# Dragon veins (地脉)

> Dragon veins are lines that carry energy along ridges of higher ground — mountains, hills, mounds — like the veins of the earth. Feng shui follows where a vein comes from, how it bends and where it stops to judge a piece of land.

- Vietnamese: Địa mạch
- English: Dragon veins
- Chinese: 地脉
- Chinese characters: 地脉
- Also called: Địa mạch · Long mạch · Earth veins

## Explanation

On a terrain map, dragon veins usually follow ridgelines — where contour lines bulge toward lower ground. The final stretch that enters a site is the Dragon Entry.

Classical texts regard large-scale digging or levelling across a vein as harming the energy of the whole area.

## How Home Check uses it

Home Check traces the dragon vein on the map — where the incoming dragon comes from and where it flows — to locate the Dragon Entry; you can also view contour lines and pin the Dragon Entry yourself. — [Compass & site reading](https://myhomecheck.ai/compass)

## Related terms

- [Dragon Entry](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/glossary/dragon-entry): Dragon Entry is the last stretch of a dragon vein — a line of higher ground that carries energy — before it enters a site or house.
- [Contours](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/glossary/contour-lines): Contour lines join points of equal elevation on a terrain map.
- [Sha (surrounding landforms)](https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/glossary/sha-landforms): Sha are the mounds, hills or buildings around a site that shield it from wind and hold energy.

## Questions

### How are dragon veins found?

By reading terrain: follow the ridges on a contour map and check them on site.

### Do cities still have dragon veins?

The original landform is still there beneath the buildings, but largely hidden; terrain and contour lines are then the most reliable guide.

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Original page: https://myhomecheck.ai/learn/glossary/dragon-veins  
Other languages: [Tiếng Việt](https://myhomecheck.ai/vi/tri-thuc/thuat-ngu/dia-mach/index.md) · [中文](https://myhomecheck.ai/zh/learn/glossary/dragon-veins/index.md)  
Updated: 2026-10-21