Burial Grounds is this bad

[lore]

Burial Grounds - Would it be very bad feng shui to live in a property facing, and possibly even built on, an ancient burial ground? There are no grave stones or other visible signs that it is such. What kind of ill effects could there be and what could one do to protect oneself? The property is on top of a hill with sea views - is this good or bad? Help please!!!

[Cecil Lee]

Dear LB,
Here are the following points to note:
1. The burial place should not be a place of massacre or some terrible acts carried out at the location e.g. a battle ground.
2. I know of many successful business that are facing burial sites. This is despite warnings that is it not auspicious to face burial sites.
For example, Tangs Hotel (now renamed to another name Hotel) located at Scotts and Orchard Road in Singapore, was previously facing a burial site. It was said that the piece of land was no good but now, this intersection is a very popular site i.e. tourist belt.
3. In land scarce Singapore, there are many government housing estates that were built on burial sites all over the island: some parts of Simpang Tampines, Bishan etc...
However, in my country, the burial sites are usually less than 60 years old and the lesser the age of the site the better.
4. I believe, sites that are more than 150 or more years may have lingering Yin energy and it takes time for such energy to break down.
5. Usually, once a site has been `completely' exhumed and cleared, and with relatively new grave sites where the remandants are properly cremated should not pose a `problem' to anyone buying the new land.
Here, you should not be too worried about it.
6. For older burial sites which can be considered sacred i.e. over 150 years old, ideally best not to disturb the site if one can.
Under Chinese customs, there is a special order in which the grave digger exhumes the grave and pick the bones in a specific order.
7. Once these are `claimed' and cremated, the effects are neutral on the land. Let a few years for the Qi to dissipate.
8. It is best to built on the plot without any remanants of any unmarked graves or bones i.e. the new house and compound must not have any of these as it is considered inauspicious for a house (include the compound) to have unmarked graves).
Off-hand, you mentioned that the property is on a hill overlooking the sea. In a broad sense, this is considered a good location.
Many good sites I know is based on this concept. Even a few temples in Singapore were purposely built on a hill overlooking the sea. One of the local temples even mentioned in their temple plaque that the site which the temple is considered auspicious based on this concept.
However, as I mentioned, you need a trained eye to look at every detail. A professional Feng Shui Master will even look at the type of sand on the site and analyse it with other Shapes and form techniques.
Initially, if your house is on such a site, it is good to keep the house bright and keep it more Yang to slowly dissipate the Yin energy.
For the garden, make sure that there is no large tree(s) or wells. One should remove them from such property.
In such homes, avoid collecting antique furniture also.
Warmest Regards,
Cecil

Quote

On 9/7/99 7:51:17 PM, Anonymous wrote:
Burial Grounds - Would it be
very bad feng shui to live in
a property facing, and
possibly even built on, an
ancient burial ground? There
are no grave stones or other
visible signs that it is such.
What kind of ill effects could
there be and what could one do
to protect oneself? The
property is on top of a hill
with sea views - is this good
or bad? Help please!!!