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Feng Shui Makes a ComebackOnce dismissed as superstition, the ancient discipline of Feng Shui is now guiding the design of buildings from government offices to state banks in mainland China.
However as Hong Kong and Taiwan investment flowed into mainland China in the 1990s, investors brought their traditional beliefs with them and Feng Shui has seen a revival. Newspapers run columns, film stars and actors consult Feng Shui masters for their stage names, and many of the scions of families famed for their Feng Shui expertise are now enjoying a thriving business. China's Communist Party is using the principles of Feng Shui in designing public architecture in much the same way China's emperors did, to ensure wealth and stability. People's Square in Shanghai, which was once the site of the Shanghai race course in the city's freewheeling capitalist heyday and now houses the seat of the city government and the Shanghai Museum, also bears the hallmarks of Feng Shui advice. People's Square was built in the mid-1990s with the help of Feng Shui consultants. The alignment and height of government buildings, trees, water and roads on the square conform to the principles of Feng Shui. Now in vogue in the United States and Western Europe, Feng Shui has become fashionable among upwardly mobile professionals. Source: Manila Bulletin; 8/20/2001; Presse, Rachel Morarjee Agence France Start your interior design career today by requesting information from one of our highly respected interior design schools! Find a school near you >> Copyright © 2005 Interior Design Schools All rights reserved. |
