One of the controversial topics in the field of geomantic omen is whether wind and water are * * *?

Feng Shui is a controversial topic. Since Lecture Room, various forums have not talked about "Feng Shui" in this way. In the first two years, it was controversial to talk about "Feng Shui" in Nanjing University, and it was also controversial to talk about "Feng Shui" in a university branch in Wu Hanyou. However, "Feng Shui" is indeed a cultural issue worth talking about, especially some problems in "Feng Shui" need to be set right.

Many people think that geomantic omen is fortune telling, divination, character testing, fortune-telling and gossip reading, which is quite different from the understanding of academic circles or academic schools. In my book Notes on Ancient Geomantic omen, I regard geomantic omen as a kind of culture.

We should not easily say that Feng Shui is a science or superstition, just like watching movies. We should not easily say that this is a good person and this is a bad person. This way of thinking is too simple. Feng Shui is a kind of culture, and it is a cultural phenomenon that has been inherited in ancient times.

"Feng Shui" is just a name, not the real wind and water, also known as the art of landscape, which is the main theoretical basis for building houses and gardens in ancient China. "Feng Shui Debate" said: "The so-called Feng Shui people take advantage of the hidden mountains, and the soil color is so thick that it doesn't rush to take the wind from all sides. And those who don't care about the low wind, also called water people take the high dryness of their terrain, and they don't make the water close to their husbands and skin. If the water potential bends and loops, it will have a second meaning."

This clearly shows that Feng Shui includes not only geophysics, hydrogeology, environmental landscape and other fields. The purpose of geomantic omen is careful and careful investigation. Understanding the natural environment, reasons and transforming nature, creating a good living environment, winning the best harmony between man and nature at the right time and place, and reaching the realm of harmony between man and nature coincide with the gardening idea of China's classical gardens, which is also the artistic conception that modern gardens should pursue. ?

it divides things into five categories: fire, water, soil and five elements in Jin Mu. The five elements are mutually reinforcing and mutually reinforcing. Take the situation as the body; Take spring water as blood, land as skin, vegetation as hair, house as clothes, and portal as crown belt. If this is the case, it is a matter of elegance and luck. It can be seen that feng shui has a very close relationship with gardens.