Come April 5th, It is “清明” Qing Ming day. The day where the Chinese will celebrate one of Confucianism’s oldest tenets, “孝” Xiao or Filial Piety. On this day, the Chinese will clean, sweep and make offerings to their ancestors and honored late family members. The Catholics have their ‘All Souls Day’ somewhere in Novembe, Gregorian Calender. The Chinese use their Solar Calender to determine a particular festival or holy day.
The Chinese cemetery will be choc-a-block full of people and it’s a very family event. Families will attend the graves with tender loving care, they will clean the tombstone, pull out weeds, replant the grass and sweep the sides and sometimes, re paint the tombs. On this festive day, I would be walking to my grandfather’s grave too, cleaning and sweeping and the usual routine. Of course, I’ll be bringing my LUO PAN to check and see if the Qi of my grandpa’s grave has been altered or afflicted by the recent development along the hills or by on going road constructions.
This is YIN Feng Shui. Yin Feng Shui deals with selecting an auspicious burial plot for the dead members of a family. Why do the Chinese go to such great lengths to secure a wonderful spot for their dead? Simply because the dead will give blessings to the living if they are buried in an auspicious Spot! This was practiced aeons ago from the 1st. Chinese dynasty, the Qin Dynasty up right to the late Qing Dynasty. The founder of Qing Dynasty, Emperor NuerChi has his tomb done according to Feng Shui principles. The Qing reign for 400 odd years before the revolution of China from Dr. Sun Yat Sen.
Ironically, Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s late grandmother’s grave was positioned in an auspicious site that would make her future generations to be emperors and or presidents. So, Dr. Sun did had the chance but it was not meant to be. He was China’s new emperor for 100 days. Then he stepped down from the party and the party was ran by the late General Jiang Kai Shek. These are the tales past down from the older generations of Feng Shui masters to younger ones. Yin Feng Shui is a powerful tool and can be manipulated for good or evil. Therefore, influential and wealthy families from Taiwan would zealously guard their ancestors burial spots. The whereabouts are secrets closely guarded. The burial grounds are well guarded, to the extreme that it’s even safer than Fort Knox in USA.
Why do they do so? Simply because they do not want their enemies or business competitors to sabotage their ancestor’s grave Feng Shui setups. When the dead are buried in a good qi spot, the ‘dead’ receives the great QI and this will have an effect on the future generations. It could be D.N.A related. So far, no scientific studies have been done to research on this matter. But in the minds of the Chinese, a good burial spots ensure the future and well being of the next generation. It is generally thought that a good yin Feng Shui spot will give prosperity, happiness and all good things to the next generation for 180 years. Wow! 180 years.. that’s quite long ya… Even till now, in the 21st. Century, the Chinese community firmly believes in such beliefs.
So powerful was this formula, the emperors would hire an extraordinary Master with divine skills to look at the whole of China to find such spots for their burials so to ensure the continuity of the dynasty and royal descendants. Yin Feng Shui is an absolute must for those interested in Feng Shui studies. Why? All its formulas can be used for Yang dwelling or Yang Feng Shui. So, these old folks tales of appeasing the dead is in a way, a need. This is to be done in order for the living to benefit and receive blessings from them.
