There is a saying that the prosperity of Hong Kong cannot be separated from its good geomantic omen. Why is Feng Shui so popular in Hong Kong?

Yi Chuanzao believes that Hong Kong's economic prosperity is due to good feng shui. After 100 years of colonial rule, Hong Kong is full of western culture and colors, but Hong Kong people believe in China's traditional geomantic numerology culture, which is even crazy. Many people believe that Hong Kong's economic prosperity is due to good feng shui: Victoria Harbour is calm, with mountains on both sides, like a big cornucopia, from which Hong Kong's wealth comes.

What is Feng Shui? Ci Hai quoted the explanation in Guo Pu's Funeral Book in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, which was "the anger of the undertaker". As the saying goes, the air is scattered by the wind, and the boundary water stops. The ancients gathered to make it, but stopped it, so it was called Feng Shui. "Guo Pu is revered as the granddaddy of Feng Shui masters, and of course this shall prevail. The American Psychological Association has a school called Environmental Psychology, which essentially explores the ancient wisdom of China, and only interprets and explains it from a scientific perspective.

But in the eyes of Hong Kong people, Feng Shui is neither superstition nor science, but an authentic business culture, which has penetrated into the bones of Hong Kong people and become an indispensable part of life. Regardless of wealth, class and position, from office space, daily life and indoor furnishings to starting a company, opening a Zhang Zhixi, buying a house and decorating, Hong Kong people should pay attention to Feng Shui, and would rather ask Mr. Feng Shui to "see Feng Shui".

Merchants in Hong Kong have the God of Wealth in their shops, and there are "seventy-two demons in the town house" hanging on them. It is said that this amulet is copied according to the ancient tradition of China, and there are two versions. You can take refuge to eliminate disasters and be healthy and prosperous. Shops facing the street will also put a shrine against the wall at the door, and the owner will come out to worship when he has something to do. Most companies in Hong Kong have "Tong Sheng" calendars. Bosses talk about business, the metropolis looks at the sky, and when big business opens, they even set up an altar to roast pigs and pray for the blessing of the gods and buddhas. Because Feng Shui theory is highly respected by Hong Kong people, even foreign companies in Hong Kong inevitably do as the Romans do and join the army of Feng Shui theory. For example, CLSA, a well-known foreign-funded institution in Hong Kong, publishes the "Feng Shui Index" every year from 1990 to predict the performance of Hong Kong's stock market and property market in one year at the beginning of each year.

Not only ordinary people believe in Feng Shui, but also rich people in Hong Kong enjoy it. They are all equipped with their own royal feng shui masters, who are invited to visit them regularly every month. From the decoration of the office and the layout of the home, to the economic and trade activities and the origin of Gai Lou, please come out and calculate, and choose an auspicious day to start work. After the death of Gong Ruxin, the richest woman in Asia known as "Britney Spears", the first person who jumped out and claimed the right to inherit the huge property she left turned out to be her royal feng shui master, which somewhat reflected the popularity of feng shui masters.

Senior officials of the Hong Kong government also talk about Feng Shui. For example, the Hong Kong Institute of Applied Science and Technology once had a Feng Shui scandal. It is because this research institute, which was originally designed to train outstanding scientific and technological talents, spent millions of Hong Kong dollars to hire Chen Shuaifo, a geomantic master, to pay attention to geomantic omen in office environment and relocation. In addition to unscientific academy of sciences, the police, fire department, transport department and other institutions will also seek the advice of Feng Shui. If KCRC projects were blocked in the past, they would ask Mr. Feng Shui to make a reasonable explanation from the perspective of Feng Shui.

However, when it comes to Feng Shui among government officials, it belongs to former Chief Executive Donald Tsang. When he moved from the official residence of the Chief Secretary for Administration to the Government House, the first thing he did was to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to build a fish pond in koi fish (pictured below) and move his beloved koi fish to Kyubi no Youko for breeding to stop the official brake. Chen Shuaifo, a feng shui master, said that these carp helped Donald Tsang jump into the Longmen all the way, which was a great contribution. The fish ponds built in the Governor's Mansion are prosperous.