[quote=briansd1][quote=jimmyle]The stove in Asia represents wealth. It is also the positive energy (Khi) that ward off the dark energy (sickness, evil spirits, bad luck). The stove is the center of the family because it is responsible for cooking up the foods that feed and grow (physically and emotionally) the family and its members and keep the relationships warm.
The sink, if directly opposing the stove, possibly can put out the fire that keep the family healthy, properous and living in harmony.[/quote]
Jimmy, I noticed that nice houses in Asia have kitchens outside the house. A breezeway separates the kitchen from the dining room. The food is prepared in the kitchen and that keeps the smell away from the main house. The houses have Americans style kitchens just for drinks (like a large wet bar area).
So if you have those big Viking stove thing in an open kitchen in the middle of the house, is that bad?
Is it a good or bad thing to have the kitchen the central focal point the house?[/quote]
This is more for practical reasons than anything else. Chinese cooking stinks up the entire house. Best to do it outside. That, or you buy an industrial sized range hood, like the ones made by San Yang Pai Sorry, most of you won’t get it. Chinese people will know.
These things sound like a jet engine when they startup.
