If you study Chinese in China, you will find that most of the modern house in China have constructed with the western concepts of archeology. What’s more, there is another outstanding feature for the modern Chinese house. That is most of the houses in modern city are constructed focusing on the variety of the special distribution. When you learn Chinese in China, have you ever found this feature about the modern Chinese house? Maybe you have. The most common type of the modern house is the so called multiple building.

At the same time, the house in modern city is decorated in new way. During learning Chinese in China, you can be easy to figure out the new style of Chinese modern house. It not only attaches importance to the utilization of the area and the space, but also tries to break through the distribution mode of the traditional house. After studying Chinese in China, you will find the house in China also has been modernized. In another word, the modern house strive for broadening the art space such the kids’ room, the bar around the corner, the landscape windows in the bedroom, the activities room in the loft and so on. The modern people try to expand the novel life style. However, the Xing Fa faction usually pays attention on the shape of the house itself. Therefore, for the Xing Fa faction, it has been the dilemma to connect the house distribution with Feng Shui culture. With learning Chinese in China, we have learnt something about Xing Fa faction in Chinese culture.

In order to give the foreign students who study Chinese in China, we will take an example to explain it. For example, the multiple building’ construction will go against the rules of Xing Fa faction. All the house are set in one building so that it is inevitably to be constructed into the “回” type. However, the Xing Fa faction id opposed to construct the house with “回” type. If you learn Chinese in China, you may have gotten this idea from Xing Fa faction already. What’s more, it is inevitable to separate the multiple building into several floors. Therefore, it is against the rules “浊气下沉”, and “墙头冲门” from the Xing Fa faction.

On the contrary, the Li Qi faction which is particular about the numerology connecting with the house does not suggest living under this situation. During learning Chinese in China, you will know that Li Qi faction have great influence on the Feng Shui in Chinese culture. Thus, if the Li Qi faction will pursuit the Feng Shui in these kind of house which is various in the space distribution, it will be full of contradictions. Here is an example for the foreign students who study Chinese in China. For example, the expert of Feng Shui has selected the lucky location for the housekeeper elaborately, while the lucky location suddenly turns into bad location because there is drainage pipe going through under lucky location.

Besides, the mode of Yan Zhai in Feng Shui culture in Chinese culture involves the thesis “五虚五实” which will be difficult for the students who study Chinese in China to understand. The “五实” means that the house is small and there are many people living in the house. And it is better to set a large house with a small gate. The house has to be surrounded by the walls. And “五虚”means that the house is large but there are little people living in it. And the walls around the house are not complete any more. The house is contributed with a large yard. If the house built concluding the “五虚”, the family living in this house will be poor. On the contrary, if the house is built with “五实”, the family will be rich in the future. This is taken from the Huang Di Nei Jing.

However, in modern times, most concepts of construction and decoration are opposite to these theses in Feng Shui culture. For example, the villa constructed in modern times must be large without little living in.

All in all, under the situation that the design of the modern constructions developing into diversification, the tradition mode of Feng Shui mode is hard to used in building the modern house any more. Thus, these methods from Feng Shui culture are hard to come true in common people in modern times.