Landforms and water

An Shan (table hill)

The low hill facing the site, like a desk set before it.

An Shan / Chao Shan — Near · An Shan · Far · Chao Shan
Read left and right from inside the house looking out. The top is the front, not geographic north. This model illustrates traditional landform concepts, not a real site, measured heights or distances, or a verdict on fortune.
The table hill sits low across the front of the point — the name says desk, and a desk's height is the measure. Too high and it presses on the frontage; too low or absent and qi scatters instead of settling. The further range beyond it is distinguished as the court hill (Chao Shan).

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Source: Standard form-school feng shui (Xingqi) — the landform tradition