Feng shui
Feng Shui (pronunciation: /ˌfʌŋ ˈʃweɪ/, "fung shway")
Feng Shui is a traditional Chinese practice that involves arranging the pieces in living spaces in order to create balance with the natural world. The goal is to harness energy forces and establish harmony between an individual and their environment.
Etymology
The term Feng Shui is derived from Chinese, where "Feng" means wind and "Shui" means water. In Chinese culture, wind and water are associated with good health, thus good Feng Shui came to mean good fortune, while bad Feng Shui means bad luck, or misfortune.
Related Terms
- Qi: In traditional Chinese culture, Qi is believed to be a vital force forming part of any living entity. Qi translates literally as "air" and figuratively as "material energy", "life force", or "energy flow".
- Bagua: The Bagua or Pa Kua are eight symbols used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality.
- Yin and Yang: Yin and Yang is a concept of dualism, describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces may actually be complementary, interconnected, and interdependent in the natural world, and how they may give rise to each other as they interrelate to one another.
- Five Elements: The Five Elements Theory is a Chinese philosophy used to describe interactions and relationships between things. The five elements — wood, fire, earth, metal, and water — are believed to be the fundamental elements of everything in the universe between which interactions occur.
See Also
External links
- Medical encyclopedia article on Feng shui
- Wikipedia's article - Feng shui
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