What this section covers
House reading is the branch of Chinese geomancy that touches daily life most directly, and the one where practical advice and traditional framing overlap most.
My approach is consistent: safety first. Damp, wiring, drainage, ventilation and structural soundness are checked before anything is said about arrangement. A house that is dry, safe and easy to move through is already most of the way there.
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Damp Old Houses: Five Things to Check Before Anything Else
When the rain will not stop, the order of inspection matters more than the diagnosis.
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Door, Stove, Bed: The Three Basics of Home Feng Shui
Before furniture placement, before ornaments, before any of it — three positions decide how a house is read.
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Ancestral Sites in the Hunan Hills: How a Landscape Is Read
Grave siting is one of the oldest applied skills in Chinese geomancy. It is also the one most constrained by law and ecology today.