'double happiness', to sprigs of foo paak (hibiscus), a homonym also meaning 'wealth' or 'riches'. By comparison in the West, in rural England, a horseshoe is sometimes displayed at the entrance of a cottage to bring luck.
3
The Pat Heung Valley covers an area of just over 50 square kilometres.
* The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation later reimbursed the Hong Kong Government.
5
Because of the rising and falling naam moh sound of their chanting. Lo means 'fellow'.
f These are normally in threes. One is offered up for heaven, one for earth and one for mankind.
7
The number of urban Chinese who have never partaken of a basin meal frequently surprises the Author.
*To make them more attractive and presentable for the gods.
The Author has been informed that tun fu ceremonies do take place outside Hong Kong although he has never observed them or seen anything about them in writing. Although there has been a religious revival in China in recent years, he has never observed any tun fu pots on the Mainland although that does not mean they do not exist. A fellow researcher has told him that they may be seen in Xiamen.
10
By comparison, at Pat Heung there were five pots with one talisman in each. At the Sha Tin ceremony there was one pot with five talismans and the same at Kam Tin and Tai Wo. At Ma Wan there were two pots with three talismans in each.
The same applies to feng shui where different schools exist. Again, masters have their own ideas. One who the Author accompanied on assignments in urban Hong Kong believes in placing crystal in homes to absorb impure influences. A similar custom is also found in the West.
12
For which the Hong Kong Government is said to have paid $40,000.
13
It was made illegal to let off firecrackers in 1967 (the year of prolonged riots).
100
'double happiness', to sprigs of foo paak (hibiscus), a homonym also meaning 'wealth' or 'riches'. By comparison in the West, in rural England, a horseshoe is sometimes displayed at the entrance of a cottage to bring luck.
3
The Pat Heung Valley covers an area of just over 50
square kilometres.
* The Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation later reimbursed the Hong Kong
5
Government.
Because of the rising and falling naam moh sound of their chanting. Lo means
'fellow'.
f These are normally in threes. One is offered up for heaven, one for earth and one
for mankind.
7
The number of urban Chinese who have never partaken of a basin meal fre-
quently surprises the Author.
*To make them more attractive and presentable for the gods.
"The Author has been informed that tun fu ceremonies do take place outside Hong Kong although he has never observed them or seen anything about them in writing. Although there has been a religious revival in China in recent years, he has never observed any tun fu pots on the Mainland although that does not mean they do not exist. A fellow researcher has told him that they may be seen in Xiamen.
10 By comparison, at Pat Heung there were five pots with one talisman in each. At the Sha Tin ceremony there was one pot with five talismans and the same at Kam Tin and Tai Wo. At Ma Wan there were two pots with three talismans in
each.
"The same applies to feng shui where different schools exist. Again, masters have their own ideas. One who the Author accompanied on assignments in ur- ban Hong Kong believes in placing crystal in homes to absorb impure influences. A similar custom is also found in the West.
12 For which the Hong Kong Government is said to have paid $40,000.
13 It was made illegal to let off firecrackers in 1967 (the year of prolonged riots).
No comments yet.
Private notes are available after approval.