The grave at Puyang (4,000 BC) that contains mosaics of the Dragon and Tiger constellations and Beidou (Big Dipper) is similarly oriented with cosmological accuracy along a north-south axis.
The tombs of Shang kings and their consorts at Xiaotun lie on a north-south axis, ten degrees east of due north. The Shang palaces at Erlitou are also on a north-south axis, slightly west of true north. These orientations were obtained by astronomy, not by magnetic compass.
All capital cities of China followed rules of Feng Shui for their design and layout. These rules were codified during the Zhou era in the Kaogong ji (Manual of Crafts). Rules for builders were codified in the Lu ban jing (Carpenter's Manual). Graves and tombs also followed rules of Feng Shui. From the earliest records, it seems that the rules for these structures were developed from rules for dwellings.
The oldest known Feng Shui device consists of a two-sided board with astronomical sightlines. Liuren astrolabes have been unearthed from Qin-era tombs at Wangjiatai and Zhoujiatai. These devices date between 278 BC and 209 BC. Today Feng Shui practitioners can select from three types of Luopan or Feng Shui compasses: San He (the so-called "form school", although the compass name means "Triple Combination"), San Yuan (the so-called "compass school", although the compass name actually refers to time), and the Zong He that combines the other two.
Feng Shui (also known as "geomancy") is an ancient Chinese art used to promote such things as health, happiness and prosperity. The words literally mean 'wind' and 'water'.
Feng Shui, also called the Chinese Art of Placement, is a technique that is thousands of years old for bringing balance to one's home, business and the land that surrounds them. It looks at many areas of one's life (health, wealth, family, relationships, career, friends, fame, children, and knowledge) to determine blockages within the home or business, that might cause some type of problem, and then at the different types of "cures" that can be used to alleviate the problem. The methods for analyzing a space and the "cures" to correct the problems can vary from esoteric modalities used for centuries to technological solutions of our current timeline. Both must blend in harmony to created balance in one's life.
The purpose of life is to create balance in all things allowing your consciousness to evlove beyond time and emotion - the duality of the illusion. Healing and working on yourself - is part of the equation - as all things are created by mathematica' design / the blueprint or architetcure of our consciousness program in third dimension - Sacred Geometry. When you are in a space where feng shui has been used to create balance - you will experience it in all levels of your soul's awareness ... then you will understand.
Feng Shui is an old Chinese art and science which is now becoming recognised by Western Cultures. It's an art similar to Interior Design in that it requires skill and knowledge but also a science in that Feng Shui requires calculations and positioning of objects.
Feng Shui is all about the way that we live in harmonize with the nature, benefiting from the 'positive' energies in our living environment. By enhancing the relationship between people and their environment we find that the correct combination will create an ability to absorb the 'Ch'i' or cosmic energy.
Good Feng Shui can be achieved by positioning furniture, fixtures etc at the appropriate places based on careful calculations done by the Feng Shui practitioner. Never the less, it still boils down to the skills of the practitioner, and his ability to read the different aspect and elements in the environment and the people, achieving the prefect overall balance of 'Yin' and 'Yang'.
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