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On-Yomi: トウ — Kun-Yomi: むね、むな-

Koohii stories:

1) [esaulgd] 2-2-2007(235): Feng Shui states that the ridgepole of a house should be made of wood and face east.

2) [liosama] 23-7-2008(61): Ok just a note to the 'ridgepole facing east story' im making up a story to JUSTIFY why that is the case. Assuming that 99% of you guys use the age old story of a 'sun rising through a tree tells you were the east is', back in those days when people used ridgepoles they wanted to align their houses in such a way that they face the rising sun, so they wake up with a bright day, and wake up early with the sun seeping through in a perpendicular manner( as the ridge pole faces the sun in the morning).

3) [shank] 10-4-2009(24): Way back when, all Japanese houses were made of wood and built with the ridgepole facing east. The reason for this is that since there were no alarm clocks yet, everyone needed the rising sun to wake them up every morning.

4) [CharleyGarrett] 14-1-2008(13): I need a ridgepole for the house I'm building. It's a very important part of the structure, so I need the best ridgepole money can buy. That means I need to special order one. The best ridgepole is made from a tree grown in the east. When the shipment arrives, I verify that the ridgepole is best quality by looking at the tree and seeing the east symbol stamped on it.

5) [alphador] 7-1-2010(4): Secondo il feng shui la TRAVE PORTANTE di un edificio deve essere fatta di LEGNO e puntare ad EST.

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