Q 01/05

What do the two words feng shui literally mean?

A) Wind-water

B) Sun-moon

C) Earth-sky

D) Fire-stone

Answer · why

A) Wind-water

The idea was that landscapes and water direct the flow of qi through places and structures.

Q 02/05

What is the name of the cosmic current or energy that feng shui seeks to direct?

A) Dao

B) Qi

C) Wu

D) Li

Answer · why

B) Qi

More broadly the practice takes in astronomy, astrology, architecture and topography.

Q 03/05

Feng shui is traditionally described as a form of what?

A) Numerology

B) Geomancy

C) Astrology

D) Alchemy

Answer · why

B) Geomancy

Historically it fixed the orientation of buildings, dwellings and tombs.

Q 04/05

Which two Neolithic cultures give the earliest known evidence for feng shui?

A) Yangshao and Hongshan

B) Liangzhu and Dawenkou

C) Shang and Zhou

D) Longshan and Erlitou

Answer · why

A) Yangshao and Hongshan

Before the magnetic compass, feng shui relied on astronomy.

Q 05/05

The doors of dwellings at which Neolithic village were aligned with the asterism Yingshi around 4000 BC?

A) Sanxingdui

B) Banpo

C) Erlitou

D) Anyang

Answer · why

B) Banpo

The alignment, just after the winter solstice, sited the homes for solar gain.