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Feng Shui is an ancient practice, also known as the Azure Crow Technique and the Azure Bag Technique, with a more academic term being "Kanyu." Feng Shui represents the forces of nature and the universe's magnetic energy. Wind symbolizes vital energy and field energy, while water signifies flow and change.
Originally, Feng Shui was a method for assessing land, also referred to as land assessment or the ancient Kanyu technique. It is a philosophy that studies the relationship between the environment and cosmic laws. Since humans are part of nature, and nature is part of humanity, it aims to achieve a state of "unity between heaven and humanity."
The founder of Feng Shui is the Taoist goddess Nine Heavens Xuan Nu, and a more developed understanding of Feng Shui emerged during the Warring States period. The core idea of Feng Shui is harmony between humans and nature, achieving "unity between heaven and humanity." Early Feng Shui primarily concerned the selection, orientation, and construction principles for palaces, residences, villages, and burial sites, serving as a metaphysical study for choosing suitable locations.
In the village, Fourth Brother said: When I was very young, the yard we lived in was at the southernmost part of the village. Standing in the yard, I could see ox carts slowly moving along the distant mountain road (at that time, every family was poor; almost every yard was built with dirt and stones. Our wall was only half a person high; even a child could climb over it with some effort).
Since I can remember, we never raised pigs or chickens. If they died, it was either due to unknown reasons or they jumped into the water jar used for washing feed and drowned; in any case, they never grew big.
The most memorable incident was when we had a pig that was half-grown; it actually fell into the toilet pit and suffocated in excrement!
If this happened once or twice in a year or two, it would be one thing; drowning chickens in Chaff Water is not uncommon in rural areas. However, not being able to raise them year after year became quite frustrating.
At that time, Fourth Brother had not yet started elementary school. A Feng Shui master came to the village, and my family invited him to our home. The man probably used a compass to take measurements (I was too young at that time to remember clearly), and his final conclusion was that the manure pit on the west side of our yard was dug too deep, affecting the Feng Shui. He suggested filling it in shallower or even leveling it completely.
My family followed his advice, and afterward, we were able to raise chickens, pigs, sheep, and so on successfully.
Additionally, there were many snakes in our yard.
When I was young, every family grew Sweet Potatoes. In autumn, after harvesting Sweet Potatoes, we would dig deep pits for storage. Our family dug two pits over time; the first one was located at the northwest corner of my current house and was used for several years. One spring day, while playing in the yard with some friends, one of them looked into the pit and said there was red paper down there (red paper at that time was used by little girls as "makeup" for their lips; aside from writing couplets during New Year celebrations, it was quite rare). Everyone gathered around, but those three pieces of "red paper" started moving; it turned out to be three intertwined Red-necked Snakes (the name we used for a type of red snake in our area). We then saw three red snakes slithering into the hole where we stored Sweet Potatoes.
From that day on, Fourth Brother and his siblings never dared to go down to collect Sweet Potatoes again.
When I was in junior high, one day while relaxing and eating in the yard, I suddenly heard a light "pop" sound. A small green snake, not longer than a pair of chopsticks, fell from the tree above me, and several chickens rushed over to snatch it up and run away.
Another evening, while also relaxing in the yard, I saw a snake over a meter long and as thick as a rolling pin slithering under the eaves of the back house.
The front yard is where my house is located. This happened in recent years when my sister's family came over to help with farming work. Since our family was all in the provincial capital and the house was empty, during the noon rest, my brother-in-law lay down on our bed for a short nap. In a daze, he suddenly heard a "pop" sound, and a large snake fell right next to his head, scaring him quite a bit.
When I was young, I even wondered if there was an ancient great tomb or treasure hidden beneath our house.
In some places, people eat snakes, but the people in our area absolutely do not eat such things; the elderly even regard them as deities.
I remember learning the text "Adding Feet to a Snake" in elementary school and often practiced drawing snakes on the ground. When the village elders saw this, they would always say, "Child, why are you drawing that... quickly erase it!"
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