Why did the ancients think that the sky was round and the earth was square?

Because the ideological concept and the development of the north and the south have changed, the gossip map, like the ancient map of China, respects the south, so the south is the best; Before the feudal Southern Song Dynasty, the north was politically developed, and there were many uncivilized and barbarian places in the south, which turned into respect in the north. In addition, going north and going south is more in line with people's living habits, which also makes the north above the modern map.

1. In the gossip, the north and the south represent Gankun, Gantian, Tian Kun, Tian Shang and the world respectively. So what? South and north? . The eight diagrams are carefully arranged, yin and yang, north and south poles, and other directions are closely related to astronomical phenomena and periodic changes. At the same time, it combines some feng shui, such as? Left Qinglong right white tiger? Concept, thus forming the pattern that Zuo Dong is right and the West is right. In this way, the orientation of gossip is completely opposite to that of modern maps. In a sense, gossip is? Can you look back? Maps, so their orientation in reality (the earth) is the same, but the paper interpretation method is different.

2. Although the current general concept of orientation holds that? North and south? However, different interpretation methods still appeared or existed in different dynasties in China and other parts of the world. In this way, the answer mentioned at the beginning is influenced by the northern political center. North is respect? Under the influence of different centuries and cultures in Europe and America, the orientation of maps is different or changed, for example, because of the influence of Christian culture in the Middle Ages? East is the best? , and the law of the era of great navigation? The circular map made by Mora was influenced by the earlier Islamic map? The south is the best? This further proves the influence of cultural beliefs on map orientation setting.

Finally, I want to quote the explanation that gossip and map are in the opposite direction. Compass? Like the compass is ancient? Sina? Modern? Compass? But the direction can be accurately identified by reading, because the relationship between their direction and position is the same.