Feng Shui is well established theory formulated by observing the principle of the landform, and its theory has been used when searching for a site of capital, village, and making decisions on building including palace and house, and its related aspect...
Feng Shui is well established theory formulated by observing the principle of the landform, and its theory has been used when searching for a site of capital, village, and making decisions on building including palace and house, and its related aspects, whether or not the location have met relevant conditions accordingly.
As human bodies are synthesized product of the nature's basic elements- oxygen, nitrogen, carbon and hydrogen- if the order of the environment is destructed, our health will be affected as well. Analysis tells the rapid incline of the chronic diseases these days are attributable largely to environmental factors not coming in harmony with surroundings. Definitely the quality of life, including health, is inevitably influenced by the eco-environment surroundings of the residence. Therefore we must learn to co-exist with the nature and attain the wisdom of the eco-system.
The fundamental of Feng Shui is the view to set our ideal living environment and to build good dwelling space accordingly.
How is Myung-Dang Ground - an auspicious space which comes with healthy ecology in harmony and steadiness- composed of? The mountain dragon would travel along, in the accordance of the law of nature of producing its side and back supporting mountain and branch mountain while sustain its own main stream, with crust, wall-cracking, and in the form of zigzag and ups and downs, and finally arrived in the form of complete circle as if a mother is embracing her child with her arms around, and that place is what we call Muyng-Dang Ground, a space protected by front, rear, right and left side mountain.
These Myung-Dang Grounds are the nuclear of the crystal, which took place through the natural development of the local climate- earthquake, fold, fault, volcanic eruption, erosion, rain, and weathering- and through the information released from structural energies shaped according to the regional features, and it represents as the evidence of the entity itself. This crystallized space- a place of equality, harmony and order- produce and nurture a healthy, balanced, harmonious life, therefore people who reside in this area are subject to benefit the auspicious energy fields and becomes physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually healthy and comfortable. Therefore in the place of energy such as this - healthy air, water, air pressure and sounds- do medically good for body and become a residence to prevent and heal diseases.
Father of Medicine, Hipocrates asked every doctors to study geology, customs and manners, climatology and astronomy for the development of the medical science and he himself introduced the results of the said studies to clinical practices.
Since ancient times human have pursued painless life, say comfort. The opposite of comfort is discomfort, say sickness. What takes dis- off from discomfort to lead to comfort is medicine. However, medicine is the art, a benevolent art.
The efforts of analyzing, studying and enhancing of this benevolent art sometimes took places through shamanism and sometimes through religion. In some culture, it was metaphysics and philosophy while it was science and technology in the other culture.
Feng Shui experts were once priest and doctors who healing diseases from which environment suffers.
As doctors, they identified land pulses and pointed out the location where a human being can be most healthy, productive, prosperous and lucky. Also they advised where to build a house in order not to interrupt land circulation.
This thesis is intended to find the relations between health and environmental condition of Feng Shui, which used to be medical basis in the past. Studying the information energy of national landscape feature and natural lives features, the intention is to identify how to make selective use of the harmonized and stable healthy land from imbalanced and unstable land. The prime purpose of this study is to find the principle not only limited to maintain and improve physical, mental, social and spiritual health of the nation, but also to help re-create and further develop human culture.
To understand Feng Shui, it summarized its background with topographic focus which is the most persuasive theory.
This study focused on Feng Shui conditions that gives benevolent energy to human, c.g., creation/development principle of mountain and water, domain of mountain veins and branching out - directional/back support branch, side branch- principle, crust and matters in mountain, features and spirit of the Five Elements Circulation, principles of the four surrounding mountains and the energy field composition, and healthy residence location in light of Jang Pung Method (attaining surrounding mountains) and Deuk Su Method (attaining water).
This study explored how to apply to residence of modem life in relation to health, in particular.
In his book of Taek Ri Ji, written by Junghwan Lee of Chosun Dynasty suggested four conditions to choose a good land for human. The first goes to geography. Good resident site has seemingly small water outlet but plenty of water inside; good shines of sun, moon and stars; good breeze, water and temperature; tidy, nice and clear front mountain/hill; good soil; and harmony of water and mountain. The second one is physiology, the third kind-hearted neighbors and the fourth is the landscape.
Also in his book of Sang Taek Ji, written by Yu Gu Seo proposed how to select healthy residence site in the scientific and rational manner, i.e. mountain should not steep too high; hills to be round and gentle; the field is wide and shines; water to land is well channeled; land is fertile and spring water taste good.
The most critical thing in site selection is the principle of Bae San Im Su (mountain in the rear and water in front). Mountain in the rear protects cold wind and water lies in front. The good land is surrounded by mountain or hills with the front being open to the sun as if a person is seated in an armchair.
The principle of Bae San lm Su also comes first than anything to place a building. Water in the rear and the mountain in front reverse to the nature reasons and if anyone lives in the said surroundings, he is very likely to loose health or face mishap.
Lastly, it studied the impact of residence site's natural environment on human body as well as medical impact of family with cancer history and natural features, and summarized how the relations between health and Feng Shui could be identified as the Study intended.
Feng Shui theory comes from landscape and topography, therefore the land is the subject of this study. The bible of Feng Shui is the nature and the best teacher is the nature too. Feng Shui is a science studying the order of nature and observing how it affects human lives.
Feng Shui is not only the Asian life and experience that enhances the quality of life and brings health, but also is the wisdom of survival. It is the wisdom enables us to apply the order of life that land embraces to human life. Therefore, Feng Shui is valuable study and can be positioned as an alternative medicine since it has been the science of life and has been widely utilized as preventive and cure medicine even to date.