We often hear that "Hide the wind and receive the energy; Green dragon on the left, white tiger on the right, red bird on the front, Xuanwu on the back..." What does this series of Feng Shui terms mean? Where do they come from? Today, let’s talk about these Feng Shui terms with you.
Generally speaking, Feng Shui can be divided into two schools: Sanhe and Sanyuan. Sanhe is based on the different laws of heaven, earth, and man; Sanyuan is a method based on time, which is divided into Shangyuan Jiazi, Zhongyuan Jiazi, and Lower Yuan Jiazi. In comparison, Sanhe focuses on the shape of the mountains, also called Luan Tou; Sanyuan focuses on regulating Qi. Later, it was divided into many sects. For example, Guo Pu, the author of the Jin Dynasty, wrote the Burial Sutra, which dedicated the five elements to the earth.
Guo Pu wrote in the "Burial Sutra" that "Qi, riding on the wind, will stop when it encounters water." This means that when it encounters the wind, it will spread out and when it encounters the water, it will stop. The ancients did not want to "get angry" "Scattered, so we have to hide the wind and contain the "anger".
Feng Shui is also called Kanyu. Kan is the high place and Yu is the low place. One represents heaven and the other represents earth. The main purpose of looking at Feng Shui is to "seek good luck and avoid evil, pray for blessings and avoid disasters", and its guiding ideology is also derived from the philosophical thought of the Book of Changes .
Look at the five most basic conditions of Feng Shui, "dragon, sand, cave, water, direction...", which are also called the five geographical secrets. "Dragon": that is, the context, refers to the mountains; "sand" refers to the mountain; "cave" refers to the house where one lives; "water" refers to the flow of water; "xiang" refers to the direction.
"Green Dragon on the left, White Tiger on the right, Suzaku on the front, and Xuanwu on the back" refers to the twenty-eight constellations on the right, seven of which form an elephant, respectively located in the "southeast, northwest, and southeast". Our ancient Chinese astronomy was the most advanced in the world. To this day, many place names in our country are related to the stars in the sky. For example, the familiar "Preface to Tengwang Pavilion " begins with "The old county of Yuzhang, the new mansion of Hongdu. The stars are divided into wings and the ground is connected to Henglu." Yi is the Wing Star and Zhen is the Zhen Star, both of which belong to the Jiangxi region. Hunan is also called " Star City " because the sky above Hunan corresponds to the place where the "star" star is located among the twenty-eight constellations.
In our daily life, if we need to simply apply the rule of "left green dragon, right white tiger, front vermilion bird, rear basalt", it can be understood like this: the green dragon needs to raise its head, so the left (east) must be high; the white tiger needs to go down the mountain The head is lowered, so the right side (west) is low, there is a bright hall (open space, pool) in front (south), and there is a backing in the back (north), which is continuous and stable without being abrupt. This also confirms what we often say about hiding wind and accepting qi.
Feng Shui is actually a combination of ancient Chinese astronomy and geography. Some people say that they can read Feng Shui and can see three-thirds of the ground. In fact, they can really see more than three feet of the ground, just like our current geology. Same as . Feng Shui is just a myth. The so-called hiding the wind and absorbing the energy is just to prevent your own Yang house or the Yin house of your ancestors from being affected by the climate (strong winds and heavy rains) and live a comfortable life.
