A low round hill with one end (the head) put out towards water nearby.
- Traditional seat:
- on the turtle's back or at its head
- Traditionally said:
- steadiness, keeping what one has (a traditional saying, for reference only)
- Used for
- homes, guesthouses and inns, graves, 生基 (life-root) sites
- Suits (traditionally)
- people keeping what they have and retiring (the turtle traditionally stands for long life)
- How this site reads it
- read for homes and graves, in town a main road may stand in for water (one step less sure)
- Example
- No landmark in the famous sites reads as this form yet.
How to use them
In Explore Land Veins, pick “Golden Turtle Entering the Water” in “Looks like a named form” to find the places in an area most like it.
Open Explore Land Veins
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.