Abstract:

This program focuses on the Land Formations and Flying Stars Schools of classical feng shui, demonstrating the ancient Chinese geomantic practice of living harmoniously with the environment as it is applied in Hong Kong and elsewhere. World-renowned teacher Grandmaster Yap Cheng Hai and several feng shui consultants provide a detailed overview of Taoism, chi, yin and yang, the five symbolic elements and animals, the bagua and its eight trigrams, and the lo pan compass. The feng shui of a number of buildings—Norman Foster’s Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank and I. M. Pei’s Bank of China, among others—as well as several ancestral grave sites is assessed. The feng shui of a variety of locales in Europe is also analyzed.