The Dragon Vein Under Beijing's Axis

From Yongding Gate to the Bell and Drum Towers, Beijing's dead-straight central axis runs 7.8 kilometers — the Forbidden City, Tiananmen, and Jingshan all pinned along it. In geomancy this is a dragon vein — Jingshan the head, the Forbidden City the body — and the placement of palaces, pillars and b……