A small knoll rising from a level shelf that stands above the ground round it; the seat is on the knoll.
- Traditional seat:
- on the pearl, the knoll in the middle of the shelf
- Traditionally said:
- plenty and savings (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- homes, offices, shops
- Suits (traditionally)
- people saving and building steady businesses
- Less suited (traditionally)
- not for building at the shelf's steep edge.
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Pearl on a Golden Plate” 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.