Geomantic omen and environmental geology

The ancients advocated nature, and since they settled down, they have constantly summarized the environment of choosing their place of residence and reached a set of simple principles in line with environmental geology: relying on mountains and rivers, dry and sunny; Water can't be washed, and cold air can't blow in; There is no rock in front, the view is wide, and there is no steep cliff behind, so I want to pounce. These summaries are all in line with scientific principles.

Surrounded by mountains and waters, there is a sense of security behind the mountains, and there is water in front to facilitate household use. Humidity is easy to get sick, and dryness makes people bright and clear. Waterfront is easy to be washed away by flash floods or flooded, so choose highland. In the northern hemisphere, the sun faces south, and the light from Yiyang is incident, which not only brings warmth, but also can be sterilized by ultraviolet rays. Wide field of vision, you can see blue sky and white clouds, winding mountains and vast rivers with blue sea, which makes you open-minded and relaxed. After crossing the high cliffs and steep walls, the sense of oppression is reduced and the mood is smooth. These are the essence of the site selection of the original house and the county seat, which accords with the principle of environmental geology and the simple principle of human settlement selection.

According to legend, Fuxi invented the Eight Diagrams, and he concentrated all the natural phenomena of heaven and earth in the Eight Diagrams, which were interrelated and explained a series of complex dialectical relations, such as mutual assistance and resistance, and the transformation of advantages and disadvantages. The Book of Changes was born out of gossip, which can be used for divination, deciding life and death, asking good and bad luck and being interpreted as a philosophical and logical book.

Some archaeologists believe that the original intention of gossip is to point out the direction. In the early days of the invention of characters, our ancestors invented hieroglyphics, and all of them had concrete images to follow, but the abstract direction of southeast and northwest could not be expressed. Lenovo recorded knots earlier, and obtained eight patterns with single and double knots and three arrangements, representing eight directions respectively, so the Eight Diagrams were born. The yin and yang Pisces in the center of gossip represent the cycle of day and night, and the fish eyes show the sun, the moon and the stars. The moon brings light in the dark and the sun brings warmth in the daytime.

Later, people linked several major natural phenomena with gossip. One kind of divination represented a natural phenomenon, so there were Gansanlian, which represented heaven, and Kunliuduan, which represented land. Kangua, full of Kanzhong (the early pictogram of "water"), the flowing river represents water; From the virtual point of view, the corresponding image represents fire. After these four most important natural phenomena, there are four spare hexagrams: the broken part represents the wind, the shaking bowl represents the thunder, the covered bowl represents the mountain, and the missing part represents the swamp.

Primitive people revere nature and always think that the evolution of nature is controlled by divine power, so they have produced primitive gods and gods. With God, the will of God was born accordingly. Floods, earthquakes, mountain fires and thunder and lightning are all manifestations of God's anger. Good weather, abundant crops and prosperous livestock are God's gifts and gifts. With gods and people, representatives need to communicate in them, so wizards came into being. He can talk to God, and he can "guess" God's will. In order to "objectively" reflect God's will, there are both yin and yang. Throw it three times at will, and get a divination after three signs of Yin and Yang. This is probably the reason why the gossip witch predicted.

Feng shui mainly depends on mountains and rivers. The layout of mountains and rivers is controlled by geological processes, and the shape of mountains and rivers is related to external geological processes. The landscape of each place has its own characteristics, and the landscape situation is ever-changing. When people build cities and houses, they have to choose the best location in the complex geographical form, which leads to the feng shui of "exploring caves". First of all, such as environmental selection, through divination, heavenly stems and earthly branches, the connection between the four seasons and the eight seasons, and the connection with natural forces, it rose to a very abstract Yin and Yang and five elements, and finally evolved into a superstitious Feng Shui.

China's Millennium cultural heritage contains essence, dross, science and superstition. People's Republic of China (PRC) was founded in 1949, which overthrew thousands of years of feudal rule, eradicated superstition and removed dross. From the founding of New China to the 1980s, the world was clear and ghosts were far away from the people. At that time, geomantic omen was quiet and underground, urban planning was determined by natural features, houses were built according to street trends, industrial and mining enterprises and mass organizations built courtyards and houses, and no one paid attention to geomantic omen, and no one considered good or bad luck.

Unfortunately, since the 1980s, superstitions have begun to rise and become increasingly fierce. Every village has built a small temple, celebrated the Lunar New Year, got married in eight characters, built houses and talked about geomantic omen. More tragically, some open party and government courtyards also talk about geomantic omen, and use zhaobi, rockery and stone lions to avoid disasters. Even the orientation of the gate and the setting of the road should welcome the lucky star. Please also ask Mr. Feng Shui for advice on the newly-built office building. The choice of office and the placement of desks are also related to geomantic omen. In the past, Mr. Hippo Chef and the fortune teller in the market now hold high the signboard of the Yijing Institute to tell fortune and name people. There is a strong incense in the temple. Please ask the master for advice.

Generally speaking, most of the popular geomantic books on the market now advocate feudal superstition, and only a few are certain, for example, there is a forest behind the house, the drainage ditch should be covered, and the bed should not be placed.