The combines are for identifying the auspicious and the inauspicious areas. Practitioners of the Triple Harmony Feng Shui School believe the Mountain Dragon, the Facing, and the Water Dragon are three most important elements. They must be in harmony.
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The Feng Shui school of San He luo pan uses the San He lou pan together with three other theories: the Eight Mansions or Pa Chai, the Mountain dragons or Shan Long, and the Water dragons or Shui Long.
The San He luo pan can be recognized by the three rings of the twenty four mountains which clearly differentiate it from other luo pans. |
San He Luo PanThe outer ring is the Tian Pan ( Heaven Plate ) while the inner ring is the Di Pan ( Earth Plate ). The midpoint of Zi in the Tian Pan falls on the slit between Zi and Qui in the Di Pan.
The outer ring reads the direction on an astronomical compass. The magnetic needle is called the Proper Needle (Zheng Jin). Heaven plate reads heaven qi and earth plate reads earth qi. |
Some ancient practitioners find that the fixed 7.5o does not agree with the changing declination in China, and used the sun's shadow at noon to read the astronomical direction. Instead of using the Tian Pan, a sundial is used in addition to the Luo pan.
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A sundial is an instrument that indicates local apparent solar time by determining the shadow cast by a central projecting pointer on a surrounding calibrated dial.
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Incidentally, the notion of San Sha originates from San He School of Feng Shui, which can be further categorised as Spatial San Sha and Tong-Shu ( Chinese Almanac ) San Sha.
Spatial San Sha focuses on the fact that if one is going to carry out renovation or construction work, the sitting direction of the house should avoid having conflict with the annual San Sha. Tong-Shu San Sha refers to auspicious date selection, and the date selected for the purpose of Feng Shui activities should not be in conflict with the Month's Earthly Branch. |
Spatial San Sha covers 3 mountains on the Luo Pan:
As an example, if one's house is sitting in the East sector, then one should not carry out renovation work the Si, You or Chou year. |