The Fengshui Effects of Ganzhou by Yang Jun Song (Yang Gong)
The Author: Wen Qi Jun and Dr. Yang Kim Voon (Fudan Post Dorctor)
The Ganzhou is a National City of History in China, has experienced one to advance from a Small Ancient Imperial City to a National City of History and also from becoming a Small Town to a National Famous City Evolution Process.
201 B.C. (Hangaozu Six years), a Chinese Senior General, Guan Yin took over Jiujiang, Nanchang, Ganzhou and successively constructed and governed there. At that time Gannan belonged to Han Dynasty's south boundary, Guan Yin constructed a Military Significance Castle City in the Coiled Dragon Chapter of River Shore (around European Deep Pool), where he held Military Channel there to station Army to resist the Southern Guangdong Wang Zhao Tuo (until the Martial Emperor of Han Dynasty’s time, the Southern Guangdong then pledged allegiance to the Han Dynasty).
This kind of City's concept, had continued until Tang Dynasty. In between, meanwhile the Ganzhou City has changed its addresses a few times from the Tiger Hillock, Qili Town and Yu Dushe, only until the Eastern Jin Dynasty Gao Yanwei, when it was named as Nankang County, only then settled down at the Zhanggong Shuangjiang Junction Delta Region.
At the beginning of Tang Mo, Five Dynasties, a Ningdu Luo River Mouth’s resident, named Lu Guang Chou came in charge of the Qianzhou City thickly, thus became the first Native Place Family background as the Highest Chief Executive of Ganzhou, in order to satisfy himself politically as the King's attempt, Lu Guang Chou carried on thickly to plan and expand the Ganzhou City significantly in the history.
Lu Guang Chou happened to meet Yang Jun Song, an Imperial Fengshui Master of Tang Dynasty who ran away from the Royal Palace and returned home to Ganzhou whom had been invited to make the geomancy plan’s layout for the Ganzhou City. Yang Jun Song (Yang Gong) applied his rich astronomical and geographical knowledge, had passed through his own geomancy idea into the entire Ganzhou City’s Construction Planning as follows:-
1. To develop the Ganzhou City’s urban scope in order to satisfy Lu Guang Chou’s political requirements to become the King's City functional need. This expansion expanded the city from a square kilometer along the Gong Jiang (River) to expand towards the South to three square kilometers.
2. Yang Gong audited the Sheng Wang Sectors of the Ganzhou City to definite the urban development direction. He took the northmost part Yamen as the beginning, had developed approximately one kilometer to the South, until today Ganzhou's urban Development Main Axle, since then, the development of the Ganzhou City has followed the South Principal Axis.
3. He relocated the northmost part of the Ganzhou City between the Two Jiang Rivers’ Junction Yamen to carry on restructuring. In order to coordinate Lu Guang Chou ‘s thick political needs to become the King of Ganzhou City, Yang Gong had restructured the Yamen (Government Offices), after the restructuring, its interior's function and facility of each section, would meet the Lu Guang Chou’s political objective rituals of state requirements, since then, the Ganzhou Common People called the Yamen as the “Ancient Imperial City” until today.
4. Yang Gong had carried on the Corporate Planning to the City’s streets. in front of the Tang Dynasty Yamen (Government Office) in the cross road's foundation, he planned six urban main roads, Moreover, he also planned and constructed the cloudy street and the diagonal street.
Yang Gong completed the Ganzhou City’s planning and construction, the Ganzhou City's pattern had basically determined. Yang Gong designed and constructed Ganzhou City according to the Ganzhou City’s Watergate, fromwhich he audited the Dragons’s Xue sitting and facing of the Ganzhou Old City’s construction in order to accumulate External Qi to affect the Internal Qi of Yang Gong Fengshui within the Ganzhou City where the auspicious Waters and Mountains can be located at the Sheng Wang Sectors to activate the fengshui effects to bring in good health, long–life, good children, good relationship, prosperity and good careers.
For example: in terms of receiving auspicious waters, after the Yang Gong Fengshui’s application on the Ganzhou City, we can receive the Chang Sheng Water and Lin Guan Water from the Gong River and Di Wang Water from the Zhang River. These auspicious waters match with the “Yu Che Jing” written by Yang Gong that: Chang Sheng Water to receive Di Wang Water will produce clever Sons while both Lin Guan Water and Di Wang Water will bring in lots of prosperity. The “Yu Che Jing” also states that: both Chang Sheng and Di Wang Waters coming in, will provide good health and prosperity.
In terms of receiving auspicious mountains, after the Yang Gong Fengshui’s application on the Ganzhou City, we can receive auspicious mountains from the Guan Tai Sector and Di Wang sector where our “Yu Che Jing” states that: Jian Yuan Guan Gui Wen Mountains, will produce many Scholars. On top of that we also receive Di Wang Mountains from the Di Wang Sector where our “Yu Che Jing” states that: Bing Wu Ding Mountains Tall and Beautiful, will produce Top Scholar to pass the Highest Imperial Examination. To our regrets that the Mountains on the Di Wang Sector are not tall enough while the Watergate does not closely locked, going out via the Tai Sector. As our “Yu Che Jing” states that sentiment excessively high results in damaging the official careers of Ganzhou City, thus only produced a Zhuang Yuan Scholar, named Qi Mong Li who passed the Highest Imperial Examination.
The auspicious mountains and waters will certainly have the extremely good geomancy effect for Ganzhou City. Yang Gong constructed the City’s wall to encircle the Ganzhou City, which causes its vitality to gather and does not disperse, also achieves the accumulation of External Qi to affect the Internal Qi to produce auspiciousness, while the resistance of foreign enemy can be enforced by the surrounding City’s wall.
The Ganzhou Ancient City's geomancy research is as follows:
The Ganzhou City's Great Ancestor Mountain is Kongtong, the Dragon Vein comes down from the Shou Ju Shan (Ancestor Mountain) of Yang Xianling (Yang Gong Mountain) to the India Mountain (Parents Mountain), coming down from high to low to sit its Dragon Xue in Yugutai for “Long Jin Qi Zhong”.
1. Yang Zhai Fengshui:
The Government Office Dao Tai, (now Ganzhou Park), the County Office Fu Tai (now Old Department Store), the Xian Tai Office (now Original Prefectural Party Committee), the Ganzhou Palace (now Public Security Office), Bai Jiang Tai to appoint Army’s Officers (now Children's Park) were audited as Zi Shan Wu Facing sitting Wu Zi Fire Xue sitting because, there were Government Offices’ Xue sitting. All the other Yang Houses and Shop lots were sitting Shen Shan Yin Facing, Bing Shen Fire Xue sitting.
2. Temple Fengshui in the Ganzhou City
Yugutai Main Hall: Qian Hai Shan Si Hai Facing, sitting Yi Hai Ding Hai Xiao Kong Wang; the Eight Boundary Tai Main Hall: Hai Ren Shan Ji Bing Facing, sitting Xin Hai Gui Hai Xiao Kong Wang; the Temple of Confucian Learning Main Hall: Qian Hai Shan Si Hai Facing, sitting Yi Hai Ding Hai Xiao Kong Wang; Hai Hui Temple Main Hall: Hai Ren Shan Ji Bing Facing, sitting Xin Hai Gui Hai Xiao Kong Wang; the Shou Liang Temple Main Entrance (points to original front door, not the current front door) and Main Hall: Qian Hai Shan Si Hai Facing, sitting Yi Hai Ding Hai Xiao Kong Wang.
3. Temple Fengshui outside Ganzhou City
Yang Gong Ancient Temple on top of Yang Xian Ling (Yang Gong Mountain): Gui Choou Shan Ding Wei Facing, sitting Yi Chou Ding Chou Xiao Kong Wang.
4. Castle Gate Fengshui
City Gate East, the old name was East Gate, the street calls the east gate street, has city
two gates, the inner sits Zi Shan Wu Facing, Wu Zi Fire Xue sitting. Between 1931
and 1932 year Li Zhenqiu’s Army came in Ganzhou, changed its name as Bai Sheng
(Hundred Wins) Gate, the street is also named as Bai Sheng (Hundred Win) Road. the
Small Nanmen sits Zi Shan Wu Facing, Xue Sitting Wu Zi Fire Xue. The Nanmen
was changed to Zhen Nan Men, its street is named as Nan Men Street (1931-1932) year
Li Zhenqiu stationed in Ganzhou, Nanmen changed its name as Zhennan Men, the
street is named as Wen Qing Road), there are three City Gates,the Inner sits Chou Shan
Wei facing, sitting Ji Chou Fire Xue, the Middle sits Chou Shan near gui, sitting Ji
Chou Earth Xue; near the Middle gate, the Yang Gong’s Dicisple: Liu Bo Wen built a
Big Kan Gua to stop the fire to go out as the Xue Sitting of Ganzhou is Fire while the
South Gate always had fire to go out since then, the name has been changed to
frighten the south (Zhen Nan Men), the Outer sits Zi Shan Wu Facing, sitting Wu Zi
Fire Xue. Yong Jin Men sits Ding shan Gui Facing near Wu sitting Fire Xue Wu Wu
Dragon (now it is sitting Shen Shan Yin Facing). Jiang Chon Men sits Shen Shan Yin
Facing sitting Fire Xue Bing Shen Dragon.
The above-mentioned xue sitting were done according to the “Dian Dian Dao, 24 Mountains have Treasures” and “Golden Dragon, the Longitude and Latitude have different meaning” as per “Qing Nang Ao Yu” written by Yang Gong Fengshui. Whatever belongs to the construction of Ganzhou Ancient City during King Lu Guang Chou’s occupation was designed
and constructed by Yang Jun Song, including the Shou Liang Temple and the Wen Chang (Scholarly) Tower of Wen Miao (Temple of Confucian Learning Main Hall). Others after the time of King Lu Guang Chou, were done by Yang Jun Song’s Lineage Fengshui Masters much, all the Yin Yang Zhai were done with the Dragon, Xue Sitting, Watergate same Gua while Temples were sitting Xiao Kong Wang where the Shou Shan Chu Sha were done accordingly which certifies the Chinese geomancy stems from the evidence of Ganzhou City.
From the following Ancient Map of Ming Dynasty Jiajing year block-printed book, we may see to confirm completely that Yang Gong had done the geomancy layout according to Yang Gong Fengshui where various functions and districts conformed to the Yang Gong Fengshui’s methods of auditing and reasoning as follows:
1. From the following Ming Dynasty’s Ganzhou Ancient Map, the Jiangxi State Capital, Gan County, the Observe Courtyard Office and so on were located to the Midnight and Noon (Zi Wu) Axle, and also the Jiangxi State Capital, Gan County’s layout were located in the Tai Sector.
2. The Wenchang Tower’s layout of the Temple for Confucian Learning Main Hall was located in the Guan Tai Sector while the Confucianism, the Temple of Confucian Learning, the Pure Loyalty Ancestral Hall and the Bai Jiang Tai to appoint Army’s Officers were located in the Lin Guan Sector.
3. Buzhengsi Government Office and the Army Parade Ground and so on were located in the Di Wang Sector.
4. Town God's Temple, Lianxi River Ancestral Hall, Loyal Ancestral Hall and so on were located in the Mu Storage and Jie Sector.
We may see through the above-mentioned Ancient Map that the Ganzhou Old City’s various functions and district conforms to Yang Gong Fengshui’s methods of doing fengshui interms of the 3 Classics written by Yang Gong where Yang Gong had carried on the meticulous reconnaissance and planning in the past for Ganzhou Old City, and had also formulated the development direction for the Ganzhou Old City, we can not but admire more than 1000 years ago that Yang Gong’s wisdom has achieved its highest altitude. Up until now, the Modern and Scientific today, the Modern City of Ganzhou’s expansion still could not be separated from Yang Gong in the past in terms of his layout big frame, the new town development of the present day is still the same as the Di Wang sector in the past as audited and directed by Yang Jun Song. Yang Gong’s geomancy and fengshui effects for the Ganzhou City auspicious and applicable not even in the past but also in the modern day really plays and leaves our precious wealth; is it not worth the while to research and treasure with
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