3.4.07

Feng shui et al.

For those steeped in the mysterious arts of geomancy, it is highly apparent why the palace sits at the base of the mountain. For those with a working knowledge of the military sciences, it is overtly obvious why the palace sits at the base of the mountain. For those in the residential real estate racket, it is abundantly clear why the palace sits at the base of the mountain. For the rest of us, it sure looks pretty.

1 comment:

mark said...

And those unfortunate architects and engineers who lost their heads (first figuratively and then literally) when they built the first palace INSIDE the mountain, I say "bad call, suckers!".

The thing that still doesn't make much sense to me is why wouldn't the second set of engineers just build the palace at the base of the mountain instead of building the palace then moving a mountain to give the palace a nice backdrop? Thought that only worked for big Mo'.