File:HSBC Headquarters Building, Hong Kong, detail of top showing cannons.JPG
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English: This photo was taken by David Drascic on 3 Nov 2005. According to the CBC "Doc Zone" episode "Superstitious Minds", first broadcast on 30 Oct 2014, these cannons atop the HSBC Building in Hong Kong were installed to balance the bad feng shui of the knife shape of the nearby Bank of China building! http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episodes/superstitious-minds |
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Source | Own work |
Author | David Drascic |
I cannot recall my vantage point when I took this building. It was taken 7 minutes after leaving the Garden Road Peak Tram Lower Terminus on foot.
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Partial Transcript of CBC-TV Doc Zone episode "Superstitious Minds", first broadcast on 30 Oct 2014.
Viewed online at http://www.cbc.ca/doczone/episodes/superstitious-minds on 3 Nov 2014. (Online video only available in Canada.)
Partial Transcript begins:
[19:04] And then there's feng shui, the one practice that permeates virtually every aspect of Hong Kong society. The Chinese believe this ancient and complex system channels positive energy into a person's work or living space, and helps guide their lives.
[19:22] Paul Hung is one of the estimated thousand feng shui masters in the city, and traces his own technique, called Flying Star, back through 73 generations.
[19:32] "I use my knowldge of feng shui in helping people to make a decision, to find a good lover, to find a good job or good career and good house and good business."
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[20:49] One building in Hong Kong chose to ignore feng shui in its design: the iconic Bank of China skyscraper. The result was instant controversy.
(Paul Hung says:) "Everyone in Hong Kong thinks it's just a knife, just like a weapon. And someone say that the knife is pointing other buildings. One of them is British Government House, another is the HSBC building. So it's just very, very bad energy."
After it opened, a series of mishaps occurred, including the death of the Governor, and a downturn in the city's economy. To counteract the bad feng shui,the HSBC put cement cannons on the roof, pointing toward the Bank of China.
"Knife belongs to metal. So the knife pointing to the HSBC will be controlled by the fire, the cannon. So HSBC has no harmful results after that."
HSBC has deep enough pockets to fight bad energy with big cannons. There are street level solutions for those on a more modest budget.
(Partial transcript ends.)
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