Why is Feng Shui Theory Popularized by Foreigners

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Why is Feng Shui Theory Popularized by Foreigners

Feng Shui said that it is not only carried forward in China, but also very attractive in foreign countries. Foreigners regard it as one of Chinese cultural heritage. The influence of various Chinese cultural heritages in the West is expanding. "Fengshui turns around", "Watching Fengshui", and "Fengshui Treasure Place", these words that many Chinese people often talk about, are now gradually becoming popular all over the world. Some schools abroad offer Feng Shui classes. Africans, Jews, Gypsies, Russians, etc. all have a mystical culture similar to Feng Shui, but it seems that only "Chinese Feng Shui" has reached the farthest in the world through folk dissemination. "Global Times" has a report that said:

In 2010, a piece of news about Chinese Fengshui became eye-catching social news. The Agence France-Presse report said that the Dutch authorities were planning to hold a wooden shoe exhibition in Hong Kong, China, at the Yangtze River Group Center in Hong Kong, but news came from the Yangtze River Group Center that the exhibition was cancelled on the grounds that they were "worried about Feng Shui" .

It turns out that "shoes" is pronounced "hai" in Cantonese, and this sound is similar to the pronunciation of "harm". There are dozens of pairs of shoes in a wooden shoe exhibition. From the perspective of feng shui, so many "harms" will make the company bad luck. But the Dutch may not understand. Wooden shoes carry Dutch traditional culture and are a symbol of Dutch folk art. Although the original intention of the exhibition is good, it is a charity exhibition that not only spreads Dutch culture but also raises funds for children, but with the insistence of the Changjiang Group Center, the exhibition has to be moved to another building that seems not so particular about feng shui.

The news that the Hong Kong Building "declined" the Dutch Clogs Fair on the grounds of feng shui caused considerable controversy among Western netizens. The British "Times" blog columnist Bens said in the article: "This is my favorite story about religion and shoes." Although Bens equates religion with Feng Shui, it seems that he lacks common sense of Eastern culture. This also reflects that some foreigners regard many Chinese obsessive Feng Shui as religion.

The "Wall Street Journal" of the United States once reported that Mr. Feng Shui from Hong Kong, China has been involved extensively in investment, finance, and business operations. In 2008, when the industry was in a downturn, the sales of books related to Feng Shui increased by 20%. East Asia and Southeast Asia are becoming more and more fascinated by Feng Shui. South Korea even wants to declare Feng Shui as a World Heritage Site. Japan has incorporated Feng Shui into the field of sociological research and officially opened Feng Shui classes in more than 220 universities. British Reuters reported that young people in Singapore are paying more and more attention to feng shui amid the economic recession. They also believe that changing their hairstyles and cutting off bad luck will benefit their new jobs.

The Los Angeles Times once reported that due to the influence of Chinese Fengshui, the chief of the Burbank Police Department in Southern California put a pot of "lucky bamboo" on the bookshelf of the office, and stone bonsai in the corner of the filing cabinet, because it can Bring "harmony" to the office. "The New York Times" once reported that Mr. Feng Shui suggested that the new President Obama rebuild the White House. Debra Denier, who is both a Manhattan real estate agent and a feng shui master, suggested that Obama should meet the "most challenging" guests in the east-facing room after he enters the White House. The reason is that Obama was born in 1961 and his fate is "East", and the direction of the east is best for him.

Timur, a student of the Department of Computer Science at Moscow University, once asked a reporter: "Do you know Feng Shui? Feng Shui has become a fashionable thing in Russia now. We are all interested in this topic because it has a magical color from the East." He also told reporters that their dormitory used to place the mirror against the wall, and then adjusted it after reading a book about Chinese Fengshui.

In fact, people in many African countries such as Central Africa and Benin are also very particular about Feng Shui. They are very particular about where the house should be located and how to open the doors and windows. If it is discovered afterwards that the "rules" have not been followed, they will find ways to remedy it, such as burying a clay pot in front of the door, or putting a piece of black wood and antelope horns at home.

The view of a Chinese journalist based in France is: “Feng Shui and the eight characters for birthdays are inseparable from the most popular Chinese culture in France. In France, there are many French books on Feng Shui, and the word Feng Shui is also transliterated in the past. ."

According to this reporter, although the official has not promoted knowledge of Feng Shui, Feng Shui said it is very attractive in France, and the French regard it as one of Chinese cultural heritage. For example, many French people are desperately studying Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion, and some even claim that the traditional Chinese acupoint theory is their own research results.

I think that foreigners regard Feng Shui as one of Chinese cultural heritage, which shows that Chinese traditional culture has a long history. From my own experience of explaining Feng Shui abroad, I found that many foreigners regard Chinese Feng Shui culture as the crystallization of human culture. Therefore, Chinese Fengshui has received a lot of enthusiasm.