Show ARE RULED BY EARTH DOCTORS queer things about location of houses and graves in china the abandonment of cities town or localities illustrates the peculiar influx ence among the chinese ot their geo cancers or earth doctors as they call them these fortune tellers with a great deal of rigmarole pass upon the luck or of a spot whether it be selected as a place on which to build a house or dig a grave aas the the entire city 0 pekin was moved by the first emperor of the mongol dynasty because his earth doctors told hin that bad luck was associated with the old site and that if he wish ed to establish his dynasty he must build a new capital the modern city of pekin was the result and so the cities and towns ravaged by the ings over fifty years ago have never recovered because the chinese be lev ed that their luck had been spoiled and the population has built tew tons and new cities rather than tempt fate by rebuilding the old ones the chinese will abandon houses al most new it convinced that their geomancy is wrong and in almost every city find some quarter ed and abandoned because it is said to be unlucky |