Are geomantic omen and numerology the essence or dross of China culture?

There is no doubt that Feng Shui and numerology are the essence of China culture.

However, they are just a set of theories and knowledge, just like tools, depending on the craftsmanship of the craftsmen who operate the tools.

Because these two courses are hard to learn, few people can really master them. As a feng shui master, anyone can jump out and say that he is a feng shui master or a fortune teller, so it gives people the impression that they are unreliable.

You're right. Nowadays, many people or institutions look for people to see Feng Shui, but most of these people don't know Feng Shui fortune telling, just follow the trend. Most of these people are unlucky and have no choice but to regard fortune telling and geomantic omen as a way out.

A few people really believe in Feng Shui because they benefit from Feng Shui or fortune telling, or they have learned it and really understand it. Therefore, in fact, many foreigners and foreign companies will invite Feng Shui masters to see Feng Shui, but this is not a foreign tradition. It's just that foreigners think it's a good thing in China, but China people don't accept it themselves.

I'll give you another article I published for reference and see if it makes sense.

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What is superstition?

Fans don't understand, and neither do they.

Many people don't know anything about feng shui fortune telling, but just follow other people's advice. Others say that feng shui fortune telling is superstition, so he believes it and does it. In fact, his own behavior is out-and-out "fan" letter.

Fortune telling with geomantic omen is a culture that has been circulating in China for thousands of years. I wonder how many people have studied it since ancient times. Many of them have studied it all their lives and left many writings for this traditional culture. If these are superstitions, then these people are not all fools. In fact, many of them are intellectuals of higher vocational officials, even scientists or researchers.

Feng Shui fortune telling, or general metaphysics, can make them study wholeheartedly. The main reason is that feng shui fortune telling is not only superstition, but also a real objective existence, affecting each of us. The more they study and verify the relationship between calculation and results, the more they will find its existence and influence, and the more they will continue to study.

In fact, China's orthodox geomantic omen is very scientific, but the difference between it and orthodox science is that it can't be proved by experiments, because there can't be any geomantic omen cases with exactly the same conditions in the world to compare.

Science is called science only because it can be proved by experiments. As long as different people do experiments in the same laboratory environment and follow the same procedures, they will certainly get the same results. It's called science. So science is actually very limited.

In recent two or three hundred years, because of the development of science and technology, people think that science is omnipotent and supreme, so there is an illusion that what science cannot explain is unscientific and superstitious.

Personally, I think these people are really superstitious about science. In fact, from the perspective of the universe, our current science may still be in a very low stage, and of course it is impossible to explain everything in the world with it.

For all those who think that Feng Shui is superstitious, I suggest that they should really know the knowledge of Feng Shui in person, and don't make qualitative conclusions about what they don't know.

But there is one thing that makes people who study orthodox Feng Shui feel helpless. It is precisely because most people don't understand Feng Shui that some (or should be many) charlatans can deceive people everywhere, making more people think that Feng Shui is not only a superstition, but also a deceptive thing. I can only say one thing: I am very sad and speechless.