The author, Ping Xu, uses his knowledge to compare the siting of Southwestern Ancient American Indian dwellings to the Chinese principle of feng-shui and its use in the citing of Ancient Chinese settlements. In short, feng-shui was used to harmonize people with their environment by closely observing and planning a site’s relationship to water and cold winds. Interestingly, the locations of American Indians in the southwest seem to follow these principles. Usually they are situated in a canyon, which would block winds and have a river at the bottom or a spring at the top. These observations can be simplified to how people seek out their basic needs as humans: food, water, shelter, and defense. We should take this information and allow the Ancients to inform how we design today.
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Too often in our past, we have "fought against" nature, trying to conquer her. We have developed neighborhoods in floodplains and within areas of natural forest fires. We didn't heed the superior strength of Mother Earth, and many times we look back dumbfounded. "Why did my house flood?" We should take note from our ancestors and try to comune with nature as opposed to forces unnatural conditions on her. Ultimately, she will win.
This all goes back to some previous readings we have discussed...learning to respect nature and putting it before ourselves. I liked how this article says it is hard to prove settlement patterns without written texts. It says, "one time maybe be an accident, twice a coincidence, and three times becomes a pattern."
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