Who has seen the geomantic omen in the ancient capital?

Introduction: Nanjing is one of the four ancient capitals in China, known as the ancient capital of the Six Dynasties. However, the dynasties with Nanjing as their capital were often short-lived. Even in the Ming Dynasty, which lasted a little longer, it was only the capital of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founder of the Ming Dynasty. His son moved the capital to Beijing when he became Ming Taizu. Then why did these ancient founding emperors choose to build their capital here when they knew that the dynasties with Nanjing as their capital were short-lived?

A place with excellent feng shui

Nanjing is an excellent land of geomantic omen, known as the Dragon Plate. This thing is mysterious, and modern people don't feel much about it. However, in ancient times, feng shui was very important. We often hear so-and-so treacherous court official say that someone else's ancestral grave has chosen a land with the air of an emperor, and the emperor often thunders against the treacherous court official's way, which shows how valued Feng Shui was in ancient times. It is said that Qin Shihuang couldn't hold back when he learned about the emperor's anger in Nanjing, so he built the Qinhuai River and unloaded the emperor's anger in Nanjing, resulting in a short life span of dynasties with Nanjing as their capital.

economically advanced

Since China's economic center of gravity moved to the south, Jiangsu and Zhejiang have always been economically developed places, including now. The products here are very rich. If we put this condition now, we may not call it anything. Everything produced is shipped to Beijing. But in those days, the traffic was extremely slow. And Beijing often needs to consume a lot of food, cloth and so on.

geographical position

Nanjing is located in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and enjoys a superior geographical position. On the one hand, all kinds of materials from other places can be transported to Nanjing through canals and the Yangtze River. You know, there were no trains in ancient times. It is unsafe and costly to transport things by carriage, and waterway is undoubtedly the most important transportation channel. In addition, the Yangtze River, as a natural barrier, can stop the attacks of northern nationalities, especially the northern soldiers who are not suitable for water warfare. Battle of Red Cliffs is a good example.

North-South regime

Three of China's four ancient capitals are in the north, and Nanjing is the only ancient capital in the south. It can be seen that Nanjing is the most suitable city to build its capital in the south. Let's look at the dynasty of Nanjing, the capital of Nanjing. There were Song, Qi, Liang and Chen Dynasties in the Northern and Southern Dynasties, and Cao Wei regime in the northern part of Soochow. When the capital was established in the Ming Dynasty, the north was still under the rule of the Yuan Dynasty. It can be seen that Nanjing, as the capital, is generally in an era of separation between the north and the south. Bian Xiao thinks this is why dynasties with Nanjing as their capital were short-lived. The ancient unification war in China was generally from north to south, and the south could not defeat the north. Therefore, Nanjing, as the capital of the southern separatist regime, was often destroyed after a period of confrontation.