Dining room:
餐廳
Give your dining room new energy: Arrange fresh flowers on the dining room table to give it some life.
讓餐廳生氣盎然:在餐桌上擺放鮮花可以增加朝氣。
Bedroom:
臥室
Set up a harmonious bedroom:
1. On the closet doorknobs, hang two small dolls, a male doll on the left and a female doll on the right. This will improve relations with your spouse.
打造感情和睦的主臥室:一.在房間櫃子的門把上,懸掛男左女右的小玩偶,有助於促進夫妻感情和諧。
2. Couples normally like to hang wedding photos above their bed, but it's a bad idea to hang large photos in the bedroom, especially above the bed. It could make one of you extremely busy outside. If you want to put photos in the bedroom, put small pictures on the night stand next to your bed.
二.一般夫妻習慣將婚紗照掛在床頭上方。其實臥室不宜放置大頭照,尤其是床頭上,容易使其中一方長期在外奔波。如果想在臥室放照片,可以在床頭櫃旁放上小照片。
3. You can put pomelos or apples at the head of the beds of elderly people to represent ''blessings'' and "peace.'' You could also put a tangerine on their bed to signify ``auspiciousness.''
三.老人家的臥室床頭適合放上柚子或蘋果,有「保佑」、「平安」之意,也可以放置橘子,取「吉祥」之意。
Bathroom:
浴室
Make your bathroom comfortable and attractive: Your bathroom must be kept dry and ventilated. It's also appropriate to have some plants in the room to vitalize the air, such as orchids or pothos vines. Brake ferns should not be kept in bathrooms.
浴室要舒適悅目:浴室一定要保持乾燥、通風;可以適度擺放植栽化氣,例如蘭花或黃金葛。蕨類則不宜放浴室。
Kitchen:
廚房
Make your kitchen safe and serene: It's best not to have the door of your refrigerator facing the stove. In fengshui, water and fire cannot co-exist, and violating this principle can put family members on bad terms with one another. Therefore the faucet should not be near the stove, just as water and fire should be kept separate.
廚房要安全又平和:冰箱門最好不要面對爐火,在風水學上有水火相忌之意,容易引起家庭失和。水龍頭也不宜緊鄰爐火,同樣會有水火不合的情勢。
Translated by Marc Langer
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