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Feng Shui Stories 中国风水故事
There was a real estate agent who had a Chinese client. The agent was puzzled by her client because the client insisted to only buy a house whose main entrance should face south and should be absolutely not close to any cemetery. She finally learned her client was a strong Feng Shui believer.
One office worker once complained her office cubicle was too close to a pillar to support the the ceiling. She attributed her frequent PC "blue screen" to this pillar. After she moved to a different cubicle, according to her, she had never have any PC problem.
Another office worker complained his desk orientation was wrong and along with the stuff sitting on the desk. Everyday he worried bad things might happen to him or his family. After he rearranged his desk, he felt much better and worked happily ever since.
All the above examples are related to something called "Feng shui." It is the ancient practice of placement and arrangement of space which is claimed to achieve harmony with the environment. Though there is no scientific evidence that it is anything but superstition or a primitive form of environmental psychology.
Feng shui is a discrete belief system involving a mix of geographical, religious, philosophical, mathematical, aesthetic, and astrological ideas. It literally means "wind (风) and water (水)", and is not simply a decorating style, but a discipline with guidelines compatible with many different decorating styles.
For a place to have "good feng shui" is for it to be in harmony with nature, and to have "bad feng shui" is to be incongruous with nature. Although people aren't usually described as having good or bad feng shui themselves, believers in feng shui say that certain people by force of personality or visual appearance are able to add or subtract from the feng shui of their surroundings.