Zhouyi Bagua and Feng Shui are not superstitions, they belong to metaphysics.
The source of the Zhouyi Bagua: It is said to be the Yin and Yang theory of the ancient Han people. It is said that "Tai Chi gives birth to two rituals (i.e. yin and yang), and the two rituals give rise to four images (i.e. Shaoyang, Sun, Shaoyin, Taiyin). "Xiang performs the Eight Diagrams, eight eight sixty-four hexagrams", this is the Fuxi Bagua, also called the Xiantian Bagua. Ancient Chinese medical scientists classified the yin and yang of the human body based on the four images, and used this to analyze the person's personality type based on the person's physiological characteristics and appearance.
Feng shui is one of the five arts of physiognomy, the art of geographies, which is a method of checking geography on the spot. Site and cemetery construction methods and principles. The original meaning is the science of choosing the right place.
Extended information:
Theoretical basis:
1. "Feng Shui" began with some people choosing residences and suitable methods of living, and gradually developed In the hands of alchemists, the Yin-Yang theory, innate and acquired Bagua, Yi Jing, He Tu, Luo Shu, etc. have been added, and Feng Shui has been academicized since then.
2. From the Spring and Autumn Period to the Qin and Han Dynasties, these alchemists who understood Feng Shui entered the palace. Since then, Feng Shui has gradually become orthodox and recognized. [3] During the Tang Dynasty, it became exclusively for the royal family and was prohibited from being used by the public. At this time, folk Feng Shui became a form of private circulation, because members of the royal family believed that whoever found the dragon's lair could be crowned emperor.
3. Simply put, Feng Shui theory is mainly based on the theory of the growth and decline of Yin and Yang, and cooperates with the sky (the universe, the sun, etc.), the earth (the earth, geographical environment), and people (people’s residences and burial places). ) and time (the rise and fall of heaven and earth, the birth, aging, sickness and death of all things).
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Zhouyi Bagua
Reference materials: Baidu Encyclopedia - Feng Shui