Ten famous geomantic buildings in China, where is the geomantic omen?
China has a vast territory and many famous buildings, many of which were designed and built with the idea of ancient geomantic theory.
Then let's take a look at the top ten famous geomantic buildings in China and see where their geomantic features are.
Temple of Heaven:
In an agricultural society that depends on the weather for a long time, it is undoubtedly of great practical significance to attach importance to the theory of natural environment. The most important sacrificial buildings in Beijing-the Temple of Heaven, Ditan, Ritan and Moon Altar-are located in the south, north, east and west of the outer suburbs of old Beijing, respectively, which conform to the orientation of innate gossip, such as Gannan, Kunbei, Kanxi East, Quantian South, Dibei, Tomorrow and Moon. Among them, the Temple of Heaven is the place where the ancient emperors, known as the "Emperor of Heaven", offered sacrifices to heaven in the sunny winter solstice, in order to pray for good weather in the coming year.
Wutai Mountain:
Buddhism does not attach importance to "one" water, emphasizing that "there is no hole in the world, but the hole is in my heart". Therefore, temples only choose places with lee and sun, beautiful scenery and secluded customs. However, once any foreign culture goes deep into China, it is bound to be influenced by China culture. China's ancient monk Dade often has extraordinary wisdom and aesthetic taste, and he will choose a treasure trove of geomantic omen. It is not difficult to understand why there are so many famous mountains and monks in the world, and why the traditional famous mountains in China, such as Mount Wutai, Mount Emei and Mount Putuo, spread all over Buddhist temples hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Xinjiang Bagua City:
According to legend, the rudiment of Bagua City was established in three years (Park 1220) when Qiu Chuji, the founder of Nanning Longmen School, visited the Western Regions at the invitation of Genghis Khan. More than 700 years later, it was built by Qiu Zongjun, who was proficient in reclamation in Yili. Now it has become an important base for studying how the Book of Changes is applied to urban architecture.
Forbidden city:
The layout of the Forbidden City strictly follows the principle of symmetry of the central axis. The buildings at both ends of the central axis are symmetrical, and the central axis is the central meridian, which is the baseline for planning the Forbidden City and all palaces in Beijing. In the Forbidden City, the three main halls of government affairs, namely, Fengtian Hall, Gaihua Hall, Shenshen Hall (later renamed Taihe Hall, Zhonghe Hall and Baohe Hall) and Logistics Palace (Gan Qing Palace, Jiaotai Palace and Kunning Palace) are all located on the central axis. If other palaces are not built on the central axis, they are also in strict accordance with the symmetrical planning and layout, and distributed at both ends of the central axis.
Guangzhou CITIC Plaza:
Guangzhou CITIC Plaza is located in the new city center of Tianhe District, Guangzhou, China. * * * Including 1 80-storey skyscraper CITIC Building, two 38-storey annex buildings, a podium building with 4 floors as a shopping mall, and a parking lot with 2 floors underground, which is close to guangzhou east railway station. Its skyscraper is the second tallest building in Guangzhou, and 1996 was completed, which is one of the landmark buildings in Guangzhou.
Designers skillfully took advantage of the decline of Yuanyun, broke the traditional southward principle of China, and always achieved the effect of prosperous wealth and long luck. Citic Plaza is close to Shougouling in the north, with the traffic of Baiyun Mountain and Nanling Mountain, and faces the small and medium-sized sports square in the south, overlooking the Pearl River, with high terrain in the north and low terrain in the south. There are mountains in the north and water in the south. CITIC Plaza sits like a "chair" from south to north, which means good luck and long life. Citic Plaza is the tallest landmark building in Guangzhou, which was built in the 1990s. With the completion of CITIC Plaza, the construction and development of surrounding office buildings and residences have been promoted, and finally the Tianhe North Business Circle led by CITIC Plaza has been formed, and its wealth is booming.