It is said that the decoration of new houses should pay attention to "feng shui decoration", which will affect wealth and family harmony. Is there such a god? Is it superstition or scientific basis?

Personally, I think that the decoration of Feng Shui may not be as magical as those masters said, but there are many aspects to pay attention to. I would rather believe it, but I don't believe it.

In fact, the decoration of Feng Shui should be regarded as a geographical and environmental science. Only by being deified by the master can people become superstitious. Just like the Book of Changes, we have a superstitious understanding that it is used for fortune telling, but we can also think that it is a science that studies laws.

Similarly, the geomantic omen of home decoration studies the laws of geology, geography, hydrology, sunshine, wind direction, climate, meteorology, architecture, landscape and other comprehensive environmental aspects. It is the guiding principle and practical operation technology of ancient architectural activities in China, and it is almost ubiquitous in China's architecture, site selection, planning, design and construction. This has been confirmed in a large number of existing ancient towns, ancient buildings, gardens, houses and tombs in China.

In the long-term development process, it has infiltrated other related disciplines, and has rich connotations in China's ancient philosophy, aesthetics, psychology, geology, geography, ecology, landscape science and so on. The core content of this subject is the unity of heaven and earth, and discusses the harmonious relationship between the position, orientation and layout of buildings and the fate of nature and mankind.

In fact, Feng Shui can also be said to be the sacred environmental theory and orientation theory in ancient China. Geomantic omen, in terms of landscape, pays attention to the harmony and unity of human landscape and natural landscape; In the aspect of environment, special attention is paid to the harmony and unity of artificial natural environment and natural natural environment. The purpose of Feng Shui theory is to explore nature, conform to nature, use and transform nature in a controlled way, choose and create the best architectural environment suitable for people's physical and mental health and behavioral needs, and make it reach the perfect realm of yin and yang, heaven and man, body and mind.

In terms of natural environment and natural orientation, Feng Shui theory summarizes knowledge of nature and his corresponding life experience in astronomy, geography and meteorology related to architecture. For example, "facing the mountain, facing the water and facing the sun" is considered as the best natural orientation. Appropriate "low in front and high in back" is the best residential terrain, emphasizing the natural orientation of "water inlet" (including water inlet and water outlet) and "air outlet" (including doors and windows) of residential buildings, and advocating that the height of room space and the darkness of indoor lighting should be appropriate. These environmental factors are closely related to people's physical and mental health. Otherwise, no matter how strong a person is, if he builds his house in a place with natural hazards, or builds his room into an artificial environment with poor lighting, ventilation, temperature and humidity, he will also get sick. From the perspective of environmental architecture, these are all scientific and worthy of serious study and reference.

Judging from the cultural environment and orientation, the theory of Feng Shui is based on the Yi-ology culture such as Hetu, Luoshu, Bagua and Wuxing. Through metaphor and symbolic means such as architectural layout, spatial division, orientation adjustment, color application and pattern selection, the pursuit of harmonious environment between body and mind is realized.

Therefore, the ultimate goal of Feng Shui is to find a good atmosphere and find harmony between indoor and outdoor. Joseph Needham, a British scientist, also called China's ancient geomantic omen "quasi-science". Now we use wind and water transport in modern home decoration design. What we should do is to respect science and oppose too many superstitions with a scientific attitude and technique.