About Feng Shui Compasses

About Feng Shui Compasses The introdution of Thomson House Feng Shui Compass( Feng Shui Luo pan or Feng Shui Lo pan )

P.1 P.1 The Raymond Lo's 3 Period & 3 Harmony Combined Lopan Interpretation Auther:Raymond Lo Editer:Ri!y Than Pub"isher:Thomson Pub"isher:Thoms on House Ltd. The #eond Printed:$%$$( P. P.  The Raymond Lo's 3 Period & 3 Harmony Combined Lopan Interpretation p.3Introdution: ¿The Lopan ( 罗盘) is the indispensable instrument in the practice of Feng Shui. It was first invented at the time of the Yellow mperor 黄帝（about!"##$.%.）as a compass for guiding directions. This tool was later iandscape mountain and water features& to find out how the various directional forces of nature will affect human well'being. Throughout the past ### ears si nce the Lopan( 罗盘) was invented& various Feng Shui masters( 风水师) have turned their valuable observations and discoveries into wor*ing formula and these  precious *nowledge are engraved in the Lopan （罗盘）for hand references. +s such& toda toda&& Lopan( 罗盘) appears to be a complicated but beautiful instrument with smbols& trigrams and %hinese characters . +ll of them are important formula allowing feng shui practitioners to ,uic*l find out the influence of various landscape configurations affecting an environment. The #an #a n )uen )uen  and #an *e  shoo": -an different feng shui school arose during the past ### ears and the most influential schools are San Yuen (三元) meaning  /eriods and San 0e( 三合)meaning  1armon school. +s such& each of them has a different Lopan ( 罗盘) design. The Lopan ( 罗盘) is basicall a compass for measuring directions. 1ence the most important part of the instrument is the magnetic needle and directional mar*ings. The %hinese wa of mar*ing direction is to divide 2#3 circle into twent'four& twent 'four& 453 sectors called 6! -ountain 廿四山7. This ring is the most essential part of the instru ment and it will be present in all tpes of Lopan( 罗盘). The ma8or differences in the other features of the San 0e( 三合派) and 9San Yuen( 三元派) school Lopan are briefl described below: Three Harmony +#an *e , Lopan: This school emphasi;es on the harmon of 1eaven& -an and arth. 1ence there are  rings of ! -ountain 廿四山 each is used for different purposes. The San 0e( 三合派) Lopan(罗盘) also emphasi;e on the harmonious relationship between directional divisions smbolised b %hinese characters called 1eavenl Stems(天干) and arthl $ranches( 地支). 1ence the Lopan( 罗盘) is full of %hinese %haracters. Three Period+#an )uen , Lopan: The Lopan(罗盘) of this school onl carries one ring of ! -ountain 廿四山 and it emphasi;es on the dnamic influence of the passage of time on an environment . The time factor is smbolised b numbers and smbols of continuous lines and bro*en lines called Trigrams( 三爻卦) and 1eorth and( 午) for eorth. － The red line under the needle& with ! small red dots under the round head of the needle. － The red nlon line on top of the circular plate. － The red nlon line covers eorth. － The straight line under the( 子) and the( 午) which e>& +$>& %>$% and AT10. 1e is often invited to give tal*s and lecture at world' renowned conferences such as the Borld conomic Forum and the % niversit. 1e is a Feng Shui lecturer at the S./.+.%..under the niversit of 1ong 0ong& and is a consultant to the 1ong 0ong Tourist +ssociation for their 1ealth and F ortune TI%j

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