Basic knowledge of geomantic omen

China Feng Shui is a university. ? China Feng Shui is actually a comprehensive natural science of geography, meteorology, ecology, planning and architecture. China's geomantic omen contains profound and systematic thinking ideas, which are consistent with the code of conduct of China people, that is, easy to reason and easy to construct; It includes the operation techniques and methods of the system, in which "form method" and "reason method" collectively cover the huge and complex system formed in the past 5 thousand years; The ancient geomantic master in China invented the compass, a unique geomantic operation tool in China. On the land of modern China, from palaces to houses, from cities to villages, there are still many ancient buildings of geomantic omen, which are living fossils of geomantic omen. There are also old people in the countryside who can talk to you casually about the feng shui characteristics of their hometown. Isn't this worth studying by people engaged in architecture? From a modern point of view, although it contains many aspects that contradict with modern science and technology, it is the result of intermittent research in the past century. ?

So, does China Feng Shui belong to the category of China traditional culture or practical science and technology? So far, researchers seem unable to give it an exact definition from the perspective of modern single discipline. However, according to the application scope of China Feng Shui, it can be summarized as follows: China Feng Shui is the guiding principle and practical operation technology of ancient architectural activities in China. ?

China geomantic omen 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, China Feng Shui has permeated with other related disciplines, and has rich connotations in China's ancient philosophy, aesthetics, psychology, geology, geography, ecology, landscape and so on. It should be noted that there are many unscientific, backward and man-made factors in Chinese geomantic water, which is one of the important topics of China's geomantic theory research. ?

The core content of China Feng Shui is the unity of heaven, earth and man. China's geomantic omen explores the site selection, orientation and layout of buildings, and the harmonious relationship between nature and human destiny. It is the principle of "the unity of heaven and man" in China's geomantic omen that excludes the damage of human behavior to the natural environment, pays attention to human's induction to the natural environment, and guides people how to solve the site selection and even construction of buildings according to these induction, thus creating the east, west and south of China. The unique urban layout, architectural form and architectural landscape in North China and China are beautiful according to local conditions. In contrast, with the opening up of the country, modern western architecture has blossomed everywhere in China, only pursuing concrete and single architectural grandeur, or single formal beauty, or functional practicality, or economic benefits, without considering the integration with regional, natural and historical conditions, resulting in the convergence of cities in China from south to north and from east to west today, which will be a sin that will leave a legacy forever.

Feng Shui is such an art that it tries to influence the atmosphere of a place by arranging things, from building foundation to interior decoration. It helps people to make use of the natural forces of the earth and the balance of yin and yang to gain good luck, thus promoting health and enhancing vitality. Feng Shui is a world-famous cultural phenomenon in China, and Feng Shui Wood is the essence of ancient architectural theory.

China's traditional culture (or local culture) has two basic clues: one is the mainstream school represented by Confucianism and attached to philosophers; The second is non-mainstream culture, or practical culture, represented by Taoism, and the knowledge system is technical number. Archaeology and underground discoveries prove that the truly popular books in ancient times were mainly the latter. It can be directly traced back to early civilization and prehistoric times, which seems to be the primitive thinking of human beings. At present, there is a world cultural argument that shaman culture is more common in most parts of the world, represented by China. ?

China's magic number, referred to as magic number for short, includes two aspects: first, magic number is a knowledge system based on the study of heaven in the universe; Shu Shu, also known as Shu Shu. Second, prescription science is a knowledge system that mainly studies the human body. Tricks have two meanings: one refers to strategy and politics, such as "What's wrong?" Minister of adultery and robbery: "husbands and traitors have to take advantage of auspicious times, and those who advance and retreat with honor will be guarded by the Lord." Second, it refers to the rule of law and the art of governing the country, that is, using heavenly stems and earthly branches's mathematical theory of Yin-Yang and Five Elements to infer the changes and development trends of society and personnel. The technology here is method and technology; Number refers to the birth and death law of the universe and personnel, and can also be understood as the fate and destiny of the world. ?

Shu Shu, as a discipline, began in the Western Han Dynasty. Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty issued imperial edicts to sort out the books lost in the pre-Qin period and classify them according to disciplines. For example, Hanshu? Yi Wenzhi: "Han Xing changed the defeat of Qin Dynasty, collected a large number of articles, and broadened the road of offering books. ..... So the strategy of building a library, the official who wrote books, and the legend of hundred schools of thought all filled the secret room. By the time he became emperor, the books were quite scattered, which made the worshiper Chen Nong ask for a suicide note on earth. Doctor Zhao's classics, philosophers and poems, Sun Tzu's art of war as an infantry captain, and Tai Shi ordered Yin to study mathematics and served as Li's school skills. Every book has been written, read, summarized, recorded and played. When he was about to die, he asked his son for a car, and a captain wanted to die in his father's business. Therefore, I always put the seven strategies into a set of books, so there are strategies, strategies of six arts, hundred schools of thought, strategies of poetry and fu, strategies of military strategists, and skills. " The above history is called Liu Xin's Seven Views, which is the earliest book classified by disciplines in China. ?

Hanshu? The Book of Arts and Literature divides the number of skills into six types: one astronomy, two calendars, three five elements, four turtles, five miscellaneous accounts and six-shape method. It also defines the scope of the subject: "Those who count Shu are enlightened. He, history, and divination are also positions. " During the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty, when the Sikuquanshu was revised, the number of skills included seven categories: mathematics, occupation, house and tomb, divination, life script, yin and yang and five elements, and miscellaneous skills. Astronomy and calendar have become independent disciplines. Judging from the academic history of China, "Shu Shu" has always existed objectively as an independent discipline. It is an indisputable fact that China's geomantic omen is one of the techniques.

The development of skill numbers?

Divination, also known as divination, is a divination method that forms divination by counting. If yarrow or other countable things are used as tools, according to certain rules, a set of numbers are obtained and become hexagrams to speculate and judge the good or bad changes of things. ?

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, with the development of Eight Diagrams, Zhouyi, Five Elements of Yin and Yang, Astrology and heavenly stems and earthly branches, various forms such as astrology, feasting, yin and yang, dreaming, sleeping omen and busy selection gradually appeared. Among them, there are three famous skill types: Taiyi, Liu Renhe and Dunjia. As a result, six-person plate and Taiyi Jiugong plate (cultural relics unearthed in the Western Han Dynasty) were produced. This is an early model of China geomantic compass.