Cemetery And Feng Shui
By Ruwini Jayawardana
Left to right: Professor Chew Ken Long and Ms. Oshanthi Perera
A Sri Lankan feng shui practitioner will shortly embark on a trip to China to learn its finer art, which is connected to the “cemetery.”
Ms. Oshanthi Perera said that her guru Professor Chew Ken Long has invited her to make this visit next month.
“Long has asked me to accompany him on this tour. Only a selected number of his students have been asked to visit this place where traditional feng shui masters are at work. We shall be practising a lot of methods which have never been put down on text, most are connected with the cemetery.” She revealed.
“Feng shui is a form of Chinese architecture to bring prosperity. It is not a religion or belief and differs from other forms of architecture. It is widely used “to orient buildings” in an auspicious manner by noting a person’s birth time.
“We build the house or office so that it is in harmony with its surroundings to a manner in which the person’s wealth will increase,” Perera said, adding that if you seat the workers in an office according to their lucky direction they would be able to work tirelessly.
Similarly a child seated facing his or her lucky direction would put more effort into his or her studies.
This past pupil of St. Joseph’s Girls’ School, Nugegoda has taken an interest in the art after reading up on Lillian Too, a “yang feng shui” expert. Later she learnt yang feng shui under Long. She is the only woman who practices the art in South Asia.
She says 33% of good fate could be achieved through feng shui, but only 3% of this can be achieved though objects. The rest is reaped through fortune by birth, self effort and through the nature we roam around in.
Though there are 6,000 statues and images connected with feng shui all over the world , luck does not come your way by merely buying a costly statue and placing it in your home.
“This has become a money spinner as people are earning by selling these goods for large sums. People engaged in this business relate that an object is lucky for a specific time,” she noted.
In feng shui one follows the lunar calendar which starts off the year in January or February 14 . Though there are 12 animal signs in the calendar this is the year of the Golden Tiger. You need to know your animal sign and your kua number to judge your luck.
Tracing the roots of this “simple” art and science, Oshanthi said the term feng shui means ‘wind water’. In Chinese culture the two elements are related with good health. Ancient Chinese aristocrats used the age old art form to sustain their wealth, power and harmony. “Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia have developed rapidly through the years after following the craft.”
Perera says that there are two methods of feng shui: yang feng shui and yin feng shui. You reach yin feng shui after excelling in certain techniques in the field. She aims to come to this stage when she embarks on a journey to the rural villages in China in April.
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