El feng shui (chino tradicional: 風水, chino simplificado: 风水, pinyin: fēng shuǐ, pronunciación mandarín: [fə́ŋʂwèi], (literalmente viento y agua) es un antiguo sistema filosófico chino de origen taoísta basado en la ocupación consciente y armónica del espacio, con el fin de lograr de éste una influencia positiva sobre las personas que lo ocupan. Es parte del llamado shenmiwenhua (神秘文化 - conocimiento misterioso) de la cultura china, que trata sobre cosas misteriosas, secretas e imposibles de ver. Su territorio de acción se sitúa en la frontera de dos mundos: el de la tierra –denominado ken kai–, visible y físico, y el del cielo –denominado yu kai–, desconocido, invisible y vibrátil. Está considerada desde una pseudociencia hasta «un compendio de antiguas supersticiones chinas».

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Feng Shui (pinyin: fēng shuǐ, pronounced [fɤ́ŋ ʂwèi] FUNG shway) is a Chinese philosophical system of harmonizing everyone with the surrounding environment. It is closely linked to Daoism. The term feng shui literally translates as "wind-water" in English. This is a cultural shorthand taken from the passage of the now-lost Classic of Burial recorded in Guo Pu's commentary:Feng shui is one of the Five Arts of Chinese Metaphysics, classified as physiognomy (observation of appearances through formulas and calculations). The feng shui practice discusses architecture in metaphoric terms of "invisible forces" that bind the universe, earth, and humanity together, known as qi. Historically, feng shui was widely used to orient buildings—often spiritually significant structures such as tombs, but also dwellings and other structures—in an auspicious manner. Depending on the particular style of feng shui being used, an auspicious site could be determined by reference to local features such as bodies of water, stars, or a compass. Qi rides the wind and scatters, but is retained when encountering water. Feng shui was suppressed in mainland China during the state-imposed Cultural Revolution of the 1960s but has since then regained popularity. Modern reactions to feng shui are mixed. The Skeptic Encyclopedia of Pseudoscience states that some principles of feng shui are "quite rational", while noting that "folk remedies and superstitions... [have been] incorporated into feng shui's eclectic mix".

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