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jmdict 2834739 Active (id: 1973586)
竜穴龍穴
りゅうけつ
1. [n]
▶ dragon's den
2. [n]
▶ auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
Cross references:
  ⇐ see: 2834738 竜脈【りゅうみゃく】 1. long mai (feng shui); longmai; the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range



History:
2. A 2018-02-27 06:55:34  Jim Breen <...address hidden...>
  Comments:
A simple tag is enough, I think.
  Diff:
@@ -19 +19 @@
-<gloss>auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built, where the energy from a nearby mountain range is thought to pass through (in feng shui)</gloss>
+<gloss>auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)</gloss>
1. A* 2018-02-16 20:15:20  Marcus Richert <...address hidden...>
  Refs:
daijs wiki
https://www.writtenchinese.com/feng-shui/
"‘Air’ and how it circulates is an important part of 
Feng Shui. In some apartment buildings, windows are 
often left open or without glass, to allow proper Feng 
Shui. One of the more interesting traditions of Feng 
Shui, as far as buildings go, are the ‘dragon holes’ 龙穴 
(lóng xué)that allow a dragon come down from the 
mountains and pass through the building. This tradition 
seems most prevalent in Hong Kong, which already has 
‘good’ Feng Shui due to it’s closeness to the water and 
mountainous protection, although there are many 
buildings in the neighbouring city of Shenzhen that also 
have the ‘dragon hole’. The dragon is a symbol of power 
and harmony, and allowing it to flow through the 
buildings and into the city as it travels to the sea, 
will spread its positive energy onto the city."

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