Macau Holiday
3 min readDec 28, 2016

Feng Shui Art — of Wind and Water

Feng Shui is the ancient Chinese philosophy, science and art that studies the way that life energy (Ch’i) flows throughout the environment and the spaces that we inhabit.

This Feng Shui philosophy is present virtually everywhere in Macau in the arts and in the architecture.

Because experience has shown that by creating balanced and harmonious places in which to live and work in, the quality of our lives is greatly enhanced, feng shui is ‘common sense’ for many people, including the Chinese.

This is why in China, including Macau, Feng Shui Art is an ancient art related to the law and order of the universe and the power of nature. This art can is traceable to some 6,000 years ago. It’s a system based on the elements of astronomy, astrology, geology, physics, mathematics, philosophy, psychology and intuition.

What it relates to is all that matter a great deal to people: their environment, places, people, time and the interaction between the potential factors.

Through the knowledge of it, people believe that they are able to make themselves more compatible with nature, their surroundings and their own everyday life, so that they can make an impact on their finances, health, and emotions.

Obviously, it’s a theory to trigger awareness of the relations between human beings and nature.

Only when the world is balanced and healthy, then it becomes productive and favorable to humans.

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Theory and Practice of Feng Shui

The Chinese term ‘Feng Shui Art’ simply means ‘Wind and Water.’ The concept of them goes throughout the theory and its practice.

The ancient Chinese believed a kind of underlying essence of force of things that tends to be dispelled at the chance of wind, while checked at the chance of water.

In ancient China, people would act in virtue of the theory in the hope of promoting prosperity, good health and relationships.

Here are some ways it is supposed to be able to help you:

  • getting a job,
  • raise or promotion;
  • improving health;
  • getting married;
  • getting pregnant or preventing miscarriages;
  • protecting a couple from divorce;
  • creating more harmonious family relationships;
  • feeling free from job impression;
  • improving business better;
  • preventing accidents;
  • feeling more safe in life.

Believe it or not, it is trusted by a considerable number of people. They believe they are always lucky in life by virtue of Feng Shui Art.

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