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Oh, some of it is good common sense.
Like facing the bed so you see the door when you sleep, etc. (Gives people the willies, otherwise).
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Great, now Disney has hired the Fab 5 to design its theme parks. This Queer Eye for the Straight Guy thing is getting out of hand. (No pun intended)
Also tends to have a lot to do with air-flow...
If you follow feng-shui, you tend to end up with a room that is nicely layed out, and easy to clean and move around in!
Old Chuck has a point about "feng shui" which is actually Chinese for "I can believe they're buying this BS."
I guess in China, you have to pay attention to this FS business because the culture in more monochromatic and oppressive. Whereas, in the US, one may say what one wishes, even if it's incorrect.
But then, who really cares what Disney is or is not doing? It ain't what it used to be, and never will be.
I can think of a hundred things Disney has done that are far worse. This doesn't really bother me. It's more a matter of good luck than religion, and I don't see any of this as seriously idolatrous or anything like that.
I do certainly agree on the other hand that our courts have acted unconstitutionally in forbidding freedom of religion to Christians in America. But I don't think this is the best way to make the argument. It can't be more than one time in a hundred that I disagree with Chuck Colson, but I guess this is one of them.
"The Walt Disney Company has unveiled its plans for its new theme park in Hong Kong —a perfect reproduction of Disneyland—well, not exactly “a perfect reproduction.” Changes had to be made after Disney consulted with a feng shui master. "
" ...I can’t imagine the local visitors asking if the park had been designed according to feng shui or if incense was being properly burned."
What the local visitors will be asking is "where are all the rides"? This park will open with a whopping 12 attractions, including such E ticket attraction as the walk through the castle!
To give you an idea of how much of a "perfect reproduction" this is of the original Disneyland, in the original Disneyland between the July 15 1955 and it's one year anniversary it ADDED nearly twice as many attractions as this new park will have total in its first several years of operation.
Or they might.
I remember an article a few years ago, about a court case in Asia, where one company had built their HQ to mess up the Feng Shui of a rival's HQ -- and the rival sued. I never did find out how it ended.
I don'r know - - it sounds goofy to me!
Simple answer? Money.
One of the more interesting aspects of feng Shui is the collective folk wisdom handed down for thousands of years concerning the best layout of houses on properties. It is considered preferable to have buildings face south, have some type of barrier *bushes, fence, hedges whatever) to provide protetion from the immediate street. There are many "common sense" ideas that are part of Feng Shui that have nothing to do with mirrors, chimes or chi. Not all Feng Shui is hocus pocus. It's a lot of common sense that's been codified for those in need of common sense.