What's so particular about feng shui in ancient tombs?

The ancient people considered the following factors when choosing a cemetery: first, it was close to the capital, and its feng shui was naturally good; Second, hometown, fief or ancestral home conforms to the traditional concept of returning to the motherland; Third, the place of death, such as anywhere, battlefield, etc. This usually depends on the situation, such as traffic restrictions; Fourthly, in other places, the ancients paid as much attention to the Yin house as the Yang house, especially to "death is like life". Therefore, as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the concept of building a tomb by the mountain appeared. Many emperors' tombs face the mountains and the water, or face the plains, with wide horizons. Some people even built their graves on the top of the mountain to show their lofty status and the majesty of imperial power. Later, people chose the cemetery, paying special attention to the geographical environment near mountains and rivers, which was regarded as the best place for geomantic omen by the ancients. "The Secret Funeral Scripture of Dahan's Original Mausoleum" once recorded: "To build a grave, you must come to the mountains to go to the water."

Guo Pu, a master of Feng Shui in the Jin Dynasty, said in the Book of Burial that "the burials are angry, the gas is dispersed by the wind, and the boundary water stops, so they gather and stop, so it is called Feng Shui." Geomantic tomb refers to the comprehensive evaluation of climate, geology, landform, ecological landscape and other environmental factors when the ancients chose a cemetery, in order to avoid misfortune. Throughout history, cemetery geomantic omen was conceived in the pre-Qin period, prevailed in the Tang and Song Dynasties, and flooded in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. The geomantic omen of the cemetery can determine the wealth of future generations, the prosperity of future generations and the rise and fall of families. In the Northern Song Dynasty, Sima Guang once said in "On Burial" that "the secular belief in burying the Lord means choosing the year, month and day, choosing the landscape situation, and thinking that wealth, poverty and virtue are all tied to this". For example, there is a Huang Jincheng in front of Confucius' tomb in legend, and even descendants of Confucius' family come forth in large numbers. Even Zhu, a master of Neo-Confucianism, believed in Feng Shui. "If God is at peace and his son is prosperous, he will never stop offering sacrifices." The Book of Changes and the Big Zhuang Gua says, "Enough is enough. "In the pre-Qin period, Jiang Taigong advocated adjusting measures to local conditions. Biography of Historical Records of Huo Zhi records: "King Taigong was sealed in Yingqiu, with few people, and Taigong advised him to be a woman, who was very proficient in salt. "This is actually the expression that our ancient ancestors adopted a natural lifestyle according to the objectivity of the environment. According to the actual situation, take practical and effective methods to make people and buildings conform to nature, return to nature, return to nature, and integrate man with nature. This is the true meaning of Feng Shui.

According to Feng Shui theory, there is life in the graveyard, and life can bring good news. Anger flows underground. When the wind blows, it will separate, and when the water is blocked, it will stop. Therefore, when the ancients were looking for a cemetery, they all chose the place where life condensed, that is, the place where the wind could not blow and the water could not stop it. Later, people extended the concept of Feng Shui to cities, houses and other fields. In order to distinguish it, people divide Feng Shui into two categories: Yin Zhai Feng Shui and Yang Zhai Feng Shui. Ancient imperial tombs, we have to admit, they do occupy a "auspicious land" on the land of China, and the sand and water in Longdong is beautiful, excusable and salty. These choices of "auspicious land" all show our ancestors' deep wishes for the blood of the Chinese nation to last forever and prosper. Due to the ethics and funeral customs of the ancients, there were a large number of precious cultural relics and gold, silver and beads in the tombs of ancient emperors.