There will be two cannons on the roof of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Building. What's so particular about Feng Shui?

The sun shines on the glass of the Bank of China building, and then reflects on the wall of the HSBC building, which is interpreted by the Feng Shui master as a knife to cut at HSBC. In order to maintain its geomantic omen, HSBC set up two cannons on the roof, facing the Bank of China Building, to break the evil spirit. The bold design of architect norman foster brought the city the greatest reputation in architectural aesthetics, and it was not until the rise of the Bank of China Building designed by I.M. Pei that it was slightly inferior.

The contest between HSBC and Bank of China on architectural aesthetics has already surpassed the contest between Britain's Foster and China's I.M. Pei, and has been endowed with the significance of who will dominate the Hong Kong economy between China and Britain. The HSBC Tower, which cost US$ 6,543.8 billion, is a landmark building in Hong Kong. Like its predecessor, the western classical architecture on the Bund in Shanghai, it is regarded as a symbol of British colonialism.

This bank, founded by Scots, has always been synonymous with economic aggression in the eyes of China people, because in modern China, it was an institution in which British capital controlled China's financial market, and once led banking groups in various countries to lend money to China, providing political loans and economic loans such as railways and mines. 1985, when I was building the Bank of China Building, I felt it necessary to make the adjacent HSBC Building, a symbol of colonial rule, dwarf it to show "the voice of the people of China". Sure enough, he later built this angular building with a very small site, only1.300 million dollars.

In Hong Kong, where feng shui masters are as ubiquitous as lawyers, the sun shines on the glass of the Bank of China Building and then reflects on the wall of the HSBC Building, which is interpreted by feng shui masters as a knife aimed at HSBC. In order to maintain its geomantic omen, HSBC set up two cannons on the roof, facing the Bank of China Building, to break the evil spirit. Of course, this two-stage contest did not lose both sides. HSBC continues to take the lead, and the Bank of China is thriving, which supports the economic prosperity of Hong Kong. If we carefully examine the sources of bank funds, Hong Kong's financial map can be called the most complex mixed-race system in the world. Three note-issuing banks with different backgrounds, from more than 200 financial institutions around the world, are competing for customers with different skin colors to attract business.