Feng Shui Garden-Attract Good Chi The Desirable Energies Into Your Garden With Grasses And Bamboo

What is Feng Shui? The principles of Feng Shui arereferred to as the White Tiger Bai-hu.On the
based on philosophy, natural science, Chineseopposite side to your left should be another low hill a
metaphysics and the art of encouraging positive andlittle higher than the White Tiger but lower than the
beneficial influences. It is the ancient Chinese practiceBlack turtle, which is the Azure or Green Dragon
of channeling these positive and invisible influencesQin-long. The perfect orientation should of course be
and energies by a variety of different avenues orwith the Red Phoenix to the South, the Turtle to the
means through mediums such as attraction,North, the White Tiger to the West and the Azure
alignment, direction, association and location in orderDragon to the East of the property. However, in
to promote and enhance the harmony and well-beingpractice it is very rare that it is ever possible to
of our surrounding environment.By doing this weachieve this configuration, unless you are fortunate
hope to make our surrounding environment soenough to be designing your own homeWhen the
supportive of our attitudes, aspirations andform of the land or the arrangement of the building is
opportunities as to make real changes for thesuch that we cannot face South, we should still try
better.Today in the modern West land is in shortto maintain the configuration of the Four Celestial
supply, it is expensive, it is in many cases tired or hasAnimal based the properties facing direction. That
been overworked or polluted in some way. Townmeans the Red Phoenix is to the front as you look
and country planning, and building regulations, roads,out from your front door or facing direction. This
utilities as well as the need for services, schools,configuration is very useful when planning landscape
education, medical care and employmentareas like the garden to create the right form, by
opportunities all dictate where and how we shouldsymbolically adding a row of bamboo such
live.All these factors and more are adding daily to theSemiarundaria Fastuos to symbolize the Azure
growing number of problems and restrictions thatDragon or placing a water feature or pond in the
people in the modern West are faced with; impingingfront of the property and a rockery or row of
on any effort by an individual to apply the principlesFargesia nitida at the back to symbolize the
of Feng Shui and improve their surroundingprotection of the Black TurtleThe Form represented
environment and their lot in general.However noby the Four Celestial Animals or Protectors is some
matter how small an area we have to work with wetimes referred to as the Armchair Form, and you can
can use grasses and bamboos to create a space forimagine why and how conducive the concept of the
solitude a sacred space or just a space to sit andarmchair configuration is when we are considering the
relax listening to the gentle movement and music ofprotective Form of the Celestial Animals in and
ten thousand leaves murmuring a lullaby in thearound the exterior of the property.To be simplistic
gentlest of breezesIn China the common practice ofand recap in layman's terms. When you stand looking
Feng Shui corresponds to the Chinese cosmology ofout of your facing direction, which is probably your
correlative thinking. The ancient Chinese believe thatmain entrance. The tortoise is behind you the Red
the good Qi. 'The stuff of life', 'The Dragons Breath'Phoenix straight in font of you, the White Tiger is on
the Sheng comes from the South. China is situatedyour right and the Green/Azure Dragon is on your
mostly in the temperate zones and therefore whenleft.Of course it is not necessary to use plants and
facing South at midday anywhere in China you aregrass to symbolise the Celestial protectors and
facing towards the sun and its benevolent warmthreproduce the form. A rockery or fence (preferably
and light. At your back will be the cold mountains andblue) will make an admirable black tortoise at the rear.
winds of the Northern Steppes and the invadingAny hedge apart from Golden Privet or Purple Beach
hoards. It is considered that a house that facesis perfect to symbolise the Green Dragon and a
South is very auspicious and that is why on thewhite picket fence or any silver leafed shrubs or
Chinese geomantic compass the South is always atplants can represent the White Tiger. The red
the top.In Ancient China, heaven was divided into thephoenix could be represented by a statue of a red
four celestial quadrants of the Four Celestial Animalsbird, a tub of bright red Pelagoniums, or even a red
or Protectors. These quadrants protectively surroundpainted gate. The options are endless when you give
the central region of the heavenly palace. Theit some thought. One of the most delightful thing
Chinese consider that an ideal site for a house is in aabout Feng Shui is that when it is right it looks rights
location protected by all the Four Celestial animals.and you know and feel it is right. In fact if you think
When considering a location there should be; mostabout it we practice the principals of Feng Shui most
importantly, protection from cold wind at the back ofdays of our lives without even realising it. It comes
the property provided by a crescent of hills.Thesenaturally. Its known as good taste.Peter Corbett. Is a
hills represent the Black Turtle Xuan-wu. In front ofcollector of rare grasses and ornamental bamboos
the property,the land should slope gently away, andand written several articles on the subject. Peter
if there is a meandering stream or river at the frontadvices and assists his wife Heather who runs the
then this would be considered most auspicious. ThePot and Grass Company Nursery mail order company
Red Phoenix represents this front area. This area inspecialising in bamboos and grasses. Peter has a keen
front of the facing direction is also known as theinterest in Chinese metaphysics and has lived and
Ming Tang, The Bright Hallway. As you stand lookingtravelled extensively through SE Asia and mainland
out from the properties facing direction, with theChina. Peter has written a book on Feng Shui "Qi
Black Turtle Xuan-wu behind you, and the RedConcepts for energy engineering" which is available
Phoenix Zhu-que in front of you, there should befor purchase from the Pot and Grass company online
ideally to your right a low undulating hill which isstore or available as a free down load to customers.