Famous sites, read by the ground
The same terrain reading as Explore Land Veins, applied to famous palaces, temples, shrines and tombs: which of them truly sit on good ground, and which owe their fame to something else.
How it is scored: a famous site is a whole precinct, not a point, and the elevation data is about 30 m a cell. So each one is scored at its best seat within about 150 m of the main building (75 m for a tomb) — what you would get by searching that spot on the map. Ground only; buildings are not counted.
The ground itself is goodThese need no help from builders: a hill behind, arms on either side, an open front — the reading finds them.
- 83Chi Lin NunneryDiamond Hill, Kowloon, Hong Kong · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, open, gentle ground in front, a hill to lean on behindCould be stronger:the hill on the left is too high and close
- 80Nanhua TempleQujiang, Shaoguan, Guangdong · read as a dwellingHas:a hill to lean on behind, a hill guarding the right, sheltered from the wind all round
- 80Wong Tai Sin TempleWong Tai Sin, Kowloon, Hong Kong · read as a dwellingHas:a hill guarding the left, sheltered from the wind all round, a hill guarding the rightCould be stronger:the front is too steep or blocked
- 79Puji Temple, Mount PutuoMount Putuo, Zhoushan, Zhejiang · read as a dwellingHas:a hill guarding the right, a low hill screening the view ahead, a hill to lean on behindCould be stronger:the left side is open
- 74Po Lin MonasteryNgong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong · read as a dwellingHas:a low hill screening the view ahead, a hill guarding the right, a hill to lean on behind
- 73Gyeongbokgung PalaceJongno, Seoul, Korea · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, a hill to lean on behind, a low hill screening the view aheadCould be stronger:the front is too steep or blocked
- 73Ise Grand Shrine (Naikū)Ise, Mie, Japan · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, a hill guarding the left, a hill to lean on behindCould be stronger:nothing screening the view ahead
- 73Shaolin TempleMount Song, Dengfeng, Henan · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, open, gentle ground in front, a hill to lean on behindCould be stronger:the left side is open
- 71Chung Tai Chan MonasteryPuli, Nantou, Taiwan · read as a dwellingHas:a hill guarding the right, a hill to lean on behind, a hill guarding the left
- 71Meiji JinguShibuya, Tokyo, Japan · read as a dwellingHas:a hill guarding the left, a hill guarding the right, a low hill screening the view ahead
Famous, but not for their groundA low score does not mean poor feng shui: many palaces and tombs answer to a setting tens of kilometres wide, or made their hills and water by hand, while this reading looks two or three kilometres out. Each says what the reading found.
- 54National Palace MuseumWaishuangxi, Shilin, Taipei · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, open, gentle ground in frontCould be stronger:nothing screening the view ahead, the hill on the right is too high and close, the left side is open
- 50Chiang Kai-shek Memorial HallZhongzheng, Taipei · read as a dwellingHas:a hill guarding the left, a hill guarding the rightCould be stronger:the front is too steep or blocked, nothing screening the view ahead, a gap lets the wind in
- 43Government House, Hong KongMid-Levels, Central, Hong Kong Island · read as a dwellingHas:sheltered from the wind all round, a low hill screening the view aheadCould be stronger:the hill behind is too steep and close, the hill on the left is too high and close
- 41Forbidden CityDongcheng, Beijing · read as a dwellingHas:water in front, a low hill screening the view aheadCould be stronger:the front is too steep or blocked, nothing to lean on behind, a gap lets the wind in
- 32Sun Yat-sen MausoleumPurple Mountain, Nanjing · read as a graveHas:water in front, open, gentle ground in frontCould be stronger:nothing to lean on behind, the left side is open, the right side is open
- 30Changling, Ming TombsChangping, Beijing · read as a graveHas:water in front, a low hill screening the view aheadCould be stronger:nothing to lean on behind, a gap lets the wind in, the right side is open
- 26Cihu MausoleumDaxi, Taoyuan, Taiwan · read as a graveHas:water in front, a low hill screening the view aheadCould be stronger:a gap lets the wind in, nothing to lean on behind, the hill on the right is too high and close
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Worked out from public elevation data, not seen by a feng shui master. It doesn't mean the land may be used — check who owns it and whether you may build on it or use it (planning and burial rules) yourself.