Yin House Feng Shui

What is Yin House Feng Shui?

While most Feng Shui deals with homes and business buildings, there is another side of Feng Shui, the side that deals with cemeteries. Yang House Feng Shui deals with the dwellings of the living. Yin House Feng Shui deals with cemeteries or dwellings of the dead.

Feng Shui was originally used by the Chinese to ensure the burial site had all the qualities to ensure good harmony and balance. These qualities were necessary to make sure the descendants would have good luck and prosper. Yin House Feng Shui is still seriously practiced by some Chinese families. It has been said that many prominent Chinese families are very careful in the choosing of their burial sites to be sure the fortunes and well-being of their descendants are not adversely affected.

It is said that when a person dies, especially a male, a Yin House Feng Shui Master should be brought in to provide advice on correct burial practices. It is important to incorporate proper burial practices for a female but not nearly as important as it is for a male. The Yin House Feng Shui Master’s job is quite complicated and requires years of experience. A proper place is chosen according to the surrounding environment. The ideal burial place is backed by a mountain and facing an open landscape but this is not always possible so other environmental factors are taken into consideration. It is also important to orient the casket and tombstone in a certain direction as determined by information the Feng Shui Master collects about the deceased. The deceased person’s birth data and favorable elements are taken into consideration when determining a proper burial and casket alignment. Other considerations are proper drainage and a suitable date and time for both the burial and erection of the tombstone.

What if I Live Near or Beside a Cemetery?
A number of persons are concerned about living near or next to a cemetery. A cemetery has yin energy and, if it is not kept in good condition, can have very negative or sha chi. Many Chinese do not like to live within 5 miles of a cemetery but in our modern times, this usually is not possible. If you have a choice, do not buy or rent near a cemetery for your own piece of mind.

The movie industry has sensationalized cemeteries into something they are not. A cemetery does not have ghosts and evil spirits roaming around. The graves in a cemetery will not swallow you up nor will those buried in the cemetery reach up from the ground to grab your ankle. A well kept cemetery is usually very peaceful and serene and will usually give good chi. An unkempt cemetery is actually a sad place and will give negative chi. Usually, just after a funeral, there is an abundance of sha chi from the mourners but the bright colors from the flowers placed on the grave tend to dissipate this sha chi.

If you live near or beside a cemetery and feel there is bad chi coming towards your home, there are things you can do to create good chi. You can place a Ba Gua mirror on the side of your home that faces the cemetery to absorb the negative chi. If the cemetery is in poor condition, maybe you can enlist the help of a group or organization to clean it up to create good chi. The color red is good for absorbing negative chi so you could paint your lawn furniture red or even the side of your home that faces the cemetery. Another remedy for sha chi coming from a cemetery is to plant brightly colored flowers or flowering bushes on the side of your property facing the cemetery.

A cemetery is the final resting place for loved ones, not an evil or scary place. Treat them with the respect they deserve.