I am in Perth enjoying a wonderful Lunar New Year break with some good friends before our team gear up for the year on 25th February. (Yeah, most of our peers would be opening for the year on 25th Feb -the top choice commencement date for Lunar New Year break.) Perth is a beautiful and peaceful city. Its sights and sounds and the great company are just what I need to recuperate.

BTW, remember the Snow Crab Restaurant? It is sold. So much for Bright Hall… in fact, it is double Bright Hall.

We had a discussion on Facebook and I touched on the subject of “tree being in front of an entrance”. Interestingly, this afternoon, we had enough of my home-cooked Hainanese Chicken Rice so we went for Chinese dim-sum in Chinatown of Perth. And, I observed some Feng Shui to share on this subject.

The moment I stepped into the restaurant I knew that something was not right about its Feng Shui. Despite a full crowd, its Feng Shui ain’t ‘perfect’. As practitioners, it is our job to judge the quality and capacity of a premise’s Yin-Yang all the time. Call it a occupational hazard. As I missed the visual inspection of the door, I walked out and took some photos.

Front View At the Entrance

Notice the tree in front. This is NOT a Sha Qi or Killing Force to this entrance. There are other trees and structure behind it.

The external flow and potential receipt of Qi is grade B, which explains why this particular dim-sum restaurant is packed during weekend. But it is not packed throughout the week. Why?

(Btw, for a grade B and above Feng Shui place, we expect the premise to be packed throughout the week and each meal should turn twice. And, grade A must see queues.)

So my Yin-Yang sense didn’t fail me – something isn’t right at the entrance. Also, I was told the previous owner sold out and is now operating another style of Chinese cuisine in close proximity.

This restaurant would do much better if its entrance is move to its left looking out….and facing below tree. Huh? Let me explain:

1. Exernal Qi field is important to a premise. It is about given collection and containment of Qi.

Most of the time, we cannot change the external Qi field. It has to do with inherent quality and capacity. That is why we cannot stress more on why SELECTION is so important.

For those who know Feng Shui, below has a Geo-track of the place. It is near a SW Watermouth. (What quality and type of business and people of a SW Watermouth should do well?)

2. The entrance to a premise is meant to receive the Qi INTO a premise.

FACTORS IMPORTANT TO AN ENTRANCE:

A. Location

i. to receive maximum Qi

ii. to avert Sha Qi

B. Structural Design of the Entrance

i. to boost function (Ai)

ii. to connect Qi from external portal to internal portal

iii. to avert Sha Qi

This entrance is not maximising both Location and Structural Design aspect. That is why there are pockets of Qi stagnation.

By locating the entrance to the left (looking out), and give it a good structural design, this tree Sha is no longer a major concern, especially when it is a commercial premise which no resident’s health will be compromised. We need to be practical and consider the function of a premise and allow the Feng Shui to meet its specific function.

When an entrance is not able to fulfill its primal function of drawing Qi into a premise, a little Sha Qi will do more harm than an entrance which does just what it is supposed to do.

This is but one form of Yin-Yang imbalance and why I sensed Qi stagnation upon entry.

This is a simple exercise to show that:

1. Details are really for professional practitioners who understand Yin-Yang structures, formations and flows to assess. There are 11 dimensions in Yin-Yang assessments. The Chinese terms are to 辯 discern:陰陽， 雌雄.

2. For such Yin-Yang assessment, there is no need to flash my Luopan or use any formula. Especially, some silly East/West 8 Mansion, rigid applications of directions or even the so-called potent Flying Stars.

3.  Urban Feng Shui is much more dynamic than most think.

4.  Every property’s Feng Shui is unique.

Think about these:

  • Is there any logic to apply these formula when most cannot tell if the Qi in question is coming from Earth or Heaven Qi, left or right, top or bottom?
  • Or, what does a tree do to a door’s Feng Shui? Has anyone educate you on WHAT issues will a Tree Sha bring? Let alone the quality and magnitude of Qi…..
  • Why then be bothered with a 15º facing of a premise for Flying Star and put Water here and there?
  • Worst, Luopan has a calibration allowance of +/-1º each, how can one be sure about Xuan Kong Da Gua’s 0.9375000000000 º influence?
  • Exert YOUR consumer’s rights – if a guru swears by his/her family name or lineage or ancestry on these ‘Feng Shui’ applications- ask for 10 consistent results that he/she have done in a year with fixed conditions. Ask for RESULTS. We have a lineage but still we must prove our worth like any practitioners….

Chinese Metaphysics like any Chinese Science was created by ancient elitists, the cream of ancient China. Many of them were polymath. They defined China’s culture, social trends, invented compass, constructed a whole Star catalogue, devised and improvised on calendrical Science, built dams etc etc- would they create such rigid and ridiculous Feng Shui?

Formula are for fine-tuning and design of layout & Feng Shui formations.

Stars (leaning Stars for that matter) are for qualifying the type of 5-Element influence for the WHOLE premise.

Seriously, for your own benefit – think about it.