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Zhong Sheng Ji is a Chinese ancient ritual which believed to be able to improve a person's health or luck. It is carried out only when a person is suffering from serious illness or serious bad luck. The ritual has to use the hair, blood, tooth, nail and clothes of a person, together with his details such as date and time of birth (in Chinese, we called it Ba Zi), put into an urn and assume the living person is dead. An auspicious date and time to conduct the ritual is usually advised by a FengShui master and carried out by the same master.
种生基是一个中国古老的仪式，相信能够改善人的健康或运气。 种生基是当一个人患上严重疾病或严重衰运时才进行的。 仪式得用上该人的头发，血液，牙齿，指甲和衣服，八字（出生日期和时间），放在一个瓮里，并假设当事人死了。风水师会为当事者选择吉日和吉间进行仪式。
First, the party needs to buy a land to place the urn. These are few of the most important key points to note:
1. The location and direction of the land
2. Date and time of purchase of land
3. The date and time of the ceremony
The above points must be matched with the Ba Zi of the party, otherwise disasterous unfortunate or death may happen to him.
首先，当事者需要购买一块土地来放置瓮。 以下是几个最重要的基本重点：
1. 土地的位置和方向
2. 购买土地的日期和时间
3. 进行仪式的日期和时间
以上要点必须与当事人的八字配合，否则将可能发生不幸或死亡。
In Singapore, we do not have land offerred to public to Zhong Sheng Ji but the private graveyard/columbarium/temple may allow this ceremony with the use of niche. Land is one of the scarce resouces here.
在新加坡，我们没有种生基的土地，但私人墓园/骨灰/寺庙或许允许利用骨灰位来种生基。 土地是这里稀缺的资源之一。
Zhong Sheng Ji is originally carried out to help a person to get better, instead of the reverse. However, since such activity is commercialized, salespeople who try to persuade customers to "buy" the "product" may deliberately distort the purpose or disregard the needs of customers. Selling without considering the possible negative outcomes which may happen to customer is outrageous. A salesperson should understand the ritual, its purpose and fully aware of the possible results. I believe that any sensible salesrepresentative will not intentionally mislead his clients once he understands the consequences of giving false advice. The misrepresenting marketing pitch and hard selling tactic may also be due to the salesperson is eager to sell off the "product" he has bought, in order to encash his "investment" and reap the profit from his customer. This is conflict of interest.
种生基原为帮助一个人变得更好，而不是伤害。 然而，由于这种活动被商业化，尝试说服客户“购买产品”的销售人员可能会故意歪曲其目的或无视顾客的真正需要。 在不考虑会发生在顾客身上的负面结果的前提下而强硬式推销是不能被接受的。销售人员应尽可能完整地了解这仪式，目的和可能的结果。 我相信任何一位以客为上的销售代表一旦明白给予虚假建议将带来的后果，就不会故意误导他的客户。 误导性的营销策略和“台词”也可能是由于销售人员急于抛售他所购买的“产品”，以此来兑现他的“投资”，从客户那里获得利润。 这是利益上的冲突。
The cost of Zhong Sheng Ji in private graveyard/columbarium/temple may cost customer SGD6,000 and onwards. However, the real Zhong Sheng Ji involves much higher cost than the general public can afford. The ideal location is also not at the graveyard/columbarium/temple with the use of niche or piece of small land plots as commercially advertized.
私人墓地/骨灰塔/寺庙的生基费用由6000新元起。 但是，真正的种生基的费用并非一般普罗大众承担得起的。 理想的生基地也不是一小块的墓地/骨灰塔/寺庙内。
Customer needs to exercise his due diligence to avoid being rip off and cause any possible disaster to himself. If there is really a need to Zhong Sheng Ji, consult a trusted independent FengShui master, instead of listening to the FengShui consultant or salesperson engaged by the private memorial garden operator.
客户需要具备基本知识，在做任何决定之前把“功课”做好，以避免被剥夺，并对自己造成任何损伤。 如果真的有需要种生基，请咨询一位值得信赖的风水师，而不是道听销售员或墓园经营者雇用的风水师。
I have came across these 4 articles which cite case study of disasterous outcome and brief introduction about this ritual. I do not know these two FengShui masters personally nor I have received any benefit or interest from them to name the links here. The articles were written in Chinese.
我在网上搜索资料，从中筛选了这四篇文章。文章中引用了易于明白的案例，并简要介绍了什么是种生基。我不认识这两位风水师，也没有从他们那里得到任何利益。我链接他们的文章纯粹是分享而已。文章是由中文编写的。
I consulted FengShui Master A who I know personally. Instead of spending big bucks on this ritual and niche/land plots and risking yourself to unfortunate, practicing Qi Gong or chanting certainly a better alternatives. Simple, low cost and effective!
我咨询了一位我认识的风水师。 他的建议是与其花大钱在这个仪式上和承担风险，还不如练练气功或诵经。我认为这的确是简单，成本低廉有效益的活动！
