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Feng shuiTraditional Chinese method of arranging the human and social world in auspicious alignment with the forces of the cosmos, including qi and yin-yang. It was devised during the Han dynasty (206 BC–AD 220). Specialists, called diviners, use compasslike instruments to determine the exact cosmic forces affecting a site, appropriate sites being chosen particularly in relation to bodies of water and mountains. Feng shui, especially as it affects interior design, has recently become popular in Britain and the U.S. feng shui the Chinese art of determining the most propitious design and placement of a grave, building, room, etc., so that the maximum harmony is achieved between the flow of chi of the environment and that of the user, believed to bring good fortune http://www.wofs.com/ http://www.fengshuisociety.org.uk/ http://www.fengshui-magazine.com/ How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| An expert in Feng Sui, the Chinese art recently gave an interview saying among many other things, that this is the year for the resurgence of women, women energy. With myriad problems to tackle -- for example, how to translate English common law into Chinese, and where the right of appeal ends with the British Privy Council no longer in the act --Tung has diverted his energies to setting up an inordinately expensive (and secure) new office because the feng sui (omens) of the century-old Government House were said not to be good. |
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