There is a saying among the people: "One life, two fortunes, three Feng Shui, four accumulations of good deeds and five readings, six names, seven aspects, eight respect gods, nine connections, ten health preservation", it describes that a person's success will be affected by many factors, including "destiny" and "feng shui" with metaphysical colors, as well as very practical "reading", "health preservation", etc.
In ancient traditional culture, the sun, moon, stars, mountains, rivers, grass and trees, and even humans in the world are following the laws of the way of heaven. The so-called fate is actually a manifestation of the law of the operation of the law of heaven. If you can follow the law of heaven, you will succeed; on the contrary, if you do something that harms the heaven and violates the law of heaven, you will eventually be punished.
So what is "feng shui"? The core of Feng Shui is the harmonious coexistence between man and nature in order to achieve the state of "harmony between man and nature". People often say "the people are outstanding and the land is powerful". This idiom well interprets the principle of mutual dependence between "people" and "earth". The so-called Feng Shui refers to the blessing of people living in the blessed land. If a person has no blessings, then living in a place of good luck will not change your destiny. No matter how good the Feng Shui is, the key is that you cannot leave "people".
Ancient people believed that a house and its surrounding environment would affect a person's success. The orientation, address and surrounding environment of the house, even a tree or a small river, would have an impact on the house. In this issue, "There is a Qinglongshu family, and the family is prosperous and the people are rich." What is the "Qinglongshu"? Is there any reason?
When the ancients planted trees around the house, they also had many priorities. In addition to playing a role in decoration, trees also had beautiful meanings. For example, the persimmon tree, because the persimmon is homophonic with "persimmon" and "shen", so persimmons have the meaning of "everything" and "shen". Because the fruit of the pomegranate tree has many seeds, it means that there are many children and many blessings and children and grandchildren are full of children and grandchildren. On the contrary, cypress , mulberry , locust trees, etc. had bad meanings, and the ancients generally did not plant them at home.
So what is "green dragon tree"? Before answering this question, let’s briefly understand what “Qinglong” means. Qinglong, White Tiger , Vermillion Bird , Xuanwu are the " Four Spirits " in ancient traditional culture, also known as " Four Symbols ", which comes from the worship of stars in ancient times. Among them, the Qinglong represents the Eastern gods of Taihao and Eastern Seven Constellations . It is Zhen and Xun in the Eight Trigrams, and belongs to wood in the five elements, symbolizing spring in the four seasons. The white tiger represents the Western gods of Shaohao and the seven Western constellations. It is Qian, Dui, and the five elements of gold in the Eight Trigrams, symbolizing Shaoyin among the four symbols, autumn among the four seasons, and also the western land of the sky. Vermilion Bird represents the god of Yan Emperor and Southern Seven Constellations . It is Li in the Eight Trigrams, and the five elements are the main fire, symbolizing the old yang among the four symbols and the summer among the four seasons. Xuanwu represents the northern god of Zhuanxu and Northern Seven Constellations . Symbolizes the old yin among the four symbols and the winter among the four seasons.
The green dragon, white tiger, vermilion bird and black trunk represent four directions, namely "East green dragon, west white tiger, south vermilion bird and north trunk". The Qinglong is located in the east and has a vibrant feeling. The Qinglong belongs to the wood in the five elements, so it is suitable for planting trees in this direction. As the name suggests, "Qinglong Tree" is to plant trees in the direction of "Qinglong". Planting trees at home not only has the effect of shade and cooling, but in ancient times when there were insufficient supplies, planting some fruit trees could also be eaten by people.
Someone asked, isn’t there any saying among the people that “don’t see the stove in the sky, and the land households do not plant trees”? "Don't see the stove in the sky gate" means that there cannot be a stove in the northwest (i.e., Tianmen) direction, and "the land household does not plant trees", which means that the southeast (i.e., the land household) direction cannot plant trees. The reason for this statement is mainly because when sunrises in the east, trees planted in the east affect the light. In addition, ancient houses basically faced north and south. If trees were planted in the southeast direction, it would also affect the entry and exit of the gate.
As mentioned at the beginning, the best "feng shui" is people themselves, whether it is "green dragon tree" or "local households do not plant trees". These are just summary of the daily lives of the ancients. Just as people like to go to temples to burn incense and pray for blessings, this is a kind of yearning for a better life. If you want a prosperous family, the most important thing is to achieve it with hard-working hands. Only in this way can you succeed.
