Explore The Many Layers of Feng Shui

As feng shui is becoming more and more popular, it is worth looking at its history and understand how feng shui started.

Feng Shui has a history of over 3,500 years. As an organized body of knowledge feng shui was practiced since Tang Dynasty, where we can find early recordings about employing feng shui masters in selecting auspicious sites, as well as about feng shui texts being required reading for imperial exams (court of Emperor Hi Tsang, 888 A.D.)

One of the famous feng shui names recorded in the history of feng shui is Master Yang Yun Sang, who left a legacy of many classical feng shui texts and is considered the founder of the Landscape School of Feng Shui.

Another feng shui master that contributed his knowledge to the growth of the Compass School of Feng Shui was Master Wang Chih who developed his teachings during the Song Dynasty. Compass School Theory involves many calculations and is considered to be able to access the deepest energy levels of the site. Symbolic level of feng shui is the one that tends to bring the most confusion, as well as unjust stereotyping of feng shui.

Do not give up and keep exploring, there is deep wisdom in feng shui that survived for thousands of years; and you deserve to know it!

• Feng Shui Beginnings: Landscape School of Feng Shui
• Feng Shui History: Compass School of Feng Shui
• Understanding the Symbolic Level of Feng Shui
• How To Choose a Feng Shui Consultant

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