Feng shui 風水 [HISTORY OF FENG-SHUI]

HISTORY OF FENG-SHUI The origins of feng-shui may well go further back then six thousand yeas ago, the mid-neolithic period in chinese history. it is said that when the communities were established there it used to be in valleys next riverside people had begun to farm, domesticate animals and grow food crop. the term for feng-shui in ancient chinese texts was originally Kan Yn, which means 'observe the ways of heaven and investigate the ways of earth'. feng-shui literally translates as 'wind' [movement] and 'water' [harnessing, replenishing, protecting] ; the two natural elements that are vital for the support of life. china had to face flooding right from the very beginning. this is the reason why farms and villages there were always auspiciously placed within the protective fold o f mountains, shielded from h arm ful wind and nurtured by the gentle, winding streams. those who planned this way...