I am currently a westerner studying Chinese in Beijing, China. Hopefully, as many of you know, China is undergoing a period of rapid cultural and economical development.  Living here can be quite overwhelming sometimes. Construction can be found everywhere!

Most architects and designers will consult a Feng Shui Expert before or during the designing of the huge mega office buildings, shopping complexes, and condo buildings in order to maximize the success of the building and its tenants. Yet, some architects and designers aren't Chinese or don't care to pay attention to "old ways of thinking".

One of the larger more costly projects was a mega housing/office complex near the ChaoYang District which is Beijing CBD - commercial Business District. An affluent district full of foreigners and the headquarters of large corporations.

After the building was built, someone -- a tenant I think -- got an expert from Hong Kong to fly in and assess the Feng Shui of the building. He said the place had attracted some really bad energy already despite it just being finished and that no one should go there. Specifically he said, and this is Chinese, it is gui de - which is like saying it is evil basically.

The developers are now going bankrupt and the building is standing near empty - just a couple of unknowing  lao wai (old foreigner, a pet name for foreigners) living there.

funny eh?

Nice post!  Yeah, we're quite  assessing into feng shui.  After reading and learning from several sources, we found bad feng shui in dwelling.  Not neccessary bad for other people, just that it's in "discord" with our Ba Tzi (Birthday).  We're moving   !! It's been on the downside much since moved in.  We need a matching place.

Actually, what is good feng shui? How can we have good feng shui when everybody will have different good directions to achieve good harmony for everyone? This has put me in a quandrangle.

Really? I think that if some building has some unlucky streaks, there are supposed to be remedies to it. Otherwise, some lots in this world will stay uninhabited! Lol! That's what feng shui is for - to correct the furnitures, the way things are arranged. That's just for me!

Hi everyone.   Just recently joined mystic board.    With your permissions I would like to share some of my thoughts about Feng Shui.       Most of the misconceptions of FS today is mostly superstitious which were transfered from one generation to the other.   What is real FS?   Its an ancient art of harnessing Qi from our environment, nothing else.  That simple.  The basic concept is that the external environment affects the house and in turn affects the people living in it.   What does it mean?   No matter how good your personal gua is or even your house gua, if the environment is bad, your stuff!!   No remedies (moving furniture - it would not work) needed,  but to get out and look for another place.   That is why timing and direction is very important.   Basically if there is a problem in your natal chart (Bazi), there is a problem with your feng shui.    A good point raised by Rozrokz in regards to everyone in the house having (different) good personal directions.   I empathize with him.   How can all of you achieved good feng shui using all your good personal directions??   Impossible.   The answer is that house direction supersedes personal direction.   Now,everyone has to share the same good or bad direction.   Personal direction is only used for fine tuning purposes.    I hope I did not confused anyone?   Bye.