← Named landforms
Lion and Elephant Guarding the Gate
Read from the look of hills (at most medium)
Where the water leaves the 明堂 (the outlet), a hill on each side squeezes the gap narrow.
- Traditional seat:
- inside the gate hills, at the back of the 明堂
- Traditionally said:
- water held, wealth gathered (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- homes, shops, offices, temples and retreats
- Suits (traditionally)
- people keeping and gathering wealth, managing finances
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves, also read in town with the buildings as hills, read from the look of hills: at most medium, a master should see it on site
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Lion and Elephant Guarding the Gate” in “Looks like a named form” to find the places in an area most like it.
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A named form (喝形) here is a likeness read off the shape of the ground — for reference only, never a verdict. Forms read from the look of hills (Rhinoceros, General…) go no higher than medium; forms that depend on the detail of a hill or on imagination are not read here and need a master on site.