Modern Environmental Design of Feng-Shui Culture Ecological Analysis

Abstract:

Chinese geomancy Fengshui was the fundamental basis, norm and guiding ideology for site selection of environment, planning, design and building of a residence. Its effect scope showed a homology and similarity with the building goal and environment design. Long-term since, someone put feng shui as a kind of feudal superstition, and give the negate, others believe the praise highly of feng shui, vehemently. However feng shui as a kind of culture, historically have been enmities, which inevitably contains a some reasonable factors. Based on this, the author tries to from scientific point of view, make use of ecology theory to explore the Fengshui cultures scientific, hoping to reveal its rationality, and acquire the correct understanding of Fengshui culture. In this way, the paper attempts to establish an environment designparadigm with Chinese characteristics, which can guide the design of environmental art.This paper uses the ecological system theory in the residential Fengshui on to homestead,explores the external environment and reveals the existing in the residential Fengshui cultures scientific, thereby,we can correctly put forward reasonable views on the residential Fengshui culture.

• Periodical: Applied Mechanics and Materials (Volumes 361-363)
• Pages: 519-524
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMM.361-363.519
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Xue Jie Chen
• Keywords: Ecology, Environment Design, Feng-Shui

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