Compass is one of the necessary measuring tools for Mr. Feng Shui. Is there any taboo to use it?

Copywriter and planner: Yuan Zaiyu; Copywriter: Xu

From a distance, there is a green hill with a table on it. Three thick incense sticks were lit on the table, and rays of light smoke floated from time to time. There are also tributes on the table. The plate is full of melons and fruits, but not just melons and fruits. There is a small bowl with rice.

Originally a barren mountain, how can there be these things? As soon as the camera turned, a semi-old man wearing a Taoist robe appeared in the picture: Snow should cover the top, which is called dragonfly. How can you call a dragonfly when the coffin head can't touch water? ? He paused suddenly, and his preaching tone deepened a few minutes. He still has a conscience, telling you to move and bury the coffin after 20 years, so that you will not be harmed for a lifetime, and your generation will not harm you for 18 generations. ?

Then, a cemetery appeared in the picture, with a little white ash on the coffin head, which is what the old man said was covered with snow. Looking at the chubby middle-aged man standing beside me, I understood. It turns out that this is a Taoist priest showing a rich family the tomb feng shui.

This is a fragment from the film and television drama "Da Feng Shui", and the main content of this drama is also centered on the Feng Shui in China. Speaking of feng shui, will such a picture emerge in your mind? An old man with a white beard, staring blankly, walked around the room, either wearing a yellow robe or a fluttering white dress with a compass in his hand.

However, this is just a stereotype of Feng Shui, which is not very accurate. So what we want to popularize today is the important magic weapon to check Feng Shui, which has been in the hands of the old man with white beard? Compass.

First of all, when it comes to compasses, we need to know about the geomantic omen in China. In ancient China, people thought that the gas field of human beings and the gas field of the universe influenced and restricted each other. Harmony between the two is auspicious, and disharmony is fatal. Of course, people in our country want a good omen, so the profession of feng shui master appeared.

This group of people rely on their own experience to integrate a lot of information in the universe, such as the stars in the sky and the five elements on the ground, and put these things on their compasses. And when they go out to show people Feng Shui, the compass becomes a standing tool.

In our impression, the compass is an iron plate the size of a small plate with a small pointer engraved around it. That's about it, but it's not accurate. Compass is mainly divided into three parts: Tianchi, inner disk and outer disk, each of which has its own purpose.

Tianchi, to put it bluntly, is a compass, with one end pointing south and the other end pointing north. Its function is to fix the direction. When using a compass, it is necessary to overlap the pointer pointing to the north with the red line on the disk surface, so as to distinguish the direction. There are many circles in the inner disk, and each circle has different information, which makes the compass full of mystery. Then the outer disk is a square iron disk with a small hole on each side, and the red line coming in is cross-shaped, which together becomes a compass.

So what's the use of this little thing?

First of all, it can be used as a tool to ward off evil spirits. Putting the compass in the living room, study and other places can save the house and keep it safe. Secondly, some people will use the compass as a tool of luck. Holding a compass in one hand, put it at the height of chest and abdomen. As the hand slowly rotates, it slowly rises to the height of the neck and transitions from bottom to top. Repeat this action. This action in feng shui can increase wealth.

Although this little thing is simple to say, it is actually a mystery. It embodies the wisdom of ancient craftsmen in China. In his book Machine, Natural Forces and the Application of Science, Marx said:? The compass opened the world market and established a colony. ? The predecessor of the compass is Sina, as early as the third century BC, "What have you done wrong? There are related records in Youdu Pian, which is a practical tool for the ancients. With it, travelers can find their way home.

Zheng He went to the Western Seas and experienced difficulties and obstacles along the way, but he still went south with the team and returned to the motherland after establishing diplomatic relations. They have never lost their way, and I think it is also because they are lucky to have Sina, which can guide the future direction in the vast sea.

Compass once wandered in the west, turned around and returned to China. Gradually, it has changed from a directional instrument to a feng shui tool now.

Such a tool is not easy to master, and there are many taboos when using it. For example, it is recorded in the old adage:? This is the fourth day, Ding Mao Festival, Wuzi Festival, Jiaxu Festival and Gengwu Festival, and this is the last day. These six days are the most taboo. ? In other words, on these specific days, you can't use a compass, or the feng shui master will be in danger. According to the word of mouth of the geomantic omen, because the earth's magnetic field is very unstable these days, if the geomantic omen forcibly uses the compass, they will be bitten back.

In this regard, the ancient Feng Shui master also left an unconfirmed rumor. On one occasion, a rich girl disappeared inexplicably, and her family was very anxious. People went to look for it, but it was getting dark, and they were still gone. They suspected that it was a ghost, so they invited the most famous local Taoist to visit them. It was Ding Mao's Day, and the Taoist priest could not disobey his ancestral teachings, but he gave in with heavy money.

Who knows, my daughter didn't get it back. That night, with a scream, everyone rushed into the training room, only to find the Taoist lying on the ground, with blood in his mouth, ears and nose.

Of course, this situation is not ruled out. Probably a feng shui master, to show himself? Mysterious? And made it up.

In addition, in the word-of-mouth teaching of feng shui masters, there are also? Can't you put the compass on the ground? 、? Can't use a compass at night? Waiting for strange rules, maybe we think these rules are inexplicable and even superstitious.

But for feng shui masters, the compass is their most precious eye, guiding them to perceive strange phenomena in nature. So in order to protect your eyes, of course, you must abide by these strange rules.

From appearance to development, from ancient times to modern times, Feng Shui is still there, and the compass is still treasured by Feng Shui masters.

Someone once commented:? China's geomantic omen is a wonderful science that cannot be explained by modern science and technology. ?

References:

Film and television drama "Da Feng Shui"

Encyclopedia entry? Compass? 、

Remember the taboo of using a compass? Feng shaohong