Most of us today will have heard of, used or read about the subject of Feng Shui. And many of us are, at the very least, aware that in Feng Shui philosophy, it is believed that the position of one’s front door, or the placement of one’s furniture may enhance future prosperity.However what most of us are unaware of is that the Feng Shui we are most familiar with today, is more correctly known as ‘Yang House Feng Shui. The implementation and practise of Yin House FS was explicitly devised for the divination of burial sites, and is where all modern Feng Shui originated. This was based upon the principle that all souls are interconnected, and more particularly that families share karma.
This school of thought originated from the deep need of the eastern asian community to find the most propitious locations in which to bury their dead, so strong was their belief that the happiness of the deceased could affect that of future generations. Such was the belief in the efficacy of this system that, in much the same way that we today would expect to spend a small fortune upon our wedding day, they would often almost bankrupt themselves in order to ensure their loved one was buried in the most auspicious location money could buy.
As it was understood that souls within a family were all inter-connected via their DNA, and that their bones could still absorb the positive and negative influences of the landscape, even after death. The whole process of locating the correct burial site was taken very seriously indeed. If a body was inauspiciously placed after death, the effects upon the descendants could be very catastrophic indeed, and as such, they went to great pains to ensure everything was done correctly, right down to the minutest detail. By burying their dead in this way, they believed that they could establish a more secure and prosperous future for their descendents.
All Feng Shui concedes that in order to prosper, the chosen landscape has to possess the correct flow of chi, and where Yin House Feng Shui is concerned the concept is no different. However in regard to Yin House Feng Shui, it is more correct to locate an environment where the flow of chi is more Yin like, as opposed to Yang, which is more fortuitous in regard to the living. This is because Yin energy is more conducive to the breaking down of physical matter, therefore the decay and decomposition of the physical body.
Historically Yin House FS could be quite subjective, particularly in relation to the reading of the surrounding mountain-scape, which often differed depending upon which consultant one spoke to. The yin or yang aspect of each and every mountain surrounding the potential burial site had to be individually considered, and then also any inner mountain ranges which may have existed within that range.
However in an age when urbanization and planning regulation reduces the possibility of picking out your own specific mountain range, and locating a burial site as and where you wish, it is still possible to implement the more important aspects of this philosophy whilst keeping in line with the limitations placed upon us by modern day living.
Traditionally any funeral arrangements to be made were usually pre-planned, and there were several stages involved within the process of a Yin House consultation. Land selection, sleeping & facing direction, the Bhai Zai readings etc. The most important being the Form School landscape arrangements, alongside the casket and tombstone alignments, which are dictated by the astrological influences, and most propitious compass directions.
In some cases it was not unusual for the Chinese to wait several years for the right conditions in which to bury their dead. In the case of Mao Tse Tung’s grandfather, they actually delayed burial for approximately 7 years after his death, in order to activate the most auspicious Feng Shui formations that surrounded the site selected for burial.
However, such drastic measures would not be welcomed by most people today, and it is still possible to lock into that all important beneficial chi, regardless of the modern day restrictions, and to incorporate all the benefits associated with Yin House Feng Shui without going to such lengths.
Yin House Feng Shui may, today, seem like a somewhat macabre and morbid concept, but we would all agree that we only want the best future for our children, and our children’s children. Yin House Feng Shui was seen as a way of ensuring the long term future of a family’s future descendents, and ensuring the best future possible for them. By implementing the recommendations as set out by Yin House FS, future descendents were guaranteed a prosperous and blessed future, through consideration of the correct burial of their predecessors.
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