In recent years, China's economy has developed and people's living standards have improved; With the revival of traditional culture in China, people pay more and more attention to themselves and their relationship with the surrounding environment, and seek a harmonious living environment. Many ideas about human settlements in Feng Shui culture have been recognized by Zhouyi experts and China cultural experts. For thousands of years, the influence of Feng Shui culture on people has been deeply rooted in people's hearts.
However, like other folk beliefs, Feng Shui has also received different evaluations: some people think it is a complete superstition; Some people think it is compatible with natural science; Others think that it has both a scientific side and a transcendental side (beyond the scope of experience, can not be confirmed or falsified by experience, originated from Kant). Of course, for more ordinary people, feng shui is a "if you believe, you will have it;" If you don't believe it, you will. " Throughout the ages, Feng Shui has had a great influence on the cultural life of China people. For example, the layout of the Forbidden City, the symbol of feudal kingship in China, embodies the principle of "Yin and Yang and Five Elements" in ancient China: all urban designs are based on the mutual correspondence of Yin and Yang, and the distribution of five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. If the layout of the outer hall is strange, it is called five doors and three dynasties; The Forbidden City is even, called two palaces and six bedrooms; There are five directions in azimuth: east, south, west, north and middle. There are five colors: blue, yellow, red, white and black.
Today's Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation is a symbol of Hong Kong's free trade port. At that time, in order to prevent the buildings in front of the building from damaging the geomantic omen, HSBC bought the whole piece of land from the front of the building to the ferry pier in Hong Kong and developed it into a park, named "Queen's Garden" to maintain its geomantic advantage. It is said that the income of HSBC is also rising steadily. Abroad, the United States had a doctor of Feng Shui as early as 1976; There are more than 1 10 universities in Japan that offer feng shui courses. In China, Southeast University took the lead in setting up the course of "Architectural Geomantic omen" in 1996, and Li Shicheng, a professor of physics department, gave a lecture on "Yijing", which was widely welcomed by students. In Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and other cities, it has become a trend to invite feng shui masters to "see feng shui" in real estate project design, shop location, rental and so on.
China's word "Feng Shui" was first seen in Guo Pu's "Funeral Book" in the Jin Dynasty: "Qi, scattered by the wind, stops at the boundary of water; The ancients gathered to make it last forever, and the deeds stopped, so it was called Feng Shui. " This is actually the earliest definition of Feng Shui.
The fundamental foundation and core idea of Feng Shui comes from the philosophy of Yin and Yang in the Book of Changes. At first, geomantic omen was a practical and simple skill for China ancient ancestors to choose their living environment. Combined with the codes of five elements, eight diagrams, twelve o'clock and twenty-four mountains, as the theoretical basis and operation method, the concept of harmony, balance and circulation between man and nature and between man and the outside world is embodied with the unique concept of the universe in China. The basic orientation of geomantic omen is basically consistent with China's view of the universe and aesthetics of "harmony between man and nature" for thousands of years. The so-called "home is the foundation of people, and people take home as their home." Be prepared for danger in times of peace, then live in Changji; Restlessness leads to family decline. "Visible, China ancient people in order to live and work in peace and contentment from generation to generation, have to pay attention to feng shui, try their best to find a treasure trove of feng shui. From the background of geomantic omen, it is related to the purpose of "building the country through agriculture" in China. The ancients attached great importance to "water facing the mountain", which not only facilitated life, but also made the environment elegant. The land behind the mountain is the most fertile, which is conducive to agricultural cultivation. Ancient geomantic omen is actually an environmental observation.
After years of in-depth and systematic research, Wang Qiheng, a professor of architecture at Tianjin University, believes that the core of geomantic omen embodies the essence of China's ancient architectural theory. His research results show that Feng Shui is actually a comprehensive and systematic architectural planning and design theory integrating geography, ecology, landscape, architecture, ethics and aesthetics.
Sun Fengqi, director of the Landscape Research Institute of Tsinghua University Architecture Department, also believes that geomantic omen is not all superstition. Our ancestors have developed a set of empirical theories, which have scientific basis. Ancient geomantic theory attached great importance to the relationship between human beings, architecture and environment.
"Feng Shui can be said to be an ancient environmental concept." Director Sun Fengqi cited the example of Beijing quadrangles. "If you pay attention to observation, you will find that people who come out of the courtyard are ruddy, unlike staying in the building for a long time, their faces will turn yellow. This is because the construction of quadrangles has scientific basis and is conducive to longevity. People living in quadrangles can be outdoors at least half the time every day, and ventilation is a problem for people living in buildings. Don't say feng shui makes people rich. If a person's health cannot be guaranteed, what energy is there to make money? "
However, we should also see that geomantic omen, a comprehensive discipline that integrates astronomy and geography, studies nature and people, and involves many categories, has been artificially mixed with many mysterious and even exaggerated elements in the long-term spread and evolution process. At the same time, due to the influence of customs, concepts and conservative psychology, its true essence is rarely passed down from generation to generation, leading to the prevalence of fallacies and misleading the world. Objectively speaking, this has also become the main reason why Feng Shui is regarded as superstition. Cai Dafeng, a professor in the Department of Cultural Relics and Museums of Fudan University, also believes that Feng Shui, as a research object, has research value from the perspective of folklore and architecture; In essence, some ancient geomantic omen have been lost, and today's so-called "geomantic omen" is very different from ancient geomantic omen in content. Modern geomantic omen has basically removed superstitious elements, but there are still some things that belong to the cultural and psychological level, which may also be an aspect that modern geomantic omen is difficult to measure scientifically. But strictly speaking, feng shui layout is also a scientific component if it can satisfy people's physical and mental health. If my answer can satisfy you, I hope Wuxing will adopt my answer. Thank you.