From the perspective of geomantic culture (not geomantic art), there are two factors that affect the direction of tomb heads: one is topography; Second, folk culture. Song Ling's inverted burial method has always been controversial, which shows that these people are influenced by traditional geomantic techniques such as "five-tone surname Li" and have not studied the funeral etiquette system in Song Dynasty. The rulers of Song Dynasty advocated the rites of Zhou, and the funeral ceremony system was implemented according to the rites of Zhou. If the mausoleum was not built before death, it would be buried seven months after death. So the burial method of the mausoleum in the Song Dynasty, with the head facing the north Luohe and the foot facing the south Songshan, is obviously imitating the Zhou Dynasty. As we all know, the tomb of King Zhou is located in Joo Won?. Zhou Yuan is adjacent to Weihe River in the north and Qinling Mountain in the south. The tombs of the Zhou Dynasty are also the first burial method of the Weihe River, and so are the Qin Tombs. There is also the Mausoleum of the First Qin Dynasty, which faces Mount Li in the south and Wei River in the north. Then there is "buried in the northern Mangshan Mountain", which means "buried at the northern foot of Mangshan Mountain", with the Yellow River as the head and Mangshan Mountain as the foot. For example, there were several tombs in the Eastern Han Dynasty, such as the original tomb of Emperor Guangwu, Gong Ling of Andi, the apparition of Shun Di, Huailing of Chongde, Wenling of Lingdi and so on. This kind of inverted burial method can also be seen in other minority burial customs, such as the Gelao nationality, which is what the "horizontal Miao inverted Gelao nationality" said. After field measurement, I found that Song Ling is divided into three parts in the meridian direction, that is to say, it is about 6 degrees to the left in the meridian direction. This is obviously different from the statement that Zhao's surname belongs to the "horn" and belongs to the wood. It should be eastward, but the number of skills is forcibly attributed to the "Renshan C direction" in the north-south direction, which is quite different from the noon of Zishan measured on the spot. Strictly speaking, the building regulations in Song Ling are "near" due south. This orientation method is the concept of "nearly right" that we talked about last class. It is more than 2 degrees to the left of Beijing's central axis, which means "infinitely close to prosperity, but it has not reached the peak of prosperity" and avoids "prosperity and decline". This is a method of regulating qi in traditional geomantic omen. -Excerpt from Master Liu's Feng Shui.
From this point of view, the way of burial in your hometown should be the local custom, no problem.