![]() ![]() ‘That’s one thing that having a brightly lit entry can support in. ‘Light represents fire energy and the ability to see clearly and be recognized and inspired,’ explains Anjie Cho, New York-based interior architect, Feng Shui advisor, and author. Other modification practices applied to architecture include digging wells if there is not enough water, digging canals if water flow is blocked. A badly lit entryway is one that’s unwelcoming, but it’s a mistake for another reason. The above mentioned planting of trees around buildings is a method of modifying the FengShui. Then, the principle of modifying FengShui is applied. In real life, it is difficult to select a site or construct a building with perfect FengShui. These block not only sunshine, but also airflow they are not recommended in front of the front gate either. However, there are taboos of planting trees: do not plant mulberry trees in front of the residence and willows behind it is not good to plant poplars in the yard big trees are better to be avoided in the yard too. Nowadays, the mysterious FengShui woods can still be found outside some villages. They thought those woods could protect them and were closely related to the rise and fall of the village’s prosperity. In ancient times, villagers planted large stretches of FengShui woods outside the village. It is auspicious to plant trees around buildings. Hence, certain kinds of curves were formed. Inside the mausoleum complex of Qing Dynasty (1644 - 1911 AD) emperors, small structures were often seen in front of large structures south-north buildings were built in front of or behind the east-west buildings. In China, many bridges are built with arches corridors are winding, man-made rivers are sinuous. Even two of the most important architectural complexes of the ancient Beijing city – Temple of Heaven and Altar of Agriculture, although outside the palace, were arranged symmetrically on either side of the axis.Ĭurves are also preferred during construction activities for it symbols vitality in FengShui. Most construction inside the palace was symmetrically arranged on either side of the axis other structures, including the three biggest outer court palaces - Hall of Supreme Harmony, Hall of Central Harmony, and Hall of Preserved Harmony and three inner court palaces - Palace of Heavenly Purity, Palace of Earthly Tranquility and Hall of Celestial and Terrestrial Union, were bisected by the axis, as were the thrones inside these palaces. At its core was an axis line, which traveled through the palace in a south-north direction. The Forbidden City, the world’s best-preserved imperial palace was built in a bilaterally symmetrical way. Many ancient Chinese constructions, including cities, palaces, residences, and tombs, are bilaterally symmetrical. FengShui stresses symmetry in architecture.
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