Day 2 – North Dipper 7 Stars
Last update: 14th April 2008 2:30pm (GMT+08:00)
Reported by Sherwin Ng.

13th April 2008 (Sunday)

I am bruised today having to climb up and down the head of a Meridian Star. Many of us braved steep rocks in search of the ‘Dragon Spot’…

4 hours of bus ride took us to Long Hu Shan, Dragon & Tiger Mountain. The first thing to catch your eye will be the great scenic river. A short walk along the bank, the boats await us. Ah, but this is no leisure boat ride. Rowing against the tides, we were soon greeted by two massive, almost identical rock formations on the left and ride side of the river. Odd? They were the guardians of the natural Water Mouth. Two other interesting sights followed: the river banks were lined with Wood Stars in ‘Praying Palms’ formation and they were all pointed to one same direction; looking back at the Water Mouth Guardians, you really cannot see the river moving away – it was as if it had formed a lake.

The most amazing of all is that these were all natural land formations. How can nature be so systematic, even with rocks? How fascinating –  The Water Mouth Guardians ‘announce’ that we are entering superior territory; the ‘Praying Palms’ not only regulate the river flow, but point the way to the Meridian Spot – the seat of power.

When the appearance of the Regulating Stars cease, you know it is time to stop. The ‘Dragon’ is nearby. On reaching land, it was another 30 minutes of walk to arrive at Zheng Yi Temple.

Now, Zheng Yi is one of the two branches of Taoism. And we are here to study the realm of Spiritual Master Jiang (Jiang Tian Shi), the founder of Zheng Yi Taoism.

The external Bright Hall of the temple is quite impressive at first glance. But then the Table Mountain is too high; the embraces were somewhat weak. Qi collection would be compromised. At the front of the temple were the famous ‘North Dipper 7 Star’ wells. A Feng Shui mechanism? We shall soon find out.

Did I mention rocks, instead of the usual lush green mountains? Rocky Wood Stars are typical of spiritual areas. But of course, there are superior spiritual grounds versus standard spiritual grounds. Since Jiang Tian Shi practically founded Taoism, his temple should be worth some hefty Feng Shui pound. But where is it?

Unsatisfied with what we found at the temple front, we went to the back to find it supported by a tall, rocky Greedy Wolf. Joey decided we all needed to be closer to the Wolf head to get a better view on the surroundings. So off we eager students went. A challenging (and frightful!) climb it turned out to be (The things these Feng Shui folks would do)

But the view high up is unimaginable compared to ground level. Everything had changed.

We were right above behind of the temple. We looked straight across to be greeted by ‘Pen Holder’ Wood Stars. And when you look behind us, the Greedy Wolf had another 7 stars – the North Dipper 7 Star formation! In fact, where we stood on was the Meridian Star, a hill borne out of surplus Qi from surrounding stars. Not only that, the embraces has ‘risen up’ compared to below at ground level, now aided by ‘shimmering stars’.

Was the site protected? Did it collect Qi? Here’s the clue: it was windless.

Joey explained: the temple below served a different function (communicated with the masses), and it was not the actual place where Jiang Tian Shi developed and taught the religion. In fact all those work was accomplished in a cave up near where we stood – guided by the energy of the 7 Stars, tapping directly across to the ‘Pen Holders’.

You need big Feng Shui to do big things. Founding a religion which lasted over a thousand years which flourishes until today is no small feat. And why the name ‘Dragon & Tiger Mountain’?

Standing on the Meridian Star, the left and right embraces stood bold and magnificent – the Green Dragon and White Tiger stand tall – evidence that Jiang Tian Shi was indeed up here when he gave name to this legendary place.

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