Feng shui means “wind” and “water”. It is named after a phrase from the Book of Burials: the energy of the Dragon is dispersed by the Wind and stops at the border of the Water. It is the dragon that carries the vital energy, the Chi. A dragon, in China, must be seen as a symbol. If you look up, you will notice that a series of mountains in a row can be represented in the form of a dragon, with the little bumps on its back formed by the successive peaks.
This art began under another name, kan yu: it could be translated today by the term “geomancy”. However, when we look at the definition in the Larousse, we move away from the subject that concerns us: “A method of divination which consists of tracing points on any surface, throwing pebbles at random onto them and deducing, from the shape of the figures constructed, the answers to the questions asked. However, it is true that the wind has always had a special place in China. Notably during the period of Antiquity, when it was actually used in a divinatory context: during the Shang dynasty (18th-11th century), the wind was considered both as a nourishing deity (linked to cereals) and as the messenger carrying the word of the emperor of heaven.