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Thread: What do you think of Feng Shui (Geomancy)?
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[quote=GUESTAM,375566]The ignorant, the ill-informed will say feng shui is superstition, of course it is not. Cosmography has a striking resemblance to modern feng shui devices and formulas. It was found on a jade unearthed at Hanshan dated around 3000 BCE. The design is linked by archaeologist Li Xueqin to the liuren astrolabe, zhinan zhen, and Luopan. All capital cities of China followed rules of feng shui for their design and layout. These rules were codified during the Zhou era in the Kaogong ji 考工记; "Manual of Crafts". Rules for builders were codified in the carpenter's manual Lu ban jing (鲁班经; "Lu ban's manuscript"). Graves and tombs also followed rules of feng shui, from Puyang to Mawangdui and beyond. From the earliest records, it seems that the rules for the structures of the graves and dwellings were the same. The history of feng shui covers 3,500+ years before the invention of the magnetic compass. It originated in Chinese astronomy. Some techniques can be traced to Neolithic China, while others were added during the Han dynasty, the Tang, the Song, and the Ming. It is good that Chinese universities are offering study programs in feng shui as it would lead to a systematic study of this ancient Chinese practice; leading to qualified scholars in the discipline.[/quote]
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