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1. In the link below, you can see a person kneeling down. The person is usually the eldest son. On the back of the eldest son's back is his deceased father's portait. You can clearly see a "learned" person using a Chinese brush coated in black ink. This person is placing "eyes" onto the deceased person's portait. Literally, this is placing an eye on a deceased person's portait. It is symbolic of opening the eyes (not on a physical body) but transferred onto the portait. It is common also for some to purchase Chinease deity figurines and have temples annoint the eyes in a similiar manner. Please see picture below:- http://cgi.geomancy.net/mypictures/cgi-bin/mypictur…
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These are some of the considerations: 1. A picture or sketch tells a thousand words = none. 2. What kind of altar is it? 2.1. A Catholic altar? 2.2. A typical Chinese altar? Even within the Chinese altar; there are many groupings:- 2.2.1 Ancestor altar 2.2.2Guan Gong (usually face the main door) 2.2.3Guan Yin (Goddness of Mercy) 2.2.4Jade Emperor etc... 3. Even buddha "altar". 4. Indian pooja or puja room / altar. 5. In general; an altar:- 5.1. Should not have it's back against a toilet wall 5.2. facing a bedroom 5.3. Preferred that it should not be at the NE or SW sector of a home 5.4. Placed below abeam There are LOTs more.. just that my fingers need to crawl somewhere …
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Hi master. Can altar table be place at the red box location shown in the picture? Back of the altar table is kitchen wall but with no stove
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Hi Mr Cecil Thank you for your advice 1) I cannot place the altar at the wild card position as there is impossible to partition at that place 2) I cannot place at the shoe rack position as really need a shoe rack there. 3) I cannot place at position B as I was told this place cannot be be block or olace with furniture etc 4) So the most possible place maybe is what you indicated as place A 5) May I know if the height of the altar cupboard is 147cm height x 32 cm wide , is it ok? This is custom made by an advice of a monk ten years ago and from the fengshui ruler, it is good luck measurement 6) Is it ok if the left side of the altar is cover with curtain as the left side …
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Frankly, it is not advisable to re-use someone else custom built in altar.
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Dear Master, thank you very much for your advice. My interior designer has a very interesting idea in the altar design, but I am doubtful about its appropriateness, and would like to seek your advice again. 1. Per my request, she located the Altar in location "A". However, she had the altar designed with transparent (glass) backing, and is about 6" away from the wall (there is a gap between the back of Altar and Wall). Is this acceptable? The Altar sits on top of the TV console too. 2. In seconddesign option, she had it made like a rectangular box that is wall mounted (suspended)in location "B". There is a spot light above the buddha. Is this acceptable? 3. The 3rd option…
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Hi, thank you for your reply shi fu. I am single but attached. will take note of your points thank you so much!
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Hi Master,Was unable to find a suitable place to put the altar and the ancestor tablets (mother and hubby). 1. Was told that the altar cannot be placed in front of kitchen, is it true? Where is the best place to put the altar? 2. Can I convert the kitchen toilet into a store room, will make a cabinet to boxed up the toilet bowl and sink. Can? Attach floor plan for easy reference. Thanks Master, your advice is really appreciated.
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Hi Master, kindly advise where should I place the altar per the floor plan. Thanks.
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Hello all wise man, I'm moving in to a new home and will be bringing my guan gong over to the new house. When i enter the living room via the main door, i will be facing North. Please enlighten where to put my Altar.
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Thank you very much Cecil Lee!
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1. Please see sample illustration. 2. As both Mr and Mrs are Strong Fire persons; one of their binding elements is METAL. 3. Thus if both are the owners or subsidiary proprietors of a condo unit; then it is better to get a Guan Yin that e.g. has pure white clothing (less the colourful lotus leaf colours) that she sits onto. 3.1 Or the clothing she wears is gold in colour. 3.2 Usually the figurines have "natural tone" colours. 4. The next thing is to walk around and stare at her face. Often, instinctively, if one likes that statue's face; then this is a potential buy. 5. Often the other more common material is a wooden Guan Yin figurine or a Guan Yin that has substa…
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Hi Master, I would like to seek your advise in the placement for the altar at my new home. The place I have in mind is the one positioned at A, and would like to seek your advice if it's possible. I am only intending to put a Buddha figurine. Look forward to your advice and thank you.
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Hi Master, Based on the floorplan below, seems like there are some issues that is not good for fengshui. Main door is 45 degree facing the window Does that mean loss of wealth? Does closing the main door help? Main door is directly facing neighbour's main door Does the mean it will get conflicts easily? Does closing the main door help? Bedroom 2 & Bedroom 3 are having odd corners (5 corners) Heard it is bad in feng shui but not sure what will happen and any remedy? Is the center of the house consider the toilet? Heard it is bad in feng shui but not s…
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Hi Master, I do aware altar should not place in-front of staircase even block by a wall, but in this case, If the stairs "mouth" wasn't pointing to the altar wall, is this allow? Thanks in advance
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Presently my Guanyin and ancestor tablet altar table is at location "A" which is facing the kitchen and the main door, and the area is quite dim. I would like to change to location 'E' at the balcony in the NW area facing south. I have check the afternoon sun which is coming from SW , which does not shine on the Guanyin or ancestor tablet.. Our floor is low level and shielded by the opposite block, no direct sunray coming in . Thanks.
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1. Still possible to be a B. As nowadays TV sets are thin. 2. Best to use a standard altar or if not; most important the table top is 126cm or 49 3/4 inches is ideal
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Dear Sir, I came across your website by chance. I stay in Australia. Please advise which is the best position for my Buddhist and ancestor altar. In fact, when I was watching some Taiwan fengshui program. They always said that it is not advisable to had a toilet, kitchen stove and bedroom behind the altar. Given the space constraint, I don't think anyone is able to fulfil all the requirement of having an ideal altar site. We can only do our best. on. Position A is the current position. It has 回风煞 and toilet issue. Unless I seal up the entrant on the right. Position B will result in the altar facing the door however the …
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Hi, Need help for location of Altar Guanyin.
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Dear Master, We would like to place a Guan Yin altar in our living room and hope you can kindly help us. Attached picture is our floor layout which shows our existing locations of built-in TV console, shoe rack, dinning table, sofa and cove light false ceiling (blue dotted line) etc. We basically have a very small living room and we are having a headache on where to place the altar. 1) It seems like location A (facing door) is the only location to place the altar (Orange box) and we have to also install a full height wall partition (black box) behind the altar. I was advised that the partition wall should be in-line with the wall (dotted-black lines) as a rule of thum…
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Hello, I have received land which is very narrow in width. To maximize the space, I have come up with this design. Can you please tell me if this is a bad design? TIA
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Dear Master Cecil Lee as a young learner of fengshui I am rather uneducated and ignorant of the intricacies of fengshui. I would like your guidance and wisdom in these matters. do bathrooms require specific layout or usage of materials much like other rooms do, or are bathrooms an exception? glory to our country Yarawit f.
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Is this altar suitable for Guan Yin?
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Hi, During this difficult period it’s very difficult to get advise. Hope you can help. Is this altar suitable for my Guan Yin?
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Hi Master Cecil I saw the above picture in one your reply. You mentioned that the length is 41cm to 43cm or 59.5cm to 69cm or 71cm or 89cm or 107cm or 148cm. Is this the length of the whole altar from one end to another end? If yes, and using 107cm as example, what measurement to use for ancestor table and chinese god? If the measurement is for the ancestor tablet and the chinse god tablet respectively, then can we use a combination of say 41cm for ancestor table and 59.5cm for chinese god? Appreciate your thoughts on this.
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Dear Master Lee, I have renovated my house as per diagram and intend to place the altar in the location as shown. However, I understand that it is bad to have a bedroom adjacent to the altar. Please advise how to resolve this feng shui problem. Thank you.
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