What is ancient and modern Feng Shui?

Feng Shui is also called "Xiangzhai" and "Kanyu". "Xiang Zhai" includes "Xiang Yang Zhai" (residence) and "Xiang Yin Zhai" (grave), so the workers engaged in this work are called "Yin Yang Shi" or "Mr. Feng Shui".

"Kanyu" generally refers to the geographical situation of houses, homesteads and cemeteries. "Kan" refers to the protruding part of the ground, "Yu"

Refers to the sunken part of the ground. Folk superstitions believe that the orientation and water potential around houses or graves can lead to the wealth of residents or burials, so people attach importance to "Feng Shui", which has prevailed for thousands of years.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, the theory of Feng Shui has faded, especially in large and medium-sized cities, people have paid little attention to Feng Shui, but in the vast rural areas, the theory of Feng Shui still has a market.

The method of "town house to ward off evil spirits" In ancient times, when building houses, ancient folks would perform some rituals according to folk taboos. For example, the day of digging, breaking and logging should be chosen as an auspicious day; Ceremonies should be held to start the stove, erect columns, beams and move to new houses. Such as setting off firecrackers, hanging red cloth, padding copper coins, pasting couplets, pasting spells and so on. All belong to the general method of seeking good fortune and avoiding evil. At a deeper level, there are the following contents:

When building a house, use Taishan stone to carve a rectangular stone tablet about one meter, embed it in the wall, or erect a stone tablet in front of the door of the street and new house. The words "Mount Tai Shi Gandang" should be engraved on the stone tablet, which is said to play the role of freedom, peace and smooth life.

Fu Tao was also a commonly used "town house to ward off evil spirits" in ancient times. Legend has it that the Yellow Emperor set peach stalks as the gateway to "exorcise ghosts and avoid evil spirits", so the ancients thought that peach wood could "exorcise ghosts and avoid evil spirits", so peach symbols became the treasure of "exorcise ghosts and avoid evil spirits".

Dig a round pit in the center of the courtyard and wrap cinnabar with red silk; Wrap yellow sand with yellow silk; Wrap the green sand with blue silk; Wrap five or two white sands with white silk; Wrap black sand with black silk. When choosing auspicious boxer, these five kinds of Chinese medicines are buried in the pit, and family members 100 days can't abuse and call names. Can make the family prosperous and healthy, and all evils will not invade.

Putting the original needle under the idol's incense burner with a gold compass can protect the family, ward off evil spirits, help luck and prosper wealth.

Draw it as a "gossip card", with Tai Chi pictures and gossip symbols on it, and hang it on the lintel. Its main function is to "sit in a mansion" for the safety of family members. Modern people combine the eight diagrams and Tai Chi symbols with mirrors to make the eight diagrams mirror, which has basically the same function as the eight diagrams card. On the day of the Book of Changes, "Eight Diagrams Communicate the Virtue of Gods" contains infinite power of the universe, so people worship Tai Chi and Eight Diagrams as gods.

Some places use sword screen, animal face card, seven-star sword, mysterious soap flag and praying board to ward off evil spirits.

The rule of "town house to ward off evil spirits" is a special phenomenon in the history of geomantic culture in China. It has no material power in itself, but expresses the residents' psychology of seeking happiness and avoiding evil. Because it can comfort family members' emotions without tearing down the building, it is very popular with the people. However, these "town houses to ward off evil spirits" will be dominated by psychological transformation and restricted by the method of changing pets to ward off evil spirits. Therefore, if we master these four laws, modern people will scientifically understand and analyze this phenomenon, take its essence and discard its dross.