spacious basin in the middle. The "hole" of Feng Shui theory is in this basin, and all the mountains and rivers are called "sand".
This kind of terrain is also reflected in the word "burial" mentioned above, which is the word "Fu" (pronounced as arch) below the word, which means holding hands together and forming a hollow cave in the middle. The ancients thought it was a good burial place, so the word "burial" itself reflected the ancients' view of funeral.
6, the principle of buckling and winding
In the past, quadrangles and temples all had screen walls facing the gate, and modern people pay more attention to the design of the porch when decorating. Screen walls and porches are designed according to feng shui, not just for beauty.
Their function is to avoid and block Sha Qi from colliding head-on. How can a cemetery stop suffocation? The principle of geomantic omen advocates "straightness is blunt" and "bending is smooth". The road should be curved and the scenery should be winding, that is, winding.