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5.8.1 Question 22: Harmony, Preferable Scenario Question: There are some plots of land with surrounding trees, a hill and a pond. Which of following properties do you prefer to live in?
A: A building, backed by a hill with trees and open space in front. A footpath links up the building to the back of the hill, continues through a bridge then links to outside
B: A building, backed by a hill with trees. A footpath links up the building to the pond, continues through a bridge to the other side of the pond with trees then links to outside
C: A building backing by trees. An open space D: A building, backed by a hill with trees and in front with view to a pond, also view to a trees. An open space in front with view to a hill. A footpath links up the building to the pond and trees. A footpath links the building bridge and surrounds the hill to outside to the bridge and through the trees to outside Figure 5-22: Harmony - Preferable Scenario
This question is adapted from the drawings of surrounding environment derived from Yu (1998). Four scenarios were provided to the respondents, representing different combinations of buildings, hills, ponds, open spaces, trees and
ÅÔ ¢ÊÔ · ¸Ô ì Á ËÒÇÔ · ÂÒÅÑ Â àªÕ  §ãËÁè paths. The optimal land should have a stable mountain behind as the shelter and pond in front as the bright future. The Feng Shui rank for these drawings is 1, 2, 3 and 4
Copyright by Chiang Mai University from (D), (B), (C) and (A), respectively.
Table 5-42: Harmony - Preferable Scenario - Numeric Response
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Drawing A B C D 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 Respondents’ Rank 1 2 3 0 11 50 131 37 132 25 6 12 19 114 52 162 31 1 3 Count 0.0 5.7 26.0 68.2 18.5 66.0 12.5 3.0 6.1 9.6 57.9 26.4 82.2 15.7 0.5 1.5 Percent 4 2 3 1 Mode Feng Shui rank 4 2 3 1
