Landscape reconstruction of architectural geomantic omen

Residential geomantic omen emphasizes that when building a house, it should conform to nature and adapt to local conditions, and that nature is nature. China has a tradition of advocating and loving nature since ancient times. Confucianism pays attention to "rising and falling with heaven and earth", while Taoism pays attention to "heaven and earth coexist with me, and everything is one with me", all of which express the idea of "harmony between man and nature" However, if we encounter a bad geographical environment, we must transform it to achieve the goal of Geely, that is, "seeking perfection and avoiding shortcomings, improving benefits", and "expressing its meaning", "Mr. Qing Wuzi's Premature Funeral Sutra" said: "The vegetation is lush, covering up its shortcomings, and naturally getting angry. The vegetation fills it, and it is artificial. " However, this kind of artificiality must be based on the premise that "because of its naturalness, those who suffer will benefit" and "workers don't talk about people, but take care of the natural trend and don't violate the wonderful ear of environmental protection" Therefore, when transforming the environment, we should "take the natural landscape as the basis, and artificial treatment is only obedience and neatness to nature, so that people can fully enjoy the beauty of nature, and we must never destroy the natural environment with artificial things." If we want to transform the local environment on a large scale, it means that this place is not suitable for living, and we should choose a new place to live. This paper mainly expounds the landscape transformation in residential feng shui from three important aspects: residential greening, geomantic forest construction and landscape transformation.

Greening around the house

Residential geomantic omen advocates greening the environment around the house and requires a large number of plants. It believes that places with rich vegetation are full of vitality, which can provide shade and enjoy wealth. For example, there are no mountains in the plain to block the cold northwest wind, so it is necessary to plant shelterbelts to block the influence of the northwest wind and achieve the effect of wind prevention and sand fixation. It can be said that the trees around the house are closely related to people's lives. The book of Feng Shui in Qing Dynasty (Yang Zhai Hui Xin Ji) said: "There are trees in villages and towns, just like people have clothes. If they are thin, they are afraid of the cold. If it is too thick, it will be bitter and hot. " It can be seen that trees are of great significance to people's home life. Therefore, Feng Shui has a complete view of the tree environment, and thinks that urban shops don't have to be strict with trees. The country lives in the base of the house, and the tree is the clothes. Unless there are tree barriers, it is not enough to protect vitality. The wind in the valley is strong, and it is not enough to keep out the cold unless there is a tree barrier. In rural areas, when trees flourish, houses flourish; when trees decline, houses decline.

Residential feng shui emphasized the greening around the house. He was very particular about the choice of trees around him and had many taboos. These taboos are more reasonable today, which not only meet people's physiological needs, but also meet people's psychological needs. As the saying goes, no mulberry is planted in front of the house, and no locust is planted behind the house. Because mulberry and mourning are homophonic, mulberry in front of the door is a mourning for the opposite door, which is taboo in Feng Shui, and locust trees should be planted in front of the house. As the saying goes, there are Sophora japonica flowers in front of the door, and wealth is the way to make money. Don't plant mulberry before planting willow, and "ghosts clap their hands" in the courtyard. The reason why mulberry trees can't be planted in front of and behind the house has already been said. As for the willow, we all know that under the breeze, the willow is graceful and dancing everywhere, but it is very much like "evoking the soul", as if calling the soul around the house foundation, which brings people psychological fear. And "ghost clapping" refers to poplars. When the wind blows, the leaves will make a snapping sound, just like someone clapping their hands. Hearing this sound at night will inevitably lead to fear. Therefore, in Ten Books of Yangzhai, the ominous points of willow and poplar are mentioned. "It's unlucky to hang down the willows in front of the door." You can't plant big trees or trees with particularly large crowns in the yard, because in Feng Shui, trees are considered as shade plants, which will not only hinder sufficient light, but also make trees vulnerable to lightning in spring and summer, which will bring security risks to people. At the same time, the roots of big trees will extend in all directions, which will easily drill the foundation and cause great damage to the foundation of the house.

Feng Shui also mentioned that "big trees are doors", which means it is best not to plant big trees in front of the gate. Trees will block the sun and bring a lot of yin to the family, which will not be released in time and is not good for people's health. Second, the tree blocks the airflow, and the word "angry" is the most important word in Feng Shui. If the airflow is not smooth, why talk about the word "angry"? Feng Shui advocates planting peach trees and poplars in the east of the homestead, plum trees and jujube trees in the south, locust trees and elms in the west and apricot trees and plum trees in the north. Residential feng shui said this because of the local climate.

The east side of the house is wet because of the rain brought by the southeast wind, which is suitable for planting poplar and peach trees by the water. On the west side of the house, there are fast-growing locust trees and elms, which are tall and beneficial to shade and wind; The branches of ebony and jujube are short, so planting them in front of the house is helpful to beautify the environment; Apricot and plum trees are more suitable for planting in the north because of their cold tolerance.

Fengshui forest construction

In order to protect the geomantic omen where they lived, the ancients planted a large geomantic omen forest not far from the village to protect Long Mai. They associate the geomantic forest with the rise and fall of villages and families. Fengshui Forest has become a mysterious place, and traces of Fengshui Forest can still be found in villages in China. According to today's scientific research, Fengshui forest plays a role in regulating microclimate, bringing wet and cool climate to villages in spring and summer, blocking strong winds and cold air in autumn and winter, and bringing many benefits to people's lives.

It is forbidden to cut down old trees in geomantic omen. Even if firewood plaques are scarce, these trees cannot be moved. Because trees have the functions of protecting soil veins, hiding wind and gathering gas, "the deeper meaning is their role as spatial markers, their role in residents' cognitive maps, and their spatial shielding role." "In the book" Yang Zhai Hui Xin Ji Tree Planting ",it is mentioned:" There are many years of trees in the countryside, which are related to rural traffic. You shouldn't cut them at will ... or there are trees with high density. If you are unlucky, you should cut them ... It should be reduced with the age of the palace. Don't cut them once. "It means that trees that have been growing in rural areas for many years are related to rural luck, and they can't be cut down casually. Even if the position of the big tree is unlucky, it should be cut down gradually at the right time, not at once. Emperors of past dynasties prohibited "chopping wood", especially on tombs, because they believed in Feng Shui, thought that chopping trees on tombs would affect the luck of the empire, and formulated severe punishment measures. Even some loggers were executed, and the whole family had to sit together and be exiled to the frontier. These examples are too numerous to mention. Although it was superstitious to ban "firewood collection" in ancient times, objectively speaking, it beautified the surrounding environment, improved the function of the ecological environment, prevented soil erosion and protected the local good ecological environment. Fengshui forest is the product of China traditional culture, which has also left an ecological footprint.

There are several reasons why Feng Shui attaches importance to greening: First, because of the protection of the context, only lush vegetation can maintain the context and atmosphere of this place; Second, the ancients paid attention to the beauty of the surrounding environment of the house. They believe that a beautiful environment can cultivate people's temperament, cultivate human nature and evil sentiments, and make people feel comfortable and live a happy life. From a modern point of view, it is the aesthetic view of the ancients, pursuing a realm of natural ecological beauty. Third, for safety, because there are trees around the house, just like guards standing guard in all directions, it gives people a sense of security psychologically, and the trees are lush, which makes it easy to cover up the house, and the house has a good hiding place; Fourthly, although geomantic omen is the product of our ancestors' production practice, it has finally formed a system, which has been developed and continued by many famous geomantic omen or celebrities, and these masters and celebrities are looking for a "Penglai Mountain"-style fairyland in their hearts, which is what they most desire. Therefore, they strongly advocate that the surrounding environment of the house is good and green, and they want to achieve the realm of fairy mountain bliss.

According to a three-year study by researchers from the Forest Service Center of the United States, a variety of plants will bring great benefits to people: trees can coordinate people's mentality and improve interpersonal relationships. "Residents living in the shade of trees have closer neighborhood relations and more harmonious interpersonal relationships. In such an environment, people have a sense of security, their psychology tends to be calm, and even violence has decreased. " Trees help to reduce the threat of air pollution to health. People living in places with lush plants are healthier, and at the same time, many diseases are reduced. Because people can breathe a lot of fresh air, enjoy tranquility, gentleness and feel more comfortable, they can calm their nerves, lower their blood pressure and relieve fatigue more easily. At the same time, trees can adjust the temperature and humidity, reduce noise pollution and purify the air. These benefits may not have been fully understood by the ancients, but they explained the role of trees from a unique point of view. Although there are many mysteries and superstitions, they have been firmly grasped by the people and applied to real life, which is a great contribution of residential feng shui.

Changes of mountains and rivers

In addition to planting trees and greening, the landscape decoration in residential feng shui should also transform the defective mountains and rivers around the houses and improve the local environment, so as to achieve the purpose of good luck. From the ancient buildings, we can see that the ancients imitated the natural landscape to meet the needs of life. Such as fences, roads, etc. Although it is artificial elements, it acts as an environmental element such as dragon, sand, water and cave in Feng Shui. Yang Zhai Integration has a good explanation of the similarities and differences between artificial landscape and natural landscape: "A market with a scale of 10,000 watts, a tall house with ridges is a real dragon. Although I returned to Hanlong, I still have to drop water into the real world. " A similar phenomenon is also mentioned in Yang Zhai's Understanding: "A street is a layer of water, a wall house is a layer of sand, the front street is a hall, and the opposite house is a mountain." Guo, a famous Japanese scholar who studies China's geomantic omen, pointed out in Feng Shui: Environmental Design of China People: "The main purpose of Feng Shui is to improve the lost terrain into auspicious terrain. For example, bury unlucky ponds, plant trees on them, control floods and wetlands, let the sun shine fully, or build roads to facilitate traffic. Although the initial purpose of these changes is to improve good luck or bad luck, the focus has gradually shifted, more from the perspective of improving the landscape. " For example, in cities or villages in China, one or several towers are often built to adjust the scenery, make up for the shortage of nature, and bring people a good landscape feeling.

In residential geomantic omen, river reconstruction mainly means that if the water around the foundation of the house is insufficient or the canal is not smooth, it must be reconstructed by artificial methods, such as digging ponds to store water, building dikes to drain water and so on. Its purpose is to realize the ideal living space pursued by people, the most representative of which is Anhui County. According to Qi's genealogy, there is a village with good terrain and beautiful environment in the county. The only fly in the ointment is the lack of the important factor of "water hug" So under the guidance of Feng Shui master, a canal was dug around the village. Since then, rural sports have flourished and talented people have emerged in large numbers. Although the genealogy exaggerates the function of this canal, it is undeniable that it is because of this canal that the ecological environment of this village has been improved, with abundant water resources and natural products, so the village naturally prospers. Artificial transformation of mountain refers to the restoration of damaged mountain and greening of mountain without vegetation. Because the mountain will be destroyed in the process of mountain cutting, it is harmful to Long Mai in geomantic science. Long Mai is as important as the blood and nerves of the human body. Therefore, for these destroyed mountains, Feng Shui restoration is used to protect Long Mai. Repair by prohibiting mountain cutting and landfill. For example, Taiping Mountain, located in Putian County, Fujian Province, was once robbed and suffered huge losses. Later, the local people built Taiping Mountain. Another example is "Riding Longshan, an important place in Long Mai, Shunchang County, Fujian Province, some of which belong to other counties. Because the excavation of soil by residents in this county is harmful to Long Mai, Shunchang County prohibits excavation by claiming compensation from the soil collectors and repairs the soil veins at the same time. " The mountains with sparse vegetation are considered unlucky in the north of Fengshui, and it is required that the mountains are lush and beautiful in order to bring good luck to the residents. Therefore, it is necessary to plant vegetation extensively to make up for the defects. For example, "Mount Kumgang in Sihui County, Guangdong Province is the main mountain of this county. A county magistrate in the Ming Dynasty once built a pavilion on this mountain, and other county magistrates asked residents to plant pine trees all over the mountain. In the Qing Dynasty, even donations from county residents were used to replant pine trees. "