Chinese Five Elements Concepts Essential parts in Fengshui
Feng Shui culture and philosophy have received increasing attention in recent years， especially in the fields of architecture and housing design. However, some people believe that Feng Shui lacks a scientific basis and regards it as a superstition and psychological effect. More people regard Feng Shui as a cultural philosophy or environmental design concept, rather than a necessity to determine fate.
To better understand and learn Feng Shui concepts and knowledge, it is important to learn and understand the concepts of the traditional five elements and their knowledge system as they are the essential fundamentals of Fengshui.
The Five Elements is a concept in ancient Chinese philosophy, often used by some ancient Chinese scholars and Feng Shui masters to describe the basic composition of the world and its interrelationships. It includes the five basic elements of gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, and was widely used by ancient Chinese in traditional Chinese medicine, Feng Shui, philosophy, and other fields.
Brief Introduction about the concept of five elements
The five elements in the concept include:
Wood: represents growth, order, and rise, symbolizing spring and upward power with green color. Fire: represents warmth, light, and upward, symbolizing summer and explosive energy with red color. Earth: represents bearing, transformation, and stability, symbolizing the alternation and balance of seasons with brown color.
Gold: represents restraint, austerity, and strength, symbolizing autumn and the process of harvest with white and grey colors.
Water: represents moisture, flow, and coldness, symbolizing winter and the ability to store with blue and dark colors.
（Ps: Ancient Chinese Five Elements researchers liked to use metaphors and symbols to help future learners better understand the concept of the Five Elements)
The Five Elements Theory emphasizes the dynamic balance of all things in the universe, so the Five Elements Theory also believes that there is a relationship of mutual generation and mutual restraint between the five elements:
1. Fire generates earth, earth generates metal, metal generates water, and water generates wood， wood generates fire. 2. Earth restrains water, water restrains fire, fire restrains metal, metal restrains wood， and wood restrains earth.
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