It is a chinese concept and belief like you don't want certain things in certain areas that could allow evil spirits into your house or something.
very unusual like you don't want a street that leads directly into your house.... you don't want to have your front door, um... Lemme rephrase that. When opening your front door, you don't want to have a flight of stairs leading directly in front of it... (meaning see a flight of stairs)
Feng Shui is also in the game Animal Crossing (which I played endlessly when my computer wasn't working). It's a pretty cool game. If you have the furniture in your house arranged a certain way, you will be more lucky (more likely to find money and stuff).
Hey!!! I just visited my friends for a week and that's what we played ALL week!!! haahaa!! I love the game... it's... simmish. I still have all the little songs and sounds stuck in my head... whoo-hooo whoo-hooo!! and all the PUNS!! I LOVED the PUNS!!! we only knew that using the feng shui color and cardinal directions principles would get you a better house rating from the little committee that sent the letters judging the rooms, we didn't know it would give you better luck finding stuff... hmmm, I should tell my friend!! She only rented the game, but wants to buy it soon as they can save up for it.