What kind of trees are planted in your yard for good feng shui?

The ancient geomantic omen in China advocated planting flowers and plants widely in the courtyard, believing that they had four functions: hiding water, sheltering from the wind, accompanying germination, dispelling evil spirits, and increasing wealth and auspiciousness. For example, "Ten Books of Yangzhai" holds that "people don't live in barren land" and "the whole house" says: the place to live should be lush vegetation, pine, cypress and bamboo, and there are forests around the house. In particular, Yang Zhai Hui Xin Ji also devoted a chapter to the theory of tree planting. First, regarding the choice of tree species, planting trees in the courtyard is selective. According to geomantic omen, plants can be divided into two categories: bad luck and bad luck. There are two criteria to divide the murderer: 1 according to whether there is poisonous gas or venom, which has certain scientific basis. For example, some scholars believe that cordate telosma will emit a large number of particles that strongly stimulate the sense of smell at night, which has adverse effects on patients with heart disease and hypertension. The flowers of oleander are poisonous, and the fragrance of flowers makes people sleepy and reduces human function. Tulip flowers have soil alkali, which is easy to fall off when exposed to hair too much. This is a fierce tree and should not be planted in the yard. The two are based on the shape of the tree, such as "the tree is eccentric, and the name is ruined by gas pain", "the tree bends over and the money is returned", and "the tree is like a lying cow, and it is sick". All ugly, dignified and abnormally developed trees are fierce. I'm afraid this is a psychological effect or a traditional humanistic aesthetic concept at work. As for auspicious tree, it is determined according to plant characteristics, meanings and even homophones, and people tend to hold this view in real life. For example, Feng Shui scholars believe that 65,438+03 plants such as palm, citrus, bamboo, Toona sinensis, Sophora japonica, Ganoderma lucidum, plum, Ficus microcarpa, jujube, pomegranate, grape and begonia are auspicious plants, while peach, willow, wormwood, ginkgo and cypress are auspicious plants. Ancient geomantic classics have some conclusions about planting orientation: "Peach poplars are planted in the east, plum dates are planted in the south, elms are planted in the west, and plums are planted in the north", "It is unlucky to hang willows in front of the door", "There is Sophora japonica in the middle of the door, which is not close to ghosts" and "Double dates are planted in front of the door, and bamboos around it make money". From the above conclusions, combined with modern scientific knowledge, we think that some conclusions contain natural scientific knowledge, while others are a psychological need to avoid misfortune. For example, peach trees are planted in the east because the sunrise is the first in the east, willow trees germinate earlier, and peach blossoms are one of the earliest flowering plants in spring, so it is more reasonable to plant them in the east. Elms are wet plants, and it is more appropriate to plant them in the west when the sun is not afraid. As for the saying that locust trees attract wealth and elm trees exorcise ghosts, there are probably many superstitious elements. Willow should not be planted in front of the main gate, which may refer to willow "easy virtue", which is psychologically unacceptable. Thirdly, regarding the number of trees planted, Feng Shui advocates reasonable close planting. It thinks: when the surroundings are large and narrow, don't plant many kinds of trees, otherwise it will help to shade them; Only the sparse left and right behind are densely planted to block their emptiness. We agree with this view, but some of the following statements are too superstitious and can be discarded: "A single tree is the door, but a widowed mother and an orphaned grandson", "The door is in the forest, and the sudden illness is more fierce", "Two trees in front of the door hurt more people", "The left tree is not straight, and the luck is not so fierce", "The left tree is three to five, and the husband and wife are fighting each other", and "Two trees are sandwiched between houses, and the loss is certain. About the size of trees It is more appropriate to plant big trees in the courtyard. Different schools of Feng Shui have different requirements. In geomantic omen, the formal school believes that it is advisable to plant trees in rows to stop the suffocation around houses. In order to meet the needs of the situation, when building a house on the plain or in a wider place around it, trees and flowers can be used to create a pattern of "left green dragon, left white tiger, former suzaku, and back Xuanwu", that is, large trees are planted in the back of the house, medium trees are planted on the left and right sides, and low shrubs or grass are planted in front. This way is understandable from the aesthetic point of view, which meets people's psychological needs of finding a "land of feng shui" and can be applied. In geomantic theory, it is believed that trees should be planted in high places and low plants should be planted in low places. For example, the theory of "Year of Eight Houses" holds that trees should be planted only when there are natural medicines in the house, and there is longevity and vitality. Dwarf trees or grass can be planted in other directions. The law of metaphysics stipulates that only the positive god can plant trees, but the direction of the zero god is not suitable. 5. Geomantic theory of tree type selection generally advocates square gardens and symmetrical balance, so the overall requirements for plant cultivation can be summarized as: healthy and disease-free piles, dignified and strange, which can be seen from the following geomantic judgment. "Strange trees are swollen at the waist, evil spirits are promiscuous little devils", "Bamboo and wood are hung upside down by the water, and children fall into the water", "Dead trees are used as doors, burning people to death", "Twisted branches and vines, hanging beams capsize", "Trees are damaged, feet are sick", "Fruits are left behind, phlegm and fire lead to miscellaneous diseases", "Roots are swollen under trees, deaf and blind", dead trees and dead trees. As for the ugly trees, they should be split in two. Some trees are beautiful because of bending, and they are good because of bending, so we can't exclude them all. Of course, we won't grow those ugly and twisted ones. Six, on the choice of plant color Classical Feng Shui books directly discuss the discussion of plant color, with only a few words, such as "Right tree red flowers, seductive family", "Right tree white flowers, children and grandchildren scattered", I am afraid that the right tree red flowers are related to "peach blossoms" and are not suitable for the right side of the pond, otherwise it will be suspected of obscenity. "White flowers on the right tree" is related to the custom of mourning the dead with white flowers, so it is judged that children and grandchildren will be separated. We think this judgment is nonsense, otherwise the flawless Magnolia grandiflora planted in front of the house would be all wet? Although ancient geomantic theory didn't talk much about what color plants were planted, it believed that everything in the world was composed of five material elements: gold, wood, water, fire and earth, and different colors represented different elements. Golden white, apricot, Jin Mu cyan, green water black, blue fire red, purple khaki and brown, some new modern geomantic scholars put forward some new views according to people's psychological habits of color. They think red represents prosperity and enthusiasm; Green represents peace; Yellow represents wealth; Black represents solemnity; White represents cleanliness and solemnity. The author thinks that the above division has certain significance, because it conforms to the psychological set of modern people and can be used for reference.