Xu Shaofeng: Is Feng Shui a superstition?
So, is Feng Shui a superstition? Let's take a look at Xu Shaofeng!
Any kind of culture, which can be spread for thousands of years, must have its reason for existence. Everyone will be affected by the environment. Many times we don't know Feng Shui, but as long as we hear these two words, we will feel superstitious. Blindly judging what you don't know is a deeper superstition and a superstition of your own judgment. So Feng Shui is superstitious? If you know, don't jump to conclusions.
Geomantic omen is a comprehensive subject that integrates geophysics, geomagnetism and blood, hydrogeology, environmental landscape blood, architecture, meteorology, cosmology and human life science. Besides these, we also think that Feng Shui has something to do with psychology. As we all know, for thousands of years, Feng Shui has been used to seek good fortune and avoid evil, which can give us a positive psychological effect. Fengshui has a very heavy history and culture since ancient times. So Feng Shui is superstitious? The answer is of course no.
According to legend, the founder of Feng Shui is Jiutian Xuan Nv. The relatively perfect geomantic omen appeared in the Warring States period, which was a long time ago. Early geomantic omen was limited to architectural geomantic omen. The early geomantic omen was mainly related to the site selection, orientation, construction methods and principles of palaces, houses, villages and cemeteries, so we often hear a saying that facing south means facing north. In fact, we can see the scientific nature of Feng Shui from this sentence. In fact, sitting facing south reflects the influence of the environment on Feng Shui. It can be seen from this point that Feng Shui is actually a rational use of the natural environment.
In fact, the original purpose of ancient geomantic omen is two aspects, one is beneficial to agricultural production, and the other is beneficial to living. Living conditions were not good at that time. After ensuring food and clothing, the ultimate goal of Feng Shui began to develop and change, from living to wealth or longevity, but the premise of wealth or longevity is to eat a full stomach and live a down-to-earth life. Therefore, architectural feng shui is also the most mature one in feng shui.
Is Feng Shui a superstition? The answer is definitely no. The reason why Feng Shui is regarded as superstition is that it has been distorted and used by some unprofessional Feng Shui masters for a long time, and it has spread among ordinary people, and the more it spreads, the worse it gets. Many times, Feng Shui is mysterious and omnipotent. Obviously, it's all some basic knowledge of life, plus countless ingredients, and sometimes it's even something to bluff and scare people. In fact, if you meet a real professional Feng Shui master, Xu Shaofeng, you will understand that Feng Shui is really scientific.
Feng Shui is a unique cultural phenomenon in China tradition, so don't judge it by modern scientific standards. After all, it is still religious. We can't say that Feng Shui is a superstition just like Buddhism is a superstition. It includes ecological, environmental, architectural and other scientific factors. There are psychological, ethical, philosophical, religious, aesthetic and other factors, which are very complicated. There are essence and dross. But most feng shui can be explained by science.
The distinction between essence and dross lies not in which part is essence, which geomantic omen is superstition and which geomantic omen is science, but in its application, which exaggerates the role of geomantic omen, emphasizes the relationship between powerful and powerful people, and thinks that geomantic omen can make decisions and predict everything, and is definitely dross. It is reasonable and scientific to follow the basic concept of "harmony" in Feng Shui realistically, including the unity of man and nature, the peace of righteousness, the balance of yin and yang, and the choice, creation and adjustment of the five elements to the environment.
Therefore, when we draw conclusions for him, we can't generalize. Even if you think that Feng Shui is superstitious, it still means that the people who show you Feng Shui are unprofessional, because the real Feng Shui is scientifically verified and has nothing to do with superstition. So is Feng Shui superstitious? The answer to this question is of course no.