In the eyes of foreigners, what is China's Feng Shui like?

/kloc-Ernest J. EItel, a western missionary in the 0/8th century, once visited the geomantic omen in China. In his records, Feng Shui has a profound influence on folk customs. Feng Shui has infiltrated and accumulated in the psychological level of China people, restricting people's aesthetic cultural orientation and becoming a custom handed down from generation to generation in China.

Concepts and terms of geomantic omen: shape, potential, pulse, qi, point, dragon plate, tiger sitting, backing, nozzle, zhaobi, etc. It has been widely spread in many fields of science and culture in China. The artistic conception and traces of Feng Shui can often be found in gardens, villages and towns, poems, couplets, novels, paintings, calligraphy and chess in China.

For example, the theory of respecting qi in literature, that is, "using potential" derived from Feng Shui, is an example. Geomantic omen has long been circulated in folk, Japan, South Korea and other places, and has been incorporated into folklore. And as a folk custom, it is the embodiment of public opinion, and folk custom is the reflection of people's hearts. Public opinion can't be bullied and people's hearts can't be violated, so we must study it seriously and objectively.

At the same time, the wave of seeking roots in the field of architecture, returning to nature and people-oriented makes architects turn their attention from material hardware and tangible buildings to engaging in and exploring intangible Long Mai, environment, ecological energy and architectural soul.