Hong Kong Feng Shui Tour (Part 2)

The Bank of China Tower (abbreviated BOC Tower; traditional Chinese: 中銀大廈) is one of the most recognized skyscrapers in Central, Hong Kong. It houses the headquarters for the Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited. The building is located at 1 Garden Road, in Central and Western District on Hong Kong Island.

As usual, I started my feng shui audit with geomantic observation standard procedures, which include consideration on its surrounding topographical feature, geographical uniqueness, traffic flows, neighboring building’s architectural designs and most importantly, the eye sight coverage spectrum from the main door.

This tower was designed by a well known international architect I.M. Pei. At the beginning, the building was not structured and built based on feng shui theory. However, one I.M. Pei made the design public; he was immediately attacked just as fiercely as he was attacked for the Louvre, but for different reason, feng shui mistakes, for instance, the building had too many sharp corners which would bring bad luck to one’s neighbor. Under social pressure from the management, a few water fountains and pond are integrated. However, my site visit told me that the feng shui can still be better.

The HSBC Main Building (traditional Chinese: 香港滙豐總行大廈) is the headquarters building of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited in Central, Hong Kong. It is located few blocks next to the Bank of China. Believing themselves to be threatened by bad feng shui from the the Bank of China, a pair of Cannons were set up pointed back directly to the bank.

My finding shows that the building is sitting at South and facing North (at certain degree). The main door design of Bank of China Tower is not as grand as Cheung Kong Center. Furthermore, the size of the main door does not match its height. This is a weak point in term of feng shui architectural design.

The road coming from the East can be Water Dragon as shown in Photo 3. However, the whole building was not fully adjusted to receive this Water Dragon.

From Photo 4, the Chi DOES NOT stop right in front of the main door of Bank of China Tower. The Water Dragon runs from east to the west WITHOUT stopping in front of the main door. This is negative from feng shui perspective.

A question for readers to ponder: What do you think why the water fountain is in the West and North West of the building as shown in photo 5?

If you are interested to know more of my visits, you feel free to post a comment here or write to me a justsoon@orientalwisdom.com.my.

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