human body system-jing luo (7)

From time immemorial Chinese is living or trying to live in harmony with 5 elements, namely, metal, wood, water, fire and earth as the basic elements of live. Possibly it was due to the fact that China was at that time basically an agricultural nation and their daily life was heavily associated with metal for tools, wood of houses and building, water for drinking and cultivation, fire for warmth, cooking, and tooling and earth for cultivation and housing. It is therefore logically for Chinese Feng Shui to be associated with the 5 elements and to stress the importance of living in harmony with surrounding. Similarly Chinese medical theory also associated the 5 elements with health and cure. Possibly Chinese believes that human being has to live in harmony with the 5 elements and any disturbance to the 5 elements will cause imbalance which will cause catastrophe or disaster in life just like we disturb the nature which will give rise to typhoon, earth-quake, rise in temperature and melting of ice, deforestation etc. [to be continued]