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第4章 Feng Shui

Like acupuncture needles in the chakra points one one’s body, the position and placement of mountains, hills, rocks and rivers together with the cardinal directions embodies a configuration of our environment which in its external understanding our universe and internal sense our own mind. This care of placement – traditionally understood as feng shui wind-water or geomancy – expressed in an intuitive rather than rational understanding of architecture, gardens, and now modern interior design.