According to the historical records of Changchun, when the Daotai Yamen was established, Changchun already had four urban areas: the old city, the "Russian affiliated", the "Manchu affiliated" and the commercial port. Daotai Yamen was built at the highest end of the commercial port, with "Manchuria Railway Subsidiary" and "Russian Subsidiary" on the north side.
The location of the Daotai yamen here means resisting aggression. Therefore, Shi believes that Russia and Japan, like tigers and wolves behind them, are eyeing each other, making Taoist priests afraid to sit facing south. Because the gate can't sit facing south like the traditional yamen, the Daotai Yan at that time had to consider the orientation of the gate. So he began to think clockwise. ?
Not facing west: afraid of rushing to Fengdu City
"The gate must not face west." Shi said: "The geomantic omen in China attaches great importance to opening the gate to the west. In addition to allowing the temple gate to open to the west, almost all doors are forbidden to open to the west. "
In Shi's view, in the past, Feng Shui paid too much attention to the problem that the gate was forbidden to open to the west, because folklore believed that only the dead would open to the west. "People call Fengdu County, Sichuan Province a ghost town, that is, the location of the underworld. There are many mythical architectural styles here, such as the so-called Naihe Bridge, Tianwang Temple and the 18th floor of Hell." Yan Daotai, who grew up in feudal society, was inevitably stained with some superstitious colors, no matter how courageous he was. How can he open the door to the west? ?
Don't face north: those facing north are thieves.
Sitting south and sitting north is very particular in traditional culture. In court culture, the emperor and the venerable should sit in the north and south, while courtiers and people, even the defeated, are all facing the north and south. There is even a saying among the people that "facing south is the emperor and facing north is the thief". Shi said: "only some old theaters open their doors to the north, because there are both emperors and thieves here." In order to separate drama from life, the gate must be opened to the north, otherwise the emperor will settle accounts with the troupe. "