FENG SHUI Workshop organised for Interior Design students at INIFD Deccan
Pune, April 2019: Feng Shui is also known as Chinese geomancy, is a pseudoscience originating from China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding Its roots are 5,000 years old. Feng Shui seeks to promote prosperity, good health, and general wellbeing by examining how energy, qi, pronounced “chee,” flows through a particular room, house, building, or garden. Feng shui considers yin, feminine and passive energy, and yang, which is masculine and hot. It also looks at the five elements – water, fire, wood, metal, and earth, and the external environment. The points on the compass, with eight separate directions – north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, and northwest – are also important.
Feng shui can be used to decide the location, construction, and architectural features of buildings, the placement and style of furniture, colours and decorating schemes, and the location of plantings, paths, and other outside features. By creating a more pleasing atmosphere, feng shui has been credited with improving family communication, restoring employee cooperation, and increasing a store’s sales. The principles can be applied to any style of building or decorating, not just to Chinese or Asian modes. The students were in awe of the oldest royal secret of energy forces that found its way from China to India.
