Illustrated Guide to Residential Taboos

Author: Han Jinying
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Chinese people place great importance on "home," and starting a family and building a career are considered the most important events in life. Building a house and establishing a family is like planting a tree and nurturing its roots. If this is done well, the branches and leaves will flourish, and the family will prosper. The meticulous attention Chinese people pay to house construction is unparalleled in the world, with the popular and long-standing Feng Shui theory, which has numerous schools. Feng Shui explores the relationship between the selection of a building site, its orientation, layout, and the alignment with the natural laws and the fate of humanity. It incorporates elements of philosophy, aesthetics, psychology, geography, ecology, and more. However, Feng Shui also contains unscientific and outdated aspects. Readers interested in traditional Feng Shui theory should be cautious in distinguishing between the genuine and the false. This book aims to separate the wheat from the chaff, selecting those aspects of Feng Shui that are beneficial to modern people and modern homes, presenting them in an easy-to-understand manner to help readers quickly grasp the basic principles of environmental science. The goal is to achieve a healthy and perfect living environment, harnessing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and realizing the dream of "spiritual land giving rise to outstanding people." Where there is spiritual land, there are outstanding people. By utilizing nature and following the flow of vital energy, one can nourish the body and mind. This book filters out the false and retains the essence of traditional architectural culture, presenting it in a clear and accessible visual format. From the perspective of the integration of modern natural and humanities sciences, it reveals how living environments project onto people's psychological levels and affect their physical health, guiding people on how to achieve ideal homes for both physical and mental well-being.