Another name for the four directions (East, South, West and North)

There are dragons or black dragons in the east, suzaku in the south, white tigers in the west and Xuanwu in the north.

East, south, west and north are the basic directions; Northeast, southeast, etc. It's the middle direction. In birthdates, the diagonal distance between two planets is called azimuth. Eight house geomantic omen determines the sitting direction of the house according to the orientation of the gate. The orientation of Bajia corresponds to eight kinds of divinatory symbols, namely, earthquake, separation, exchange, hurdle, Xun, Kun, Gan and Gen.

Extended data:

When standing in the house, face the door, the orientation is "direction" and the opposite orientation is "sitting". Regardless of the shape of the house, the orientation of sitting and facing must be relative.

For example, the gate faces east and the home sits west; When the gate faces southeast, the house sits northwest; If the gate faces northwest, the house will sit in the southeast, and so on. According to the acquired gossip, specifically, there are eight situations as follows:

1, the door faces west, and the house on the east is the earthquake house.

The gate faces the northwest, and the home in the southeast is a mansion.

The gate faces north, and the south family leaves home.

The gate faces the northeast, and the home in the southwest is Kunzhai.

5. The gate is in the east and the house is in the west.

6. The gate faces the southeast, and the home in the northwest is the dry house.

7. The gate faces south, and the house in the north is Kanzhai.

8. The gate faces southwest, and the house in the northeast is a mansion.