Forbidden City, Beijing.

I extracted a portion of an article in my earlier book, "How to Enhance your Wealth with Feng Shui?" about the 玉带环抱‘yu dai huan bao’ as below. Today, with the help of Google Earth, you could see that the application of the concept in the Forbidden City of Beijing whereby the Palace is located inside the bow and not facing the bow. The bow is the man-made river located at the entrance of the Palace as per the picture above which look like a bow. The Emperor was actually sitting at the exact North to look at His piece of land at the South as Beijing is located at the North of China.

The same concept can be seen at the Mid Valley Mega Mall which I have written about it earlier. http://penangfengshui.blogspot.com/2009/06/feng-shui-of-mid-valley-mega-mall.html

Here goes my earlier article in my book.....(I hope you can still get the book from the Popular Book Shop. Contact me if you cannot find it. I still have some copies with me.)

玉带环抱 ‘yu dai huan bao’ is like someone is hugging and protecting you. Jade belt was a belt worn by ranking officials in the old China. Hence, if you have a house located at the auspicious sector then your relationship with family members and people around you will be remarkable and your luck in terms of wealth will be excellent. However, if your house is located at the opposite side, then it is defined as 反弓水 bend bow water, which is an inauspicious location, then your luck in terms of wealth and relationship with others will not be prosperous.

Bow at the Forbidden City of Beijing, China
You will notice the application of the bow concept in the Forbidden City of Beijing, China whereby a men-made river is build like the shape of 弓 bow is designed at the entrance of the palace which is a design to protect the palace against any undesired qi. The palace is located inside the bow, so it is protected by the bow.