Whether you’re traveling for leisure or business, understanding more about your destination can enhance the experience. We’ve put together a collection of our favorite cities and attractions to provide a unique insight into the role Feng Shui played in their history.
Singapore Feng Shui Central 5 Elements at Orchard & Scotts Road junction
Even a seasoned traveler to Singapore may not be aware of the hidden Feng Shui meanings central to some of the city planning and building architecture. However, GM Dr. Stephen Skinner provides a glimpse of how a simple road intersection may not be all that it seems. It is hard to deny the power of the Five Elements used in Feng Shui, with catastrophic bushfires, tsunamis, and earthquakes being spectacular displays of nature's energy and…
5 Most Essential Things to Take While Traveling Travel Gadgets for the Modern Traveller
Traveling is considered the most beneficial aspect of life. It can both broaden your mind and nourish your soul in ways that you have never imagined. Eva William takes a look at what essentials to pack on your next trip. Whether you are visiting your family or want to have an adventurous trip to the turquoise oceans and Thai islands. It will all be worthy, and you will learn new things, gain wisdom, experience the…
Secrets of the Forbidden City Feng Shui Mysteries of a Chinese Architectural Marvel
The layout and position of many Chinese cities are influenced by feng shui and the Forbidden City is undoubtedly a superb example. In our introduction, we uncover some of the hidden mysteries of this architectural marvel he city of Beijing was constructed during the Ming dynasty between 1407 and 1420, when the third Ming Emperor, Yong Le, decided to move the political centre of China from Nanjing to the Northern location of Beijing. His…
Beijing Autumn off the Beaten path We Check out Beijing's Form
Paris might have it Spring, I thought, but Beijing has its Autumn. The hot, humid days of Summer were gone, the smog-filled skies of Winter yet to come, and the dusty winds of Spring just a memory. I was standing on top of the Great Wall, just North of the Chinese capital Beijing, and the sky was the most brilliant of blues overhead, the air so crisp and clear, it was almost like one was…
HO CHI MINH CITY and the Black Turtle Master Phuong explains the Feng Shui of Ho Chi Minh City
Ho Chi Minh City, a metropolis in South Vietnam, has attached its history of development to a plethora of interesting Feng Shui stories concerning Black Turtle Celestial Animals. According to feng shui basic rules, an auspicious spot is a location which possesses Four Celestial Animals: Black Turtle at the back, Green Dragon on the left embrace, White Tiger on the right embrace and Red Phoenix in the front. Red Phoenix represents broad Bright Hall, which…
Guide To The Getty Angel Thompson’s walk through the J. Paul Getty Museum
The fabulous wealth of J. Paul Getty has funded the building of an extraordinary museum to house the Getty collection. Angel Thompson examines its mountain-top site for signs of auspicious Feng Shui hen J Paul Getty bought his first work of art in 1931 for just over a thousand dollars, he cannot have imagined that this was the start of the great Getty art collection. By 1953 he had amassed a sufficiently large collection…
Kowloon’s most Auspicious Temple We travel to Wong Tai Sin Temple
Bustling and bountiful, Hong Kong has many hidden treasures besides the cheap duty free shopping areas. The Wong Tai Sin Temple is one such treasure ccording to the legend, Wong Tai Sin was a shepherd boy living in an isolated part of Chekiang Province called Red Pine Hill. At 15 an immortal found him in the fields and taught him the Taoist art of refining cinnabar to make medicine, which was said to cure any…
The Palace of Versailles Louis XIV's most famous creation comes under the feng shui microscope
Versailles, one of the grandest and most opulent palaces in Europe, was constructed in the marshy Galie Valley. The site was chosen for many reasons, few of them practical, but for over 150 years the palace drew energy and water from the surrounding landscape , whilst the Sun King, Louis XIV, basked in the glory of his creation f it hadn’t been for Louis XIII’s passion for the hunt and his indifferent relationship with his…
SINGAPORE the Pearl In The Dragon’s Mouth Tapping into the ch’i of the water dragon from the deep natural harbour...has brought Singapore its wealth
Founded in 1819, Singapore is today one of Asia’s great success stories. Helen Oon looks at the part played by its Feng Shui in its glittering rise hen Sir Stamford Raffles founded Singapore in 1819, he was not deterred by the macabre scene of death and disease that besieged the pirate-infested island. The year itself an auspicious one with the lucky number ‘8’ for prosperity and the emperor’s number ‘9’ for power and wealth.…
Angkor Wat Palace of Power Tom Bender explores the spiritual powers of Cambodia’s ancient Khmer capital Angkor Wat
There is a close interaction between people and places they inhabit. In the same way that a building’s energy may be affected by the ch’i of its inhabitants so too do buildings affect the people who use them. n Cambodia, the Khmers designed architectural wonders using their knowledge of ch’i to produce monuments of power that extended far beyond today’s conventional concepts. Integrating myth and sculpture they created many temples, royal cities and palaces. Even…
LONDON the Flight of the Dragon Tour through the Capital to Highlight its hidden feng shui
To study London from the perspective of Feng Shui you first need to know a little about its long and chequered history with a succession of invaders all seeking to leave their mark such as the Romans, Queen Boudicca, the Vikings and Normans. t has had its fair share of disasters including 16 outbreaks of bubonic plague between 1348 and 1665 followed by the Great Fire. And after rising like a phoenix from the ashes,…
HONG KONG the Nine Dragon town Derel Allan explores the Feng Shui of Hong Kong
Undoubtedly one of the factors contributing to the commercial success of Hong Kong is her feng shui. Hong Kong is a tiny place on the map but she has become a dynamic trade and finance centre. GM Raymond Lo describes it eng shui, which means ‘wind and water’ originates from an ancient Chinese book called ‘Book of Burial’ written by Kuo P’o in around 265AD. This book, describes the features of landscapes which will generate…