Temples are not only places where people convert to religious beliefs but also gathering places of history and culture. Modern people generally believe that Taoist temples and Buddhist monasteries are places to pray for blessings and peace, so how could they be unsuitable for living?
Are Houses Near Temples Suitable for Living?
In Feng Shui, religious venues are sacrificial in nature and are places with heavy yin energy. Temples and Taoist temples are precisely where yin energy concentrates. As the saying goes, “Solitary yin cannot thrive, and solitary yang cannot grow.” These religious venues often give people a sacred yet eerie feeling, making the energy field around the residence dominated by yin and deficient in yang, with an imbalance of yin and yang, which is harmful to people’s health. It is not suitable for long-term living. EasternAura Feng Shui suggests placing a “Taoyungge Hundred Herbs Gourd” in the Tianyi position (Health Position) of the home, which helps improve the health of family members.
Secondly, temples and Taoist temples often occupy the best Feng Shui location in an area. The Feng Shui of other places is not very good and is also affected by the cold yin energy of the temples, so it is very inauspicious. Especially behind the temples, it is even more unsuitable for living. Therefore, in Feng Shui, the area near temples is called a “Gu Sha Land” (Solitary Evil Land), meaning these places are not conducive to gathering popularity and will make people tend to be isolated and closed off. In ancient China, there was a folk proverb: “Poor in front of the temple, lonely behind the temple, widows on both sides of the big temple.” All indicate that the area near temples is not suitable for living.
People believe that since temples and churches are usually built in places with beautiful scenery and good environment, located in Feng Shui treasure lands, they absorb all the prosperous energy, leaving little residual energy. The residences built near them must have formed a pattern of “strong outside and weak inside” with weak vitality, so there will be no good luck. For people who believe in gods, such an environment is naturally unsuitable for living and harmful to health. Temples, shrines, and the like are public places with a lot of people, noise, and a lack of tranquility, so they are not ideal living environments.
What Are the Impacts of Living Near a Temple?
When people encounter sorrow, resentment, or depression, they will go to places like temples to seek the protection of gods, burn incense and worship Buddha, pray for blessings and make wishes, so as to relax their mood. Therefore, if a residence is too close to temples, shrines, and other such places, the psychological impact on people, especially on children, is extremely inappropriate.
The core of traditional Feng Shui is the study of the state of energy fields. The balance of yin and yang energy will have a great impact on people’s physical and mental health. Feng Shui theory holds that places too close to temples are full of resentful energy, or in other words, yin energy is too concentrated. Therefore, it is not good for a residence to be near a temple. These places will interfere with the surrounding energy field or energy and affect people’s living environment.
Feng Shui of Residences Adjacent to Temples
Traditional Feng Shui holds that both the front and behind of temples are “Gu Sha Lands” (Solitary Evil Lands). Therefore, the Feng Shui of residences near religious venues such as monasteries and churches is not very good. Because these places are where gods reside and gather, they will interfere with the surrounding energy field or energy and affect people’s living environment. Long-term residents are prone to changes in personality, becoming lonely and autistic. It is very harmful to the health of family members. EasternAura Feng Shui states that you can place a “Taoyungge Hundred Herbs Gourd” in the Tianyi position (Health Position) of the home and paste a “Taoyungge Door Banner” on the front door to keep the home’s energy field in a positive state.
If the main door of the residence directly faces places such as shrines, temples, or Taoist temples, it will cause fear or inexplicable obstacles in the mind. Long-term residents are prone to extreme personalities—either flying into a rage or being very kind and often bullied. EasternAura Feng Shui suggests that residences around temples can hang a “Taoyungge Six Emperors Ruler” on the front door. The Six Emperors Ruler forms an invisible barrier, which not only avoids the interference of bad yin evil energy but also filters out bad magnetic fields.
