Fengshui of President Hu's Ancestral Home

[Polly]

  Don't know how many of you will be interested in this arcane subject, but I bumped into this site last night and found it most educational and informative, and will start from page 1 for self-education . 

If anyone is interested I will tell the blogger's account of the fengshui of this tinny and seemingly mundane village which however has spawned a disproportionately number of big shots, including 2 chancellors, 24 first runners up and second runners up in the civil service examinations held every 3 year, and over 20 government officials above the 7th grade, and of course, his Majesty as we all know.

Shan would love it I think

http://blog.sina.com.cn/s/blog_4d4f37290100aeh3.html

[Polly]

At the risk of being labelled a loony again , I just have to tell you guys what I know about the plunge of HSBC and it's related to fengshui.

HSBC plunged before my very eyes on the very next day the Queen's peer was demolished.  I saw it with my very eyes.

It is said the former Taipans of HSBC, despite being Westerners, were all very devoted to fengshui.  And the fengshui of HSBC was set up in such a way that a straight line was formed by the Queen's peer, HSBC HQ, and the Governor's House of Hong Kong.  As the Chinese saying goes, 要快發,鬥三煞, meaning if one can overcome the ominous structure opposite it, one will prosper very quickly.  And indeed the straight line is set to overcome the ominous structure across the Victoria Harbour in Tsimshatsui.

To maximize the security of HSBC, the plot of land right in front of it was purchased to build the Queen's Statue Park.  The Murray House (a plot on the right end) car park was also bought to prevent any change of land use in the future.  In fengshui speak this should be a very secure "gold bank" structure.

Indeed right after the straight line is formed,  HSBC prospered for over 2 decades, expanding into Europe and America with the deposit of HK people.

But as things go, if you set something up, it's bound to be demolished some day.  And demolished it was the Queen's Pier.  And the very next day it was demolished, the share price of HSBC plunged all the way from over HK$150 to HK33.

[shan]

POLLY , your explanation is quite interesting but i saw another version  like this :

很多人都不相信风水，但社会上，一直有很少的一部份精英默默地在运用风水，创造了一个又一个的千亿风水神话！不论经济倒退，或是经济低迷，这些企业照样高速发展，那些尚在怀疑风水是否迷信的人，是否有点落伍呢？

汇丰银行的大班，与城中的超级富豪不一样，他们从来没有否认运用风水！从中环汇丰银行总行的重建，门囗狮子的移位，大厦的设计、建筑，银行的开幕日子，每个步骤都一丝不苟地按着风水师的要求而运作。

汇丰银行从一九八四年起打造新的风水布局起，过去二十年的投资回报每年平均增长高达19%。汇丰银行，从一间股权分散的地区性银行，於二十年内，发展至成为一间规模媲美国家银行的世界五大银行集团之一。经历七运(1984年-2003年)、八运(2004年-2006年)而不衰，如果风水上出现问题，是没有可能做得到的！

"Through a process of questioning and challenging - including the involvement of a feng shui geomancer - the project addressed the nature of banking in Hong Kong and how it should be expressed in built form." Norman Foster

"通过一连串的提问与挑战，包括风水师的叁与，这个项目的最终设计，表现出汇丰银行的特质。"汇丰银行设计师Norman Foster 语。

刚刚公布的汇丰控股有限公司2005年全年业绩上显示，2005年的纯利达到150.81亿美元（约1,176.3亿港元）

汇丰银行这个风水局，可以说是香港最好的风水局，但又是最大争议的风水局！因为汇丰这个风水局所布置的风水法度，与传统的风水要求完全相反，很多风水大师到达汇丰银行审局，都摇摇头地说：汇丰银行的布局是一个风水败局，遗背了最基本的风水学理，没有理由可以如此兴旺？

正因为不明白汇丰的风水布局，所以附会了很多不同的故事

传说汇丰银行未建之前，原是大会堂故址，屋顶建有一金马，晚上作崇，晚上即发出悲惨马嘶声音，扰人清梦，一夕，巡更者更见一巨马从大会堂急驰而出，往海旁奔去，作饮水状，往前侦察，巨马转身返回，直奔大会堂顶而没。越夕天明，更者走告附近居民，人众乃知马声之由来，皆以屋顶金马成精，惶惶不可终日，惟恐马精性发，伤害人民，老者倡议，先行除之，以免後害，遂派代表，备文陈情，请於政府，政府接得陈情，以其近乎神怪，未予接纳，人众以政令视听，不敢反抗，只好另谋对策，以达除怪目的。後一巫师至，自言有法除怪，乃延巫师从法，巫师即先用符封其双眼，继以剑剔其蹄，巫师作法完毕，顿失所在，不知其何去，人皆异之，巫师者，岂仙欤？咸以众人有德，得仙相助，乃备仪上香祭於天间，以谢巫者，其夜，怪果不再作崇，嘶声亦敛，众入乃安云。

由这个故事起始，又附会了一个呼形喝象的风水局-天马跳海穴。

这个龙穴是由香港太平山的龙脉，踊跃奔腾而下，有活龙奔海之势，猛虎出林之象，力猛势强，形势雄猛，活像一只庞然雄马，自天而降，往下直奔，作跳海之势，望之生畏，港督府及後花园，是马之背，可汇丰银行现址，是即是马囗，鞍中结一穴，囗里结一穴，上穴贵，下穴富，一贵一富，是故发福无限！

有时真要佩服那些呼形喝象的风水师傅，将整个形势描绘得活灵活现，又有马背，又有马鞍，真不知道古时未有马鞍，又用甚麽形容词来代替呢？其实呼应喝象的作用是古时风水师於山中寻得一穴，为了方便记忆，遂因其形状，配以某种物象而表示之，以待後学容易找寻而已！现在的风水师更将此项绝活，发扬光大，将路名又附会风水，例如上海的“鼎园”，在大木桥路、瑞金南路、斜土路和赵嘉浜路的中间，“鼎”为火，于是开发商宣称他们的项目五行俱全，是风水宝地，价格卖到3万元一平方米，比周边楼盘高出一倍。
自家高楼，两旁有银行大厦，就附会形状如元宝，必发等等，如此穿凿附会的风水，确是有损风水正道的！