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Is China's metaphysics Feng Shui really useful? There are some schools there.

For a long time, people regarded geomantic geography as feudal superstition, criticized it and abandoned it. In fact, the geomantic geography of China is an important part of the traditional culture of China. It is a science about the comprehensive environment of China, such as geology, geography, hydrology, sunshine, wind direction, climate, meteorology, architecture, landscape and so on, and it is also the value orientation of China people to seek good fortune and avoid evil.

Geomantic omen is the guiding principle and practical operation technology of ancient architectural activities in China. Geomantic omen is almost ubiquitous in architecture, site selection, planning, design and construction in China. This has been confirmed in a large number of existing ancient towns, ancient buildings, gardens, houses and tombs in China.

In the long-term development process, Feng Shui and other related disciplines have infiltrated each other, which has rich connotations in China's ancient philosophy, aesthetics, psychology, geology, geography, ecology, landscape science and so on. The core content of China Feng Shui is the unity of heaven, earth and man. "China Feng Shui" discusses the harmonious relationship between the site selection, orientation and layout of buildings and the fate of heaven, nature and human beings.

Feng Shui is such an art that it tries to influence the atmosphere of a place by arranging things, from building foundation to interior decoration. It helps people to make use of the natural forces of the earth and the balance of yin and yang to gain good luck, thus promoting health and enhancing vitality. Feng Shui is a world-famous cultural phenomenon in China, and it is the essence of ancient architectural theory. Geomantic omen is a landscape evaluation system for finding auspicious places of architecture, and it is the art of ancient geographical location and layout in China.

As China's ancient architectural theory, Feng Shui is an important part of China's traditional architectural culture. It contains knowledge of nature, philosophy of life, traditional aesthetics, theoretical concepts and many other rich contents. In fact, Feng Shui can also be said to be the sacred environmental theory and orientation theory in ancient China. Geomantic omen, in terms of landscape, pays attention to the harmony and unity of human landscape and natural landscape; In the aspect of environment, special attention is paid to the harmony and unity of artificial natural environment and natural natural environment. The purpose of Feng Shui theory is to explore nature, conform to nature, use and transform nature in a controlled way, choose and create the best architectural environment suitable for people's physical and mental health and behavioral needs, and make it reach the perfect realm of yin and yang, heaven and man, body and mind. In terms of natural environment and natural orientation, Feng Shui theory summarizes knowledge of nature and his corresponding life experience in astronomy, geography and meteorology related to architecture. For example, "facing the mountain, facing the water and facing the sun" is considered as the best natural orientation. Appropriate "low in front and high in back" is the best residential terrain, emphasizing the natural orientation of "water inlet" (including water inlet and water outlet) and "air outlet" (including doors and windows) of residential buildings, and advocating that the height of room space and the darkness of indoor lighting should be appropriate. These environmental factors are closely related to people's physical and mental health. Otherwise, no matter how strong a person is, if he builds his house in a place with natural hazards, or builds his room into an artificial environment with poor lighting, ventilation, temperature and humidity, he will also get sick. From the perspective of environmental architecture, these are all scientific and worthy of serious study and reference. Judging from the cultural environment and orientation, the theory of Feng Shui is based on the Yi-ology culture such as Hetu, Luoshu, Bagua and Wuxing. Through metaphor and symbolic means such as architectural layout, spatial division, orientation adjustment, color application and pattern selection, the pursuit of harmonious environment between body and mind is realized.