From April 20 to April 23, Xi Jinping visited Shaanxi Province. One of his stops was Qinling (also called the Qin Mountains), a major east-west mountain range in southern Shaanxi Province. Several overseas Chinese media gave an analysis of why Xi went to Qinling. The New Tang Dynasty Television (NTDTV) gave the most in-depth explanation, including three possible reasons:
1. Qinling was considered the Dragon Vein (龙脉) of the Chinese civilization. Dragon Vein is a Fengshui term. It can impact the prosperity of the current ruler. Damages to or suppression of the Dragon Vein can hurt the ruler. Though Xi is the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), which promotes atheism, Xi himself still believes in certain Fengshui and traditional Chinese culture. Shaanxi and Qinling have brought blessings to Xi Jinping and his father. Xi’s father started his CCP official career in Shaanxi and Xi stayed at Xi’an, Shaanxi for seven years.
Unfortunately, in the past decade, officials in Shaanxi Province built many luxury villas on Qinling which could be viewed as damaging or suppressing the Dragon Vein. Despite Xi having given instructions six times to demolish those illegal buildings, the local officials took no action. It was not until July 2018, when Xi sent Xu Lingyi, Deputy Secretary of the CCP Central Commission on Disciplinary Inspection, to Shaanxi that many officials in Shaanxi were taken down and those villas were demolished.
2. Giving the ongoing infighting among the party leaders, Xi may want to use the Qinling villa story to remind others that he was able to take down those who did not follow his orders.
3. Xi mentioned “the spirit of westward migration” at Shaanxi. He could hint that he can retreat to Shaanxi if he can no longer control Beijing. He may have taken this trip to check and see if everything was ready should he retreat.
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Excerpt in Chinese:
秦岭被历代帝王尊称为华夏文明的龙脉，龙脉之地是禁忌大兴土木的，特别不允许压住龙脉，凡是损及龙脉的朝代，都会出不好的事，比如阿房宫建起了，秦朝就灭亡了；唐朝玄宗修了华清池，招来安史之乱。
然而，秦岭之前因违章修建别墅多次惊动中共高层，习近平批示6次仍无法清拆。
习近平先后就秦岭别墅违建问题，作出6次“重要批示指示”，当地高层上报虚假资料，试图蒙混过关。直到2018年7月，中纪委副书记徐令义两次赴陕西督导后，当地才大规模拆除问题别墅。
与此同时，陕西省与西安市的官场连续“地震”，官员密集落马。据披露，此次秦岭至少拆除1194栋违建别墅，至少1000余人被兑问责及问话。
如今习近平再次考察秦岭。大纪元时政评论员夏小强分析原因有多方面。
一是，习近平祖籍陕西，而且习在陕西延安待了7年。同时陕西也是其父习仲勋的龙兴发迹之地，对于习家父子来说都是福地。
他说，虽然中共对外宣称是无神论，不相信所谓的“封建迷信”，但是中共领导人却大都“迷信”，毛泽东曾找和尚算命，江泽民因为迫害法轮功内心恐惧曾在家抄“地藏经”，习近平也不例外。
维基解密透露，习相信佛家的气功与超自然力量。因此，此次习近平去陕西考察选择挑选的地方，也有用意。4月21日上午，习近平去陕西省安康市平利县老县镇考察，“平利”县，平利，取其名的吉利。
二是，秦岭别墅违章建筑案中，已经有大批陕西高官落马，习近平此次到秦岭又一次敲打，其实就是在如今中共内部政局不稳，反习声音不断出现时刻，特别是刚刚拿下江派前台人物孙力军后，习向各级官员施压示强之举。
三是，习在陕西提到 “西迁精神”，其实还有一层含义，就是一旦政局发生剧变，北京出现意外，习近平可以把陕西作为一个后撤安身之地。习此行，可能是对此准备工作的检查和安排。
Source: NTDTV, April 24, 2020
https://www.ntdtv.com/gb/2020/04/24/a102830370.html