Figure 1
In order to fight against natural disasters, local people always dig caves on the side of the mountain to live. The original "Mr. Feng Shui" is a person who knows how to avoid the attack of wind, sand, snow and ice on the living environment. They can explore underground water sources and provide domestic water for residents. This kind of professional and technical personnel, from a modern point of view, is the planner before building a house. It was first considered to have the ability of reach for the sky and the earth, and it was also the earliest and simplest scientific planning technician of human settlement, and it has always been loved and respected by people.
The five elements and colors red symbolizes the south, black represents the north, cyan represents the east, white represents the west, yellow is the center, and the five elements and colors represent the natural environment in four directions centered on the Loess Plateau in northern China.
Figure 2
Among them, red means fire, the house facing south is warm in winter, and black means cold, which can put out the warm fire source. The east is the place of sunrise, representing vitality, and the west and white are the words of small sand, meaning the desert in the west.
From the analysis of topography and soil, from the topographic conditions, the typical auspicious place in geomantic omen is the water on the back of the mountain, and there is an open space in front of it (generally facing south)-this is the most in line with the living conditions in the northern Loess Plateau, which not only blocks the cold wind blowing from Siberia in winter, but also ensures the most sunshine.
Figure 3
Backed by mountains and facing the open space in front, it is the most common terrain of caves. Almost all the caves where people live are dug out from the back of the mountain wall, and the flat ground in front is the yard, which is used for farming and raising livestock. There is usually water nearby to meet people's daily needs.
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Judging from the soil conditions, geomantic omen usually thinks that the ideal soil is hard and delicate loess, like compacted refined soybean powder. This is probably a description of typical loess conditions, because such soil conditions are needed to dig caves.
Feng shui culture should be adapted to local conditions. Adjust measures to local conditions and adopt a natural lifestyle according to the objectivity of the environment. The Book of Changes "Dazhuang Gua" puts forward that "stop at the right shape". In the pre-Qin period, Jiang Taigong advocated adjusting measures to local conditions.
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"Biography of Historical Records of Huo Zhi" records: "Taigong Wang was sealed in Yingqiu, with a small land and a large population. Taigong advised her to be a woman and was very proficient in salt." According to the living habits of local people, Feng Shui should be adjusted according to the principle of integration of heaven and earth.