Feng shui
The Chinese practice of siting graves, houses and cities by the flow of qi, the breath thought to run through land and buildings.
Also: fengshui, kanyu, chinese geomancy, qi
Feng shui (風水), wind and water, is a method of choosing and arranging places so that qi, the vital breath of the world, is thought to gather rather than scatter. The older Form school reads hills, rivers and a site's shape. The Compass school uses a luopan, a disc with rings of directions and calendar signs. A master, called a feng shui xiansheng or dili master, is hired for tombs, new houses and offices. Hong Kong and Singapore buildings have been modified at a feng shui master's advice. Scholars study it as cosmology and a form of architectural custom, and sceptics point out that its claims have never been tested to a standard. Today it is a worldwide consulting trade.