Question: About the feng shui, legends and attractions of Wuhua Mountain in Kunming
According to historical records, Mu Ying, who guarded Yunnan, hired Wang Zhanhai, a famous Jiangxi expert, to design and build Kunming City. Wang Zhanhai carefully inspected Kunming's topography, landforms, mountains, rivers, and lakes, and believed that if a turtle city with a turtle-like shape and a back to Changchong Mountain facing Dianchi Lake was built south of Changchong Mountain, it would surely benefit the people. Wang Zhanhai, a famous Kunming master in the Ming Dynasty of my country, was later known as the chief planner of Kunming city construction and the master of geography. The general layout of modern Kunming City was established when Kunming City was built during the Hongwu Period of the Ming Dynasty (1382). At that time, Mu Ying, the top military administrator of Yunnan, invited Wang Zhanhai, a well-known Yin-Yang family and native of Jiangxi, to Yunnan to inspect the Shanlong Territory, and presided over the planning of the construction of Kunming City, intending to build Kunming into a city where "tortoises and snakes intersect, creating an imperial aura" city. ※※
※According to historical records, after Mr. Wang arrived in Kunming, he first found out the origin of Kunming City, which is the direction of the mountains on which Kunming City relies. The origin of Kunming City is Changchong Mountain, which is Snake Mountain. , is also the main mountain in Kunming. It originates from the northwest of Huize County, five or six hundred miles away. The dragon is quite far away. This is the best dragon vein in Feng Shui theory. The snake mountain dragon energy moves around, twists and turns, expands and contracts, winding from the northeast. When it reaches Kunming, the dragon energy becomes more and more powerful. When it reaches Tiefeng Temple, it stops and rises. The energy is more subtle and vigorous, so it rises and falls nine times. Going west and south, it reaches Yuantong Mountain where a jade screen (now known as Naxia Ping) opens, and the beauty of Wuhua (Wuhua Mountain) is revealed. Wuhua divides into five branches and ends at the site of the Confucian Temple. Wang Zhanhai found the dragon queen and thought it was Gen Long Xiangqian, and turned around to Xiangli. This was the "Purple Micro Dragon" that was extremely rare to see in the earth's veins! Therefore, Kunming City was designed and constructed in the shape of a turtle. The city is located at the foot of Snake Mountain and connected with the energy of Snake Mountain, forming a state of intersection between turtle and snake. Kunming City should be regarded as a blessed place. ※※
※ The south gate of Kunming City is the turtle head and the north gate is the turtle tail. The big east gate, the small east gate, the big south gate and the small south gate are the four legs of the turtle. Mr. Wang also set a compass on a melon-shaped highland on the right side of Wuhua Mountain, saying that the earth's energy was the strongest here, so he later built a governor's office to take charge of Yunnan's political affairs. When the city was about to be built, Wang Zhanhai specially made three stones and engraved words on them, which said, "Yunnan defeated Jiangnan around five hundred years ago" and "Yunnan has the upper hand in everything." Where the stone was buried is unknown. The turtle is a spirit turtle, which moves with its tail dropped, so the inner city gate of the north gate faces north, while the outer gate faces east instead of north, which means the spirit turtle turns its tail. The big west gate and the small west gate face east, the small east gate faces west, and the outer sides all face south. This is also the meaning of the four legs of the tortoise. Only the inner and outer doors of the Dadongmen face the same direction. This is because the east belongs to wood, and the wood should be stretched rather than bent. ※※Hidden Wind and Gathering Water welcomes you at any time
※ Due to Mr. Wang’s planning, Wuhua Mountain has become the main artery of Kunming, Zhengyi Road serves as the central axis running through the north and south, Wuhua Mountain is the center point, and the Victory Hall (Yunnan-Guizhou Province) is now The governor's office), the governor's office, the chief secretary's office, the fantai, the tai, and the Liangdao office all sit in a row facing north and south. Temples such as Tutu Temple, Chenghuang Temple, Yuantong Temple, and Wuwang Temple all follow this Feng Shui direction and layout various functional areas. This is how the pattern of Kunming City was formed. ※※
※Why must Kunming City be built into a turtle city that looks like a turtle? Wang Zhanhai has his own theory. He believes that Changchong Mountain in the north of Kunming is the main mountain of Kunming. Changchong is a snake, and this snake is male. If there is a male, there must be a female to match it. Therefore, Kunming City must be built like a turtle. In a city where tortoises and snakes intersect, only then can the people live prosperously, be prosperous and peaceful. Therefore, under Wang Zhanhai's careful design, the newly built Kunming Brick City became a turtle city that looks very much like a magical turtle. It has 6 city gates, the south gate is the turtle head, the north gate is the turtle tail, the big east gate, the small east gate, the big west gate and the small west gate are the four legs of the turtle. This turtle is not an ordinary turtle, it is a spirit turtle and a divine turtle. Its tail is dropped and its feet are moving, which means the spirit turtle is tail dropped. When Wang Zhanhai built the city of Kunming, he asked craftsmen to carve out a stone tortoise with an upright shape and a lifelike shape. He also carved a prophecy on the back of the tortoise: "About five hundred years ago, Yunnan will be better than Jiangnan." It was buried in Nancheng. Under the door. ※Hidden Wind and Gathering Water welcomes you at any time
※Kunming City designed and built by Wang Zhanhai is not only an auspicious and safe city where tortoises and snakes intersect.
Why should a turtle and a snake have sex? It is a thing in the water, it symbolizes water; snake is the name of the mountain, it represents the mountain. The so-called turtle and snake intercourse is actually a mountain with "hiding wind" and a place where "water" is found. The so-called Turtle City built by Wang Zhanhai just moved the Kunming City of the Yuan Dynasty slightly to the northwest, and surrounded the Wuhua Mountain, Luofeng Mountain, Zuben Mountain and Cuihu Mountain that were originally outside the city into the city, forming an inner-city, Outside the city, there are more landscape-like garden cities with mountains and water. A city has mountains and water, surrounded by mountains and water, with mountains on its back and water on its back. "If it is not near drought when it is high, it will have enough water; if it is not near water when it is low, it will be protected by ditches and defenses" (Guanzi). It is at the intersection of terrestrial ecosystem and water ecosystem. The overlapping edge areas are indeed helpful for urban defense and residents' production and life, and also have aesthetic value that makes the residents pleasing to the eye and relaxed. This kind of environment is a place that ancient Chinese geographers, landscape poets, and landscape painters yearned for and praised. "Guan's Geography Zhimeng" says: "If there are no mountains in the water, the qi will be dispersed and not attached; if there are no mountains in the water, the qi will be cold and uncontrolled. ...Mountains are solid qi, and water is deficient qi. If the soil is too high, the qi will be too thick." "If the water is too deep, the energy will be too big." Yes, the mountains are alive with the water, the mountains are charming with the water, and the city is beautiful with the mountains and rivers. A landscape city with mountains on its back and water on its side is a place with the strongest defense, the most convenient life, the most beautiful scenery, and the most suitable place for human habitation; and the ancient Chinese landscape culture is the perfect unity of science, philosophy, and aesthetics.