Feng Shui is the 3,000-year-old Chinese art of how humans interact with their environment. Feng translates to “wind,” while Shui means “water.” These are elements associated with good health and prosperity. Feng Shui is, therefore, the art of attracting health, wealth, and prosperity from the Universe by staging the right conditions to interact with it positively.
The Chinese wealth ship is one of the most popular symbols in Feng Shui and is commonly found in homes, businesses, and workplaces of rich and successful people in China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Southeast Asia. Many people believed that the Chinese wealth ship can help boost the owner’s wealth fortune and career success, as well as protecting the business from bad luck and competitors.
The Dzi bead is one of the most popular items in Chinese Feng Shui, and almost all Feng Shui stores and online stores sell at least one variation of Dzi beads.
Because they come in beads shape, the most common way to use the Dzi beads as a Feng Shui cure is as jewelry like a necklace or bracelet, but we can also display the beads in certain areas of your home or workplace, as the Dzi Beads are believed to protect the area from negative energy while attracting good fortune for the owner.
In this guide, we will take a look at some interesting facts about the Dzi beads.
Chinese lacquerware is a method where artisans use lacquer to coat the outer surface of furniture, sculptures, accessories, and other things that are typically made of wood or metal. ‘Lacquerware’, refers to objects that have been coated or covered with lacquer.
Graceful, vibrant, and quietly powerful, koi fish are more than just ornamental beauties. In Chinese culture, they swim through centuries of meaning—woven into folklore, poetry, art, and the very layout of harmonious homes. Their elegant…
Chinese wood carving is a traditional method of carving wood in China that has become an important aspect of Chinese culture. With techniques and expertise inherited from generation to generation, Chinese wood carving is considered one of the most important traditional arts in China.
In Feng Shui, the Laughing Buddha is among one of the most popular and commonly used charms, often used in many different Feng Shui applications to bring prosperity, good fortune, happiness, good health, and monetary success.
The Maneki Neko is a traditional Japanese figurine, which is also extremely popular in Chinese culture. Here are all you have to know about "the lucky cat". If you’ve ever visited a Japanese restaurant, Chinese store, or any other Eastern Asian businesses, you might have noticed a cat figurine with a raised paw placed in the doorway or placed on the cash register.
In China, the Phoenix is also called Fenghuang, and similar to the western counterpart, the mythological creature is an immortal bird that also represents the element of fire. The Chinese Phoenix is believed to symbolize harmony, and in ancient China, the appearance of the Fenghuang is believed as a sign when a new emperor is going to rise to lead the country.
Chinese porcelain is one of the most unique products of the history of Chinese culture. Unlike porcelain equipment, tools, and ornaments we see in western countries, Chinese porcelains have unique translucency and luster, giving the Chinese earthenware rather unique characteristics and popularity over those from other countries.
