When Songtsen Gampo led his troops to occupy Lhasa and decided to settle here, the architectural experts and feng shui masters at that time finally chose the exact location on this red mountain, sitting north to south, after nearly a month of observation and analysis. Red Mountain, a very small hill in Lhasa, is a hill because it is no more than 100 meters high and occupies an area

When Songtsen Gampo led his troops to occupy Lhasa and decided to settle here, the architectural experts and feng shui masters at that time finally chose the exact location on this red mountain, sitting north to south, after nearly a month of observation and analysis. Red Mountain, a very small hill in Lhasa, is a hill because it is no more than 100 meters high, and the area is only enough to build a palace. However, its name is Red Mountain, and the Tibetans, Tibetan Buddhists, worship red and white, they believe that red represents eternity and bravery, and white represents holiness. Therefore, it is most suitable to build a palace on the Red Mountain, and the eternal feng shui concept and auspicious meaning of the country are all integrated. In addition, the northern part of the Red Mountain is Lao Niang Mountain, forming an embracing shape, holding the Red Mountain in the "arms", and the Red Mountain is like a favored child happily nestled in the arms of the "Mother". The Potala Palace is the laurel crown and soul of this "child". The completion of the Potala Palace has enriched the Red Mountain with life and aura.

When we stand on the Potala Palace, looking ahead (south), there is a stretch of mountain, the name of this mountain is Tori Mountain, the mountain is in the shape of a crescent, looking around the red mountain, the bottom of the mountain is the Lhasa River, the river flows slowly from east to west along the direction of the mountain, the mountains and rivers depend on each other, there is affection. They take care of the Potala Palace from afar, forming a feng shui view of the mountains and sleeping water. We further observed that the three arch hills branching out from Chaoshan with the central axis of the Potala Palace as the center are facing the Middle Palace (Red Palace) of the Potala Palace, the White House to the east, and the White Pagoda to the west. The shape of the three arched mountains resembles three ministers kneeling on top of the court, and this emperor is, of course, the Potala Palace. If we stand in the middle of the Potala Palace and look at the central axis, we will also find that the National Flag of the People's Republic of China, the Snowy Liberation Monument, and the Snowy Autonomous Region Government are arranged in order from north to south, and the arch mountain in the middle is exactly in a straight line. It is really a match made in heaven, and it is indescribably beautiful, which is not only a gift from God, but also the creation of Songtsen Gampo and the people of the snowy region.

The Potala Palace is blessed with unique feng shui conditions, so that it will last for thousands of years and will last for generations. However, there is no perfect Feng Shui, Feng Shui is like this, and it is true for everyone and everything, so it is artificially the best supplement. For example, in order to connect the mountains on its right, a white tower was built to echo it. The mountain on the left side is still far away, so the door is simply built on this side to fill the gap. In addition, the Jokhang Temple was built in the southeast direction about 500 meters away from it, and the two echoed each other from afar.

The Potala Palace is accompanied by the Red Mountain in the embrace of the mountain, in the baptism of water, constituting a "day" word, no wonder its name is Tori Mountain, and the top floor of the White House is called the Sunshine Palace. ”

The tour guide hired by Wang Zhong is obviously very knowledgeable, not only knows the history of the Potala Palace, but also the feng shui pattern of the Potala Palace.

Wang Zhong nodded approvingly. Although this tour guide didn't know who he was listening to, but, obviously, what he said was not wrong at all, and the feng shui of the Potala Palace can be summed up in a few words.

The mountains and rivers hug everyone, and the noble son has a mouth to protect the Dan.

However, what Wang Zhong is really curious about is the ancient Indian feng shui ideas contained in the Potala Palace. Ancient India is one of the three ancient civilizations and also has its own feng shui system.

Indian Feng Shui is called Vastu, which is derived from the Sanskrit word Vas, which means to dwell. The Indian Feng Shui science represented by Vastu is sometimes referred to as the Stapatya Veda, which is mentioned in the Vedas, the AtharvaVeda, which is the Veda that focuses on the knowledge of mathematical numbers. Indian Feng Shui has certain similarities with classical Chinese Feng Shui.

Many Indian astrologers believe that 80% of a person's good or bad luck comes from his home and the environment around it. This relationship can be likened to a seed that grows well if properly planted and has a good impact if a house is properly built.

In the Hindu scriptures (Shastra), the world is made up of five basic substances: bhumi (earth), water (jal), fire and light (tejas and agni), wind (vayu), and aether (akasha (substances that are evenly distributed throughout space without distinction). In Ayurveda, the human body is also believed to be made up of these five elements, not only of the human body, but of the whole world, including our architecture. Only when the five elements are in balance can the human body be in a healthy state. In the same way, it is only when the five elements are in balance that the building can be in a state of harmony and thus have a harmonious effect on the people who inhabit it.

In a person's birth chart, if the relationship between the stars is harmonious, the person's life is good. If something starts when the stars are in an auspicious position, it will go well. Similarly, in Feng Shui, what we need to do is how to make the power represented by the stars fall in an auspicious place in the building and space, and exert the power in harmony, as if making an auspicious astrolabe - this astrolabe is the building that serves as a residence, including information such as its rooms and orientations.

Songtsen Gampo not only married Princess Wencheng that year, but also the princess of Nepal, Nepal was greatly influenced by the ancient Indian culture, Nepal princess brought many craftsmen and retinues, and the ancient Indian culture also took root and multiplied in the snowy region.

Therefore, the snowy civilization is actually the product of the integration of Chinese civilization and ancient Indian civilization.

In fact, the snow region is also very important for India and China in terms of geographical location, and there has been no consensus on why India and China have been in constant friction in modern times, especially on the McMah red line. In addition to territorial issues, Feng Shui issues are also important.

Snowy regions are important to both China and India.

Both China and India have excellent natural resources called the "roof of the world". As an important factor influencing the climate, the snowy plateau is a screen that effectively blocks the cold air from the northwest (China) and north (India), so that they cannot enter East and South Asia. In the Chinese Himalayas, the warm currents from the southeast are blocked to the west and northwest, and in the Indian Himalayas, the warm and humid air currents from the southern Indian Ocean are blocked from the north, which creates high temperatures, abundant rainfall, rivers and fertile land in the central and southern parts of Chinese mainland and the Indian Peninsula, and the excellent ecological environment has created a long history of developed agriculture and splendid civilization in the two countries.

Chinese mainland is high in the west and northwest, thick in the northwest and low in the southeast, which is the terrain of gossip "Qian" and the image of a powerful king. Coupled with the sea in the east and southeast, the natural barrier is unique, which is the best feng shui pattern on the earth. The Indian Peninsula is bordered by the impassable Himalayas in the north, the endless Indian Ocean in the south, and the Bay of Bengal and the Arabian Sea in the east and west, and is also the largest feng shui pattern on the planet. The situation in India is a "hurdle" hexagram in gossip and a sign of resourcefulness and strategy. European scholars have traveled to India and have praised India as a rich country that never needs anything.

Relying on the majestic Himalayas, China and India are both populous countries. For thousands of years, China has regarded itself as an empire, and the country's long-term imperial unity has been divided for a short time, while India, on the contrary, has been a short-lived unity and a long-term division. India's hot climate made people like to be quiet and dislike, and meditation became a natural product of India, and India became a religious power in the ancient world. In meditation and meditation developed esoteric philosophies, abstract mathematics, and a wide variety of religions. Religion is at the heart of Indian culture, which has influenced the development of Indian mythology and epics, art and architecture, and has greatly enriched the world's cultural treasures. The Himalayas gave birth to the world-famous Buddhism, which eventually became an important part of the culture of China and India.

Comparison from regional shapes. China tends to be square-shaped, while India is inverted triangle - China's "earth sign" is geographically shaped and a symbol of stability, while India is a "fire sign" that indicates change. China's "Qian" hexagram is also prone to develop the characteristics of pride, closedness, and independence. However, India's high mountains have led to the easy outflow of people, property and property, and the loss of its own culture.

The major rivers of China and India all originate from the snowy plateau and the Himalayas, which shows that the snowy plateau is the source of life for the Chinese and Indian people. At present, most of the Himalayas are within the territory of China, the source of the Ganges, the mother river of India, is also in China, and China is located in the north of India.

So it is for this reason that India and China are constantly rubbing and trying to bring the snow region into his territory.

China naturally will not be willing, according to the current situation, China still has a great advantage in this regard, so no matter how India strengthens its armaments and improves its own strength, there is no way to surpass China to become the largest power in Asia.

"The terrain in the east is like a lamp burn, the terrain in the south is like a pagoda, the terrain in the west is like the shape of a snail cup placed on a manza (a garden-shaped altar), and the terrain in the north is like a lotus flower in full bloom. In particular, there are four sacred mountains, in the mountains around it, Naliangzheng Pengjia Mountain is like a treasure umbrella, Ma Zhong Mountain is like a goldfish, frozen Kashan Mountain rock is like a lotus flower, the ice in the Yin of the mountain is like a white snail, Zhongzan Mountain is like a treasure vase, Yuba Mountain is like an auspicious knot, Pengjia Mountain is like a treasure building, and the rock of Tent Pu Mountain is like a treasure wheel, etc., a total of eight auspicious phases, so since the Potala Palace was built here, the Sangha public of each temple and the cause of the teachings and cultivation of the Sutra and Esoteric Buddhism have been flourishing in various eras.

The Potala Palace is the fourth degree of the meridian direction of the sub-mountain and the C direction of the Renshan Mountain, and is in a mountain nest surrounded by mountains on all sides. Its vein originates in the Himalayas, the highest place in the world, a vein of the ancestral dragon gallops to the northeast, after reaching the peak of Nianqing Tanggula, then divides into a branch to return to the south, extends to Lhasa through Yangbajing, Duilong Deqing, and stops abruptly at 2.84 kilometers north of Lhasa. This is called the return to the dragon Gu Zu, the place of blessing for a long time. The acupuncture points are surrounded by mountains on all sides, and those who are higher than the cave mountains are called lotus land. The lotus ground is at the top of the Huaxin Mountain, and the Potala Palace is built on the top of the mountain, which is in line with Feng Shui. ”

Wang Zhong took out the compass in the surprised eyes of the tour guide and quickly measured the sitting direction of the Potala Palace. I thought silently in my heart.

"Sir, do you know Feng Shui?"

The tour guide asked with some curiosity.

"Yes!"

Wang Zhong had nothing to hide, and nodded in acknowledgement.

"Really, then you are so powerful, only the wise and the temple masters here know this!"

The tour guide said with some admiration.

"Although Feng Shui is dismissed as a foreign way in Buddhist scriptures, there are indeed many monks who understand Feng Shui. Therefore, since ancient times, there has been a saying that there are many famous mountain monks in the world!"

Wang Zhong said with some embarrassment. Buddhism originated in India, vast in Middle-earth, and most monks refer to Feng Shui when choosing temples. Among the monks, there are not a few who have high attainments in Feng Shui. For example, the monks of the Tang Dynasty and the Jingdao monks of the Song Dynasty, both of whom can be called a generation of grandmasters in feng shui.

The modern so-called "Eight Houses Feng Shui" was first seen in the Tang Dynasty, and the approximate allusion is that Li Longji sent a group of monks (monks and one line) who had already spread far and wide at that time to do a set of feng shui, in order to fool foreigners (mainly from the Western Regions) who coveted Chinese culture at that time. Due to the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty at that time, the national strength was strong, and there were many people who came to China from all over the world to do business and learn culture, and the natural sciences that belonged to "simple materialism" such as easy learning, divination, prediction, feng shui, etc., were mainly used by the royal family at that time, and were not widely used in the people, so foreigners must ask the emperor for such a treasure-like culture. Since it is a treasure of culture, the emperor did not let it spread among the people to prevent the disaster of the dynasty, and he was certainly not willing to give it to foreigners easily, and at the same time, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty also wanted to make a generous and stingy decent demeanor, so he arranged for the imperial palace to compile a book on feng shui to meet the requirements of foreigners.

A line of monks certainly understood the emperor's thoughts, because he was originally a student of astronomy and the revision of the calendar, and he was very knowledgeable about natural science, and it was indeed not difficult to use orthodox theories to compile a specious article. The second life of the west, and then cooperate with the house of the day after tomorrow to sit in the direction, to give the house eight directions that represent the good and the bad, and then add some easy to learn the gossip of the correct principle, so a special feng shui book for diplomatic gifts (later known as the "Destruction of Barbarian Sutra", that is, the beginning of today's "Eight House Feng Shui") also came into being.

What about after that? The people of the Western Regions are not fools, after taking this "Eight Houses Feng Shui", they really studied it seriously. Of course, the people of the Western Regions are not stupid, and they also know how to combine theory with practice. After countless practices, the people of the Western Regions finally understood that this "Eight Houses Feng Shui" was not a truth of heaven and earth, and the theoretical errors and omissions in it could not stand the verification of practice at all, so the people of the Western Regions slowly diluted the "Eight Houses Feng Shui".

Time has passed, and the exchanges between the Central Plains and the Western Regions continue to be frequent, but the folk who returned from the Western Regions to the Central Plains of the "Eight Houses Feng Shui" actually spread in the country of Middle Earth in the Tang Dynasty. Then there is the people's demand for feng shui has been amazing, fake things can also be passed on for a long time), after the Song Dynasty after the continuous sorting and participation and supplement, "Eight Houses Feng Shui" was actually regarded as a school of Feng Shui, the Qing Dynasty Qianlong period more people repaired the "Eight Houses Mirror", and then led countless people in the world into the door of pseudo-science. If a group of monks learn about this fruit after being reincarnated, they don't know what to do with the sweetness and bitterness in their hearts. (To be continued.) )