Feng Shui

Feng Shui

The culture of China is very old. It is also one of the most complex cultures in the world today. People naturally have many questions about it, especially when it comes to the subject of Asian collectibles and home decor. To provide the help needed to understand the quest for the superior home decor scheme, this writer would like to share some general facts about China’s historic culture. In doing so, the interested reader may better understand the factors which have shaped the “Feng Shui” school of thought in home decoration.

First, the area in which this particular East Asian culture is dominant covers a huge geographical region. It is an undisputed fact that customs and traditions vary greatly in this region, especially between towns, cities, and provinces. Chinese is a Sinitic language in a family of languages in East Asia. It is distinguished by its high level of internal distinctions. All varieties of the Chinese language family are tonal and analytic. The official and standard language of the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Republic of China (Taiwan) is Mandarin. Standard Mandarin is also one of the official languages of Singapore. Cantonese is very influential in Guangdong Province, but it is not the official common language of China. However, Cantonese is one of the official languages of Hong Kong (along with English) and also of Macau. (more…)