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Is there really a so-called feng shui taboo in taking pictures?

Is there really a so-called "feng shui taboo" in taking pictures? I haven't studied this problem well before. Although I call myself an atheist, I dare not comment on these feng shui things because I don't understand them. I don't want to do anything bad. After carefully consulting all kinds of materials, I have a preliminary understanding of the feng shui taboo of taking pictures. I think there are some feng shui taboos in taking pictures, but they are explained from the perspective of atheism, not the traditional superstition of ghosts and gods.

First of all, let's make it clear, what is Feng Shui?

The word Feng Shui first appeared in the Book of Burial written by Guo Pu in Jin Dynasty. The book says, "Tibetans use anger." Qi dissipates by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered together but did not disperse, making it last forever and then stopping it, so it was called Feng Shui. Guo Pu pointed out that people can survive better in a place full of life, so people should look for ways to make life survive. The ancients thought that anger would spread when it met the wind and stop when it met the water, so they invented a series of methods to make anger converge and keep running. This is feng shui. "Hiding wind, getting water and gathering gas" has become the top priority for Feng Shui masters to regulate Feng Shui. Feng Shui believes that there is a powerful force in nature that can make everything grow and develop, and it is an element that can rejuvenate, which is anger. Qi is not air in the traditional sense, nor is it a life element such as sunlight, soil and water. It is the sum of all the elements in the environment that are conducive to the growth of life. It is a magnetic field that can affect things. It can effectively change the environment and affect people's mental outlook.

This coincides with Feng Shui theory. Geomantic omen theory is actually about the change of airflow magnetic field in environmental space. Due to the gravity of the earth itself and the physical movement of the earth's orbit outside the universe, the trajectory positions of spheres in different directions produce different changes in magnetic fields and air currents. These environmental air currents and magnetic fields in nature closely affect human daily life and will produce different health results. This is explained in the Book of Changes. Although it is not an exact science, it should not be confused with superstition. Has nothing to do with any religion.

Secondly, what is taboo?

Taboo in China Chinese Dictionary refers to words and deeds that are forbidden or taboo. Explaining is also a kind of prohibition formed by people's attitude towards sacred, unclean and dangerous things. Danger and punishment are two main features of taboo.

Finally, what is taking pictures?

Taking pictures, also called photography, photography. Generally, it refers to the process of exposing the photosensitive medium with the light reflected by the object and recording a certain moment.

I have consulted a lot of information about the taboo of taking pictures, most of which are about where and what you can't take pictures, and there is no theory to specifically say why you can't take pictures. Most of them are interpreted as bringing yin and bad luck. So from the above information and my simple understanding, I think it is because the static picture of a place was intercepted when taking pictures, which happened to break the original circulation of that place and affect the original magnetic field and other factors, thus affecting the photographer. Then I think someone will ask, I take pictures with my mobile phone every day, why is there nothing wrong with it? I think that's because the relationship between the magnetic field and things of similar age around it is not so deep and the influence is not so strong.

For example, you can't take photos with old clothes and homes, you can't take photos with a thousand-year-old tree or a century-old house when you go sightseeing, you can't take photos directly under the tower, and so on.

Another thing I want to say is about psychology.

The first is a theory in finance called "self-fulfilling prophecy", that is, when everyone thinks something will happen, it will eventually develop in that direction. Do you have this feeling, for example, when you are speaking on the stage, you expect to fail or be embarrassed, and the result is really as you expected. If you are confident, the result will not be bad. For example, taking pictures, you know it's not good, but you have to go against it. Then you have predicted the result subconsciously, which has affected your motivation and concentration, which will definitely affect the result of your photo taking.

For example, if you take pictures in the mirror at night, your subconscious will tell you what not to appear. In this way, you will be nervous and have a nervous breakdown, and maybe something will really appear in your eyes. Then at that time, you felt that it was not because of your psychological vision, but because you violated the feng shui taboo of taking pictures.

The second is whether you have a feeling that when something bad happens, you will unconsciously think about whether you have done something bad before and violated any "rules", which is why doing something bad in violation of the "rules" will lead to the occurrence of bad things now. Although I haven't found out what kind of psychological effect or mental illness this is, at least I sometimes think so and then regret what I did before.

For example, when you are in poor health and spirit recently, all possible options have been ruled out, and the result can only be said: Ah, I took a photo with two people the other day, and I shouldn't stand in the middle! ! I made a feng shui taboo! ! Actually, sometimes, I say yes! Yes! When! Wait! It is not what you think. Feng Shui taboo is just your excuse afterwards, at least I think so.

These are my superficial views, not to argue or refute anything. Of course, there are some things to be afraid of. I don't object to everyone's point of view. After all, I would rather believe them than them.

I hope everyone will criticize and correct me, thank you.