Feng shui
Feng Shui (simplified Chinese: 风水; traditional Chinese: 風水) is a Chinese system of luck. It has to do with the laws which help one improve luck.
Feng Shui means "wind and water" in Chinese. Invented by the Taoists, many people implement its philosophies in their everyday lives. Feng Shui has "five elements", they are: Fire, Earth, Metal, Water, and Wood. These elements are set up in a specific way so that it shows Fire makes Earth, Earth creates Metal, Metal holds Water, Water nurtures Wood, and Wood feeds Fire. Also, Earth dams Water, Water extinguishes Fire, Fire melts Metal, Metal cuts Wood, and Wood consumes Earth.
There are multiple Feng Shui schools such as "The Western School of Feng Shui" and "The American Feng Shui Institute"
Feng Shui Media
A feng shui diagram of a parcel of land, in this case explaining how "yin water" and "yin fire" relate to it – with an auspicious circle.[1]
A feng shui spiral at Chinatown station (Los Angeles Metro)
A traditional turtle-back tomb of southern Fujian, surrounded by an omega-shaped ridge protecting it from the "noxious winds" from the three sides[2]
A modern "feng shui fountain" at Taipei 101, Taiwan
- ↑ Bennett 1978.
- ↑ deGroot 1892, p. III, 941–42.