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| Traditional Chinese | 羅盤 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 罗盘 | ||||||||||||||||||
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The luopan or geomantic compass is a Chinese magnetic compass, also known as a feng shui compass. It is used by a feng shui practitioner to determine the precise direction of a structure, place or item. Luo Pan contains a lot of information and formulas regarding its functions. The needle points towards the south magnetic pole.