Cultural understanding of Ciyuan Pavilion
Feng Shui culture is extensive and profound, with long history. Just as Hegel said, "What is real is reasonable" (everyone in the world mistakenly thinks that what exists is reasonable, which is a translation error). The meaning of "real" here is that it is in line with human nature and the laws of history. After experiencing decades of destruction and regression in the second half of the last century, at the beginning of this century, mainland Feng Shui culture developed rapidly and will inevitably return to its peak as China opens up and embraces diversity.
As a young generation, what attitude should we have when facing tradition? Here, Ciyuange talks about its understanding of this.
1 Know what it is, know why it is
When facing traditional culture, the first question we face is how to understand it thoroughly? Ciyuan Pavilion advocates that we must not only know numerology The rules of deduction, the formula for the mutual restraint of the five elements, the mystery of the combination of stems and branches, but also the traditional Chinese worldview that dominates it, and the methodology that is gradually formed based on this traditional wisdom. China's written culture began with Cangjie's creation of characters, flourished with King Wen's performance of the Book of Changes, and reached its peak in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. From ancient times to the present, no one dares to deny the origin of the Zhouyi. Even Confucius still modestly said that you can only read the Yi after you are sixty years old. So, after seeing the specific phenomena deduced by reason, it has become Ciyuan Pavilion’s unswerving mission to explore the cultural Feng Shui genes of every Chinese person. Ciyuan Pavilion is committed to using easy-to-understand language and combining the interests and value orientations of contemporary people to display the Yi-Xue culture with its profound origins and lofty ideals.
2 Believe in the truth, but also distinguish the dross
In addition to "The Book of Changes", we also have many other books, such as Luo Shipeng's Star-making Method ("Secret Purpose of Classical Meanings"), Zeng Huaiyu's "Xuankong Legal Prison", Liu Luyan's "Geographic Supplement", Tan Yangwu's "Xuankong Original Meaning Tan Yangwu Complete Works" (Two Yuans, Eight Lucks, Xuankong and Six Methods), Hua Zhan'en (Tianxin Zhengyun) and so on. enumerate. However, readers certainly don’t have time to read so many books, and even if they do have time to read them, many of them are repetitive and outdated. The method advocated by Ciyuan Pavilion is to first have an attitude of faith and believe in the Dao. Believing in the Dao means that you must believe in Feng Shui, Buddhism, and traditional culture in your heart. That is to say, at least for this type of world view, you must mentally acknowledge it, instead of denying it or doubting it from the outset. With this attitude, you cannot understand the mystery, nor can you look at and explain the world from another perspective. The world is out there, and there are many ways to explain it. Science is just one of them. Science has its flaws, and Feng Shui also has its flaws. This requires readers to believe in the Dao, but not blindly follow it. For example, it is not allowed to use bloody steamed buns as medicine, or to eat pregnant placenta, etc. Ciyuan Pavilion will definitely adhere to the legal and moral lines, carry forward the great principles, comply with the laws of heaven, and spread relevant knowledge to everyone.
3 Practice it, but strive to be self-consistent
Undoubtedly, modern science dominates our mainstream political and economic activities. At least we will not see Chairman Hu going to sacrifice to heaven or the like. When things happen, such as drought or rain, we will not check whether the local leaders have done many evil things and offended Tianting. Instead, we will go back to find the reasons such as geology, ocean currents, and the Three Gorges. However, in areas that science cannot explain, such as human nature, ghosts and gods, and cause and effect, Feng Shui culture has strong explanatory power. We cannot use science to explain the dragon pillars on the Yan'an Road Elevated Road in Shanghai, nor can we explain the difference in the consequences of going up Lushan Mountain and Jinggangshan Mountain, let alone why Hainan's Guanyin sister is so accurate. But if you use the interpretation method of Feng Shui, some of them are very reasonable. Ci Yuan Pavilion does not advocate relying solely on Feng Shui to solve all problems, but it also opposes that science can solve all problems. Ciyuan Pavilion advocates a two-pronged approach without partiality. Let me give you an example. One of the people in our studio, Yichou, was born, and there was a bloody disaster in June of the Gengyin year. It was destined to happen according to numerology. Master Jiao's method was used to resolve the problem, and he placed a horse-fenghou bronze vessel in the chariot to resolve the evil. In June, I had a car accident, but it was only a scratch on the skin, and the compensation was not heavy. I just went to the hospital for a while. Ci Yuan Pavilion can predict your disaster of blood and light, but if you do not release evil spirits, the light of blood may endanger your life, and the effectiveness of Ci Yuan Pavilion lies in this.
Changing the destiny (avoiding the disaster of blood and light) requires extraordinary skills, and is valuable and easy to backfire; ordinary changes in fortune and evil (putting mascots and wearing pendants to transform evil spirits, for example: the rat corresponding to the twelve zodiac animals in 2014 The three yuan couplet is carp, the zodiac sign of the ox is the auspicious rat climbing the deer, the zodiac sign of the tiger is fortune and good luck, the zodiac sign of the rabbit is the three sheep, the sign of the dragon is the auspicious phoenix, the sign of the snake is Helu Chengxiang, and the sign of the horse is Chaos Tai Chi. Town, everything goes well for the sheep, carp for the monkey, auspicious cows for the chicken, good fortune for the dog, good luck for the pig), but you don’t need to spend too much money, and This is the way to follow the heavens and prosper people and make money. This is the self-consistency of Ciyuan Pavilion.