The Feng Shui layout of the Forbidden City and the Bagua
1. The shape and structure of the inner and outer city and the innate Bagua "The heaven and the earth are positioned, the mountains and rivers are ventilated, the thunder and wind are thin, and the water and fire are not in contact with each other." It is the innate interpretation of the Bagua. Description of Bagua directions.
The outer city is in the south, which is Qian and heaven; the inner city is in the north, which is Kun and earth. The outer city is oblate and the inner city is square, which is a symbol of the "positioning of heaven and earth" of the innate Bagua.
The southeast corner of the outer city is in the shape of a zigzag protrusion; the northwest corner of the inner city is in the shape of a depression; the southeast is the direction of Dui Gua, and Dui is Ze; the northwest is the direction of Gen Gua, and Gen is the mountain. This is the innate Bagua "mountain" The embodiment of "Ze Tong Qi".
2. Main axis layout and Luoshu Nine Palaces
The main axis layout is designed based on Luoshu mathematics: the main axis starts from Yongding Gate in the south and ends at the north-south vertical line of Drum Tower in the north. The total length is fifteen miles. Running through the center of Beijing, it is divided into east and west parts. The length of this line is the number "15", which is based on the three middle numbers 9, 5, and 1 arranged vertically in Luo Shu.
(Today’s subway, the circular line takes the inner city line, with four stations: Jishuitan, Drum Tower, Andingmen, and Yonghegong in the north; Dongzhimen, Dongshishitiao, Chaoyangmen, and Jianguomen in the east. There are six stations in the south: Beijing Station, Chongwenmen, Qianmen, Hepingmen, Xuanwumen, and Changchun Street; in the west there are four stations: Fuxingmen, Fuchengmen, Chegongzhuang, and Xizhimen; a total of 18 is the number of "Twenty-nine" in the north and south. The total is 10, which corresponds to Luo Shu's "Happiness to the Palace". The newly built first-line subway passing through Tiananmen Square has exactly five stations (Xidan, Tiananmen West, Tiananmen East, Wangfujing, Dongdan) from Fuxingmen to Jianguomen. This " "Five" exactly corresponds to the "Central Five" in Luo Shu.)
3. Color selection in the palace and acquired gossip
Qing belongs to wood, which is the hexagram of Zhen, which is spring, which is the hexagram of spring. East symbolizes the beginning of all things and the sprouting of vegetation; yellow belongs to earth and is the hexagram Kun, which means long summer. It is located in the middle and symbolizes virtue and virtue; red belongs to fire and is the hexagram Li, which is summer and is located in the south, symbolizing the bright light shining in all directions. ; Therefore, these three colors are all auspicious colors. White, belongs to gold, is the Dui hexagram, which is autumn, and is located in the west, symbolizing the sunset; black, which belongs to water, is the Kan hexagram, is winter, and is located in the north, symbolizing the abyss and danger; both of these two colors are unlucky, so they are not allowed in the palace. Pick.
Beijing City Gate Feng Shui Effect
Because the city gate is an access control, you have to slow down and look for directions when you walk to the city gate (the place where you go through the formalities for entering the city). The "retention rate" appears, and slowly business will emerge. Over time, the city gates have some special symbols, such as the wheat ears pattern engraved on the Chaoyang Gate, the plum blossom pattern engraved on the Fucheng Gate, and the water patterns engraved on the Xizhi Gate, which represent grain, coal and other materials that are closely related to human life. and water. These are intentional actions by the builders, showing the conscious and purposeful classification and direction of the city's political, military and socio-economic activities through the city gates, that is, as Mumford said: "This kind of functional The organic configuration allows the inner areas of the city to be free from the pressure of external traffic, in addition to the traffic generated locally, thus ensuring the normal functioning of the capital. However, the theory of wooden carts in Dongzhimen cannot be proven yet.
The section of the Second Ring Road from Dongzhimen to Dongsishitiao did not develop commerce in ancient times. This may be due to the humanistic stereotypes caused by the granary. The granary has special characteristics. In order to strengthen supervision, business within the area it extends will not see much improvement. At present, the commerce inside the Second Ring Road in this area is still not very developed, which may be related to the existence of some special units.
Beijing’s Feng Shui pattern, as a dragon land, has been prosperous for a long time, which is supported by its unique Feng Shui treasure land advantages. The natives of Beijing also think highly of the land and water and the people. They believe that in the whole of China, except for the people of Beijing, they are not human beings. Feng shui takes turns, and sometimes it's not always certain, let Shanghai take the initiative.