Ancient Rome also speaks "feng shui"

Feng shui is Chinese civilization of human livable environment evaluation and the unique contribution of planning thought, is the ancient Oriental wisdom in dealing with about the relationship between heaven, earth, people and environment.However, feng shui is adhering to seek for a better life that the ground, heaven, earth, people thought of balance in the three, but there is a universal value.

Feng shui first originated in the hominid in choose the practical magic.Each other, water quality, the choice of the geographical spatial environment, such as soil, vegetation, and out of consideration for safety, defensive, and ancient religion, philosophy and comprehensive consideration of factors such as ethnic reproduction constitutes the basic norms of feng shui thought and its practical operation.It is interesting to note that not only the Chinese ancients for

How to reside and divination traditions, in ancient Rome had a similar concept and behavior.The western architecture from the oldest monograph building ten book (vitruvian, intellectual property rights press, 2001 edition) confirmed.

Building ten book by the Roman architect and engineer vitruvian from 32 years BC to 22 years BC, is the earliest and most influential western architectural books, book of ten chapters, involving architecture, the architect cultivation, machinery manufacturing and other basic system planning and design ideas, put forward the construction should be practical, strong, beautiful concept.Makes me feel surprise, mention some of the ideas in the book, and plans for the construction of Chinese ancient thought - the basic spirit of the feng shui is so fit.Visible, the origin of the feng shui living environment choice, is the ancient Chinese and foreign each nation to face.

Let's look at what is the connotation of Chinese traditional feng shui, so that with the thought of building ten book of ancient Rome.

What is a feng shui?Classic quote shanhaijing summarized since the jin dynasty and the expression of the ancient book of the buried sutra.The book explains: "Yin and Yang qi alas for the wind there with his rise for the cloud, fights for the thunder, drop for rain, and seem to be in line for angry", "five gas (namely, five lines of qi

Book building ten book (vitruvian, intellectual property rights press, 2001 edition) confirmed.

Building ten book by the Roman architect and engineer vitruvian from 32 years BC to 22 years BC, is the earliest and most influential western architectural books, book of ten chapters, involving architecture, the architect cultivation, machinery manufacturing and other basic system planning and design ideas, put forward the construction should be practical, strong, beautiful concept.Makes me feel surprise, mention some of the ideas in the book, and plans for the construction of Chinese ancient thought - the basic spirit of the feng shui is so fit.Visible, the origin of the feng shui living environment choice, is the ancient Chinese and foreign each nation to face.

Let's look at what is the connotation of Chinese traditional feng shui, so that with the thought of building ten book of ancient Rome.

What is a feng shui?Classic quote shanhaijing summarized since the jin dynasty and the expression of the ancient book of the buried sutra.The book explains: "Yin and Yang qi alas for the wind there with his rise to cloud, fights for the thunder, drop for rain, and seem to be in line for angry", "five gas line (i.e., the element of air - note) on the ground, the hair and almost all things."The book also to put forward the selection criteria: feng shui "to check together, Yang

And cloudy, soil depth, thick yu turf grass."

ShiMing cloud: "curtilage, also choose, pick an auspicious day in the camp also."

Mozi, too "said:" unknown to the peoples of the ancient palace, mausoleum mound, cave but, under wetting injured people, so the holy king as a palace.Is the method of palace yue: room is high enough to royal wetting, edge to cold, enough to stay on the frost and snow rain."

"Were • ZhongChangTong biography recorded ZhongChangTong choose curtilage view:" in the fertile land is wide curtilage in, make back mountain streams, ditches ChiHuan shadowing, bamboo cloth, zhou field bounded built before the orchard trees."

Visible, feng shui, the RMB basic concepts related to gas (angry), wind, water, soil, to, holes, etc., and feng shui judge good or ill luck of basic standard has: negative Yin Yang, mountain ring of water (is angry), in case that yi, buckling sentient beings, etc., the concrete process of the integrity is embodied in the find dragon, was made in the sand, soil, and water and a series of complex process and the five elements of Yin and Yang and bagua azimuth dialectical consideration.Air more bearing art and scenery, compete, shape into the complex and the occult gave birth to the restraint system of the Yin and Yang five lines.

Because China is a continental monsoon climate, the north and northwest wind in winter in operas, so in feng shui, generally emphasize building sit north to south, the west should have mountain, to cover the west to "strong wind";Northwest have mountain, northwest to block the "folding wind";North have mountain, north to prohibit the "takong wind";Also should have the northeast mountain, in order to protect his eyes from the northeast to "fierce wind".Such a request, the pattern of natural formed and surrounded."Wind to get together gas" in feng shui, is closely related to the geographical environment requirements.As for the "money" and so on due to get together gas, actual it is attached the result of the human meaning.Construction to load, and the pursuit of Chinese past dynasties "writing carry doctrine" on thought is interlinked.

Now let's take a look at the building ten books on architecture and location selection, relationship with the soil, water and sanitation, health environment is discussed.These, with our ancient ancestors "view its fountain", "the setting sun", "JingNaiGang already, the Yin and Yang" (the book of songs, gong liu, later they called feng shui master Mr Yin and Yang dian for this.)And phase curtilage (" history, call letters patent "cloud:" king in abundance, curtilage los city, make called male curtilage "first phase," called male curtilage, both duke to camp."), to choose a home and the integrity, consciousness and behavior, the same.

Such as building ten book 1 first monograph has "animal health of body and land", "the division of the city construction and avoid harmful air arrangement method".The first Chinese monograph "climate", "toward each room", "rural residential construction method", etc.;Eighth book monograph has "water pulse detection method", "the nature of the various water, etc.;Ninth book, monograph "the sky and the planet", "month", "the eclipticThe zodiac"Astronomical knowledge such as impact on construction.

Particularly valuable is that the author in the first book in the first section "the cultivation of the architect", open in the ' ' 'in fact, everything is put forward especially in architecture, also, there are the following two things that are endowed with meaning things and meaning of things.""The architect should be good at writing, familiar with drawings, proficient in geometry, understands all kinds of history, often listen to philosophy, understand music, for medicine is not dark, familiar with legal experts, knowledge of astronomy, or of celestial theory.""Philosophy can make the architect has a far-reaching, even if it is not arrogant not proud and quite polite, zhao has credit, indifferent to the people.This is the incomparable!Because there is no credit and honesty really can't make any work."This argument, from the traditional Chinese way of cultivate one's morality, days longitudinal sage, should be on the star ferry, method of astronomical phenomena, and the heavens and the earth

To close, then to look under the astronomy, geography, far from the content, how similar are nearly take the thoughts such as the body!

A, relation of bearing and site selection

Due to the Mediterranean Sea wind blew from the south, the south sun heat exposure factors, such as advocating sits with China standard state to the contrary, the ancient Roman building location choice to sit south to north "ji" - for the city itself, "the first thing is to choose the most healthy land", "if the city of linhai, or south toward the west, it is not health.Because through the summer, in the southern sky sunrise hot, burning sun at high noon.And warm sky toward the west in the sunrise, noon when hot, burning sun sunset."As a result, "in the construction of city, must seek health, there is no more careful research and choose the most appropriate sky more necessary."

Second, about the body and its composition of the elements

With the ancient Chinese theory is that the five elements gold, wood, water, fire and earth is the basic element of the universe are similar, the book puts forward "when setting the city, I think must pay attention to wind blowing from heat to spread to the direction on the human body.And all the objects

, the body is made stowe urban carved the greeks called elements.Elements by the hot, wet, land, air,

Because of natural (them) in the correct component mix, the nature of all the animals in the world to form various."

"In the body, therefore, all kinds of factors, a preponderance of hot when the heat elements in a hot and break and melt other elements...If moisture to occupy the blood vessels of the body, cause all kinds of elements in balance, so other elements like water loss will be diluted, and their binding force will be weakened.The defect in the body of moisture from the wind and the breeze cooling.Also, air and land in the body too much or too little to natural combination, will weaken the other elements.To enrich elements depend on food, gas depend on gravity drop."In the second book "the elements of all things" in the section of narrative way:

"At first,, think water is the element of everything.""So, sotheby's Hector spine crito think fire is elements"."The disciples of Pythagoras actually add to the air and ground water and fire.""Everything seems to be generated by combining these elements, and everything is caused by natural countless species, so I think should explain their use and the kinds of differences, and in the building of nature.In this way, people who want to undertake construction should attention won't make a mistake, during construction of the preparation of materials, use appropriate."

"Qi" in ancient Chinese feng shui thought has the absolute core position, is the true spirit of feng shui.The emphasis of Chinese feng shui qi, both material aspect, such as (mouth) refers to the air, the wind, angry, polluted air, ji qi, ShaQi;More refers to the spiritual side, is a way, Daniel, "the beginning of heaven and earth", "the mother of all things".Alone for the attention of the gas, the ancient China and ancient Rome ancient philosophers thought has the same effect.

Third, material object and modal about gas

Gas is the key problem in Chinese feng shui - so-called pursuit "hide wind gas".Gas have direct relationship with the wind, the air of one of these forms is the wind.China, of course, "gas" referred to in the feng shui in thought, is not the simple wind, but angry, aura, fate (rhyme) qi qi, heaven and earth, and so on.Building ten book did not like the philosophical tradition of ancient Chinese Confucianism, Taoism, will rise to the height of the mixed yuan tiancheng gas, but the level of the wind to explicit description: "the wind is constantly flow of air wave."And clearly pointed out: "in built a wall around, then dividing land for construction in the city, according to designate the streets all directions of the sky.If carefully by the wind and it would be the correct design.If the cold wind

Harmful, heat will (make) feel lazy, contain moisture will cause injury."This kind of idea, and the ancient Chinese emphasized the west and low in architecture paradigm of consideration is the same.And in ancient China according to the wind gossip bearing divided into neighborhoods, vitruvius also wind can be divided into eight kinds, namely, dongfeng, south, west, north, southeast wind and southwest, northeast, northwest wind, according to the similar sundial shadow measurement method on the circumference of a circle with compasses to draw eight kinds of the bearing of the wind."More than the rest of the full circumference and equal in left and right is divided into three parts, thus draw the uniform eight on the diagram the location of the wind.I think when the Angle between the two kinds of wind can point to line streets."Vitruvian further said, "in fact, according to the theory and such arrangement, there will be a great many homes and streets blocked by disturbing force of the wind.Against the direction of the wind and the layout of the street, from time to time (wind) from the sky blow KongChang place, closed to the alley mouth, will be more strong power to wild turning flow.Due to the fact that the direction of the street to avoid the bearing of the wind.So, when the block corner (wind), will be frustrated, blocked back, dissipates."This kind of disposal method, and pay attention to avoid the strong wind and west wind in ancient China, northeaster fierce wind and north wind takong to the northwest wind is all roads lead to Rome.

Four, to paraphrase of the human body structure and concept of the organic whole

In feng shui thought in ancient China, has a striking the earth organic living view of cognition, often the body meridians, acupuncture points, blood and body proportion compared with the residential construction.Typical such as courtyard house and limb body corresponding to the human body.Courtyard that is shaped like a human universe, first as head, outspread wing out such as the shoulders, the wing is one of the two arms.In the book building 10, have similar ideas.Such as the "temple of balanced section, said:" the ratio is in all buildings in detail and the overall subject to certain modulus so as to produce a balanced method.In fact, there is no balanced proportion, is impossible to have any layout of the temple.The human body is similar to that of a beautiful, have the right allocation limbs.""Therefore, if the natural human body, make the body according to the proportion and all other comprehensive form, so the ancient people seem to have according to the regulations of to: upon completion of the building every detail to all appearance should be correct in terms of measurement.ChuanLiu down in all buildings, therefore, the French, especially in the temple of the praise and often prolonged."And he said, "so, if you agree that number is found by the human body joint, and each member of a certain part can make measurement of the whole body

Becoming to, then the rest of is to support these people: and they built in the temple of the living various gods, for architectural details stipulated according to the proportion and balance, make these sections and the overall layout of a harmony.", of course, the Chinese emphasis on the corresponding to the human body, essence was more of an emphasis on buildings like people generally have a brain and soul.

Fifth, towards the problem about temple

Building ten book request, usually with Chinese temples regulation is the same.It is put forward: "should be toward the temple of the living of all the gods which direction?It shall, in accordance with the following described to determine.Namely if not prevent it for any reason, no matter how, become so temple and sit in the throne room of the gods will toward the direction of the buddhist paradise., such, can make the near the altar an offering into the sacrifice of people to visit the temple gods in the direction of the eastern sky.After doing so, people sincerely wish can visit gods and the eastern sky, imaging and gods themselves from the east, watching holding hands in prayer HeJinXian sacrifice.", and points out that at the same time, "but the topography as do not permit it, then you must change the direction of regulation, so that you can by god's throne to see as much as possible of the individual parts of the city.Also, at the riverside

Built the temple, such as near the Nile river in Egypt, at this moment should be toward the river.And have the divine temples, such as around the road will be decorated can make passing crowds, week face to face."

Six, about the use of the number

Do construction, regulation is very important.In China, there are based on the honour, multi-purpose Yang number.Steps, room number, such as towers, jade, stone, such as the monarch, with nine, and general nobles, can't be beyond its regulation."Book building ten" is put forward using the principle of five, seven, etc.Such as the Roman theatre have evolved a highly, "to make it no more than five feet, in order to make the people have seats in play table can see actors body posture."And under the theatre the audience "become a cascade channel started in the number of seven, the remaining five composition indicates that stage.Is facing the central one should be as the monarch gateway, around the place (gateway) is used to indicate a guest the location of the two end should be toward the wing (exit) channel."

Seven, about the direction

In ancient China, YangZhai feng shui in the construction of the first focus on the first priority is to establish a residential orientation, and focus on the east, south, west and north of different regional construction impact on human health.Likewise, the ancient Roman building ten book also has extremely consistent thought, such as, "in the north, I think houses shall be made in the roof, especially cause closed rather than open type, and toward the orientation of the warm;By contrast, in the south under the strong sun, due to heat stress, shall be the cause of open type, and toward the north and northeast.If there is a natural in a position to harm, will rely on technology to remedy.In the other direction will also try to adjust, to adapt to the sky to tilt the configured state of the universe."The thinking of the adjustment, and emphasizes the high north, west, in Chinese feng shui as in the feng shui of west of houses built a tall building, etc., the starting point has similarities.

Eight, about housing and healthy relationship

Due to different regional physique and temperament is different, different ethnic groups, also consider the difference on residential construction.

"If every region due to the inclination of the sky and the formation of a different species, the result is the nature of the race in spirit

, flesh, or on their qualifications should be different, then don't hesitate to arrange housing construction method, in order to suit the characteristics of ethnic tribe, because nature itself already ably guided them to us."Author emphasized, "residential on quality shall stipulate for ethnic body appearance, as adapted to the run of the sun and the inclination of the sky."

Nine, about the space form in this things

In Chinese feng shui YangZhai theory, YangZhai third, we need to pay attention to the first is how to deal with gate, stove, and advocate lie the spatial relations, make its have the effect of fortune to raw (health).As for YangZhai "six" goes one step further to consider how to arrange the toilet inside house, livestock, warehouse, grinding, etc.In building ten book, we discovered with the Chinese feng shui thought idea and are very close to that of the rules.Such as Chinese feng shui will gate is to the kitchen,The toiletAre looking for her bedroom, and so on and so forth as geomancy taboo, in ancient Rome, truth is just, just because of the climate and culture is different, disposal rules are different.Such as "stables shed to decorate the hottest place in the home, but want to rule out toward the fire.Because if arrange stables near the fire, driving

The horse cows will not tamed.""Again, leave the kitchen where wide around the east to build corrals, is not without advantages.Because in the winter sunny morning the cow to its inside, accept the sunshine, chew the feed, will be more Sundays.Warehouse, hay shed, barns and bake bread room seems should be built outside the house, because of this, will be exemptfireDangerous, more safety.

The bedroom toward vitruvian puts forward, "the bedroom and the library should be toward the east.Because the requirement in the morning light, and books in the library not corrosion.This pragmatism, actually with Chinese feng shui generally advocate bedchamber, study toward the east, southeast, is the party of angry, everything is full of vitality of the party, born is of wood).But with different cultural context and the difference.As Chinese feng shui said because of water, fire, therefore, advocate kitchen and room (toilet, shower) can't be together at, and the ancient Rome is just from a practical point of view, think "bath should also be connected to the kitchen.In this way, the service personnel for the country into the bath when care will not too far."The arrangement of natural makes sense.Because, in ancient Greece and Rome, the influence of the Mediterranean Sea, the south is hot and dry, so the bath is permanent facilities, and built in the kitchen

Can look after each other, the function, at the same time, because the climate is hot and dry, so don't make kitchen and wet.But in China's continental climate, especially cold in winter in the north and the south humid all year round, so since ancient times, Chinese people is very important for the bathroom set is not in the position to consider, but the toilet as a gas by the party, to fierce square, unfavorable kitchen, toilet is a given special tips.

In a word, feng shui said, this is the result of Chinese sages of habitable and security, health, and environment harmonious culture and crest of Fang Ji, practical, reasonable, poly (angry), indices such as ethics, harmony is the basic considerations.And good judgment in building ten book from ancient Rome, we can also see, livable and environmental relationship is important for all the same.This is all human material and spiritual heritage.Blindly rejection, actually does not understand, do not understand the Oriental culture, also don't understand, do not understand the origin of western civilization;Don't understand the historical evolution is about the social needs the unchanging truth of all ages.