It looks like the mountain feng shui of turtle head.

The easiest way to understand the culture and human feelings of a city is to find the most distinctive relics of the city. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were eight scenic spots in Hainan, which were recognized as a treasure trove of geomantic omen by poets in previous dynasties. Hainan is known as Qiongtai, so it is also called Qiongtai Eight Scenes. Except for the towering five fingers, these eight scenic spots are all located in Qiongtai, so Qiongtai is considered a blessed land because of its unique geomantic treasure. Moreover, this blessed land of Qiongtai is also related to a character, that is, Song Taizu.

Legend of Feng Shui in Song Taizu

As for why Qiongtai was built in Hainan as early as the Song Dynasty, there is a story about Song Taizu in Historical Records. Because the terrain of Hainan is like a huge turtle, and the turtle's head is facing the Song Dynasty. In addition, before the Song Dynasty, people often rebelled in Hainan. So Song Taizong is worried that this turtle will harm the Central Plains. So he listened to the feng shui master's advice and moved the city to the place where the tortoise's head shrank. Sure enough, after many investigations, the Song government found a place where the tortoise could reach, and set up a yamen to govern the business of the whole island, which was later called Qiongtai.

The land of geomantic omen in Qiongtai blessed land

Because Song Taizu inadvertently built this Qiongtai, it not only became the old name of Hainan in history. Moreover, Qiongtai is an excellent land of geomantic omen, and many outstanding heroes have been born. Many people who have been to Qiongtai will find that Qiongzhou has reliefs of famous writers from the Tang Dynasty to the Qing Dynasty, with the background of their lives and characters' activities. Such as Zhong Fang and Chen Shi. These Qiongtai elites have made great achievements in their time and demonstrated their wisdom.

The glory and pride of the sacred land

In the final analysis, Qiongtai is considered a blessed land because the terrain is like a turtle and the feng shui is good. Secondly, there are many literati in Qiongtai, and these people gather in Qiongtai blessed land, which is the pride of Hainan and the glory of the blessed land.