Has the West Lake become an ancient celebrity graveyard? Why?

I think there are several reasons: first, it is related to the feng shui of ancient tombs; Second, the ancient West Lake was a suburb, and the ancient city of Hangzhou was small, so the West Lake, as a suburb, was naturally the place where the ancients chose the cemetery. Third, it is related to the geographical environment around Hangzhou. It should also be pointed out that not only ancient celebrities like to be buried there, but also many civilians are buried there. People familiar with Hangzhou may know that if you climb the Jade Emperor Mountain and several famous mountains around the West Lake on weekends, you will see many unmarked tombstones, indicating that ancestors still like to be buried by the West Lake after their death.

Ancient tomb geomantic omen

Guo Pu, a geomantic master in Jin Dynasty, said in the Book of Burial: "Qi is also angry", "Qi is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered together and made it last forever, so it was called Feng Shui. The method of feng shui is to get water as the top and hide the wind as the bottom. "

"Burial Book" said: "The gasification of husband's yin and yang becomes wind, rises to cloud, fights for thunder, falls to rain, walks in the ground and is born with qi".

Therefore, in our ancient cemetery, what we pay attention to is this kind of yin-Yang Qi, and then the qi is constantly transformed into clouds, thunder, rain and other appearances, which is auspicious soil and will bless future generations with prosperity, peace and health. To put it bluntly, when the ancients chose a cemetery, the best feng shui pattern was that there were mountains behind, water in front and mountains on both sides. Only in this way can we gather gas, because the owner of Houshan has a backer and the population is prosperous. At present, there is a water Lord with strong financial resources, relying on mountains and rivers, and the Lord has the help of ghosts and gods. This is a prosperous land. There is a similar terrain near the West Lake, which will cause many ancient people to choose cemeteries (not just celebrities).

Because the ancient West Lake is similar to the suburbs now.

There are ten gates in the ancient city of Hangzhou, and there is a folk song about the gates of Hangzhou:

Fish baskets outside Wulin Gate, silk baskets outside Genshan Gate, horse racing outside Fengshan Gate, salt baskets outside Qingtai Gate, vegetable baskets outside Wangjiangmen Gate, jars outside Houchao Gate, firewood baskets outside Qingbo Gate, boating outside Jinmen Gate, incense baskets outside Qiantang Gate and dung baskets outside Chun Qing Gate.

What are the concepts of these doors? It is probably within the upper and lower urban areas of Hangzhou now, which is smaller than today's upper and lower urban areas. Therefore, it is conceivable that the scope of the ancient city of Hangzhou is not large. Outside these doors are suburbs, and West Lake is the nearest suburb. If you are far away, go to Lingyin Temple and Jiuxi. So when the ancients came, it was normal to bury the dead in the suburbs. In addition, the West Lake at that time was as beautiful and relaxing as it is today, so it is not surprising that ancient celebrities were buried here.