The Feng Shui of doors

Doors, especially the main door, play a very important role in Feng Shui. They are the passage of "qi" (气), and viewed as the "mouth" (口) of the room.

If there is a large empty compound in front of the house, such as a car park, it is best to have the main door located at the center in front of the house. Main door at the center is called the door of Vermilion Bird (朱雀门).

If there is no large empty space in front of the house, and it is located along a street or corridor, if the path at the right is longer than the left, the main door is best located at the left. If the house is located at a slope, and the land on the right is higher than the left, the main door is also best located at the left. This is because water flows from higher place to lower. Main door at the left is called the door of Green Dragon (青龙门).

If the path in front of the house at the left is longer than the right, the main door is best located at the right. If the house is located at a slope, and the land on the left is higher than the right, the main door is also best located at the right. This is because water flows from higher place to lower. Main door at the right is called the door of White Tiger (白虎门).

Some Feng Shui considerations:

• It is very inauspicious for a door facing the beginning/end of a road or a long corridor. This kind of situation is like a long sword piercing your heart.
• It is inauspicious for any door to directly face another door, especially at a close distance. In this situation, the smaller door will get more harm.
• It is inauspicious for kitchen door to face with sleeping room door, regardless which door is larger/smaller.
• It is inauspicious for store room's door to face with sleeping room door, even if the sleeping room door is larger.
• It is inauspicious for sleeping room door to face with main door, and will affect the health of the people who stay in the room.
• It is inauspicious for kitchen door to face with main door. This will affect your wealth.
• It is inauspicious for stove to be facing the door. This will affect your wealth.
• It is inauspicious to see yourself in a mirror when you open any door.
• It is inauspicious for any bed to face with the door of the bedroom.
• It is inauspicious to see toilet or bathroom right in front of you when you open any door (other than the toilet's own door). Many house has this kind of problem, and it is advisible to always close your toilet/bathroom door so that it is not so visible when you enter the door that facing it.
• It is inauspicious to have the main door and the back door line up in a straight line, especially when you are able to see the back door in front of you when you enter the main door.
• It is inauspicious for main door or back door to face a tree, particularly a big tree, or near facing to a wall.
• If there is a tree in front of the house, and the tree is at the left hand side to the main door (at your right hand side if you are outside the door), it is call the tree of Green Dragon (青龙树) and is auspicious to the man of the house and also auspicious to all the residents in the house.
• If there is a tree in front of the house, and the tree is at the right hand side to the main door (at your left hand side if you are outside the door), it is call the tree of White Tiger (白虎树), showing the hostess is more powerful in the family, and/or she is lustful. This is normally viewed as inauspicious.
• It is inauspicious for your house to directly face a building of worship (temple, church, mosque, ...), hospital/clinic, police station, fire department, prison, funeral place, graveyard, or garbage dump.
• It is inauspicious for a door to face any sharp corner or sharp edge or sharp object that is pointing towards your direction.
• It is inauspicious for a door to face with the end of a staircase, regardless going up or down.
• For high-rise unit, it is inauspicious for your main door to face the lift door of the building.