Jerry King is a Fengshui consultant trainer in the Four Pillars of Destiny based in Vancouver, Canada. He consults in China, Hong Kong, North and South America. In my Fengshui practice, many clients always want to know about their destiny which includes a consultation of their career, health, wealth and relationships. Many methods are used [...]
From time to time, Ginger Post will post selections from Chinese proverbs, fables, paintings, calligraphy, porcelains, literature, philosophy and other treasures from Chinese civilizations for the enjoyment of the readers. From the Book of Lao Zi,* Chapter 58: Misfortune, happiness leans on it; Happiness, misfortune crouches under it. 禍兮福之所倚，福兮禍之所伏。 Fable from the book of Huai [...]
HSBC or the Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation is one of the largest and leading banks in the world. HSBC’s headquarters is hard to miss, being located in the heart of the Central District on the Hong Kong side. Completed in 1985 at a cost of close to $US 5 billion, the building has undergone [...]
People’s Republic of China was founded on lst October, 1949, as Chairman Mao Zedong proclaimed to the world that the Chinese people had stood up. In celebration of the 60th anniversary of this momentous occasion, there were large scale parades in Toronto and Vancouver on Sunday, 27th September, 2009. Over 40 community organizations and 8,000 [...]
Chinese Canadians began a new chapter of political and social action on 30th September 1979. Here is a digest of the events thirty years ago described by Anthony B. Chan in his book Gold Mountain: The Chinese in the New World (Vancouver: New Star Books, 1983). Chinese Canadians today can still learn many lessons from [...]
Many years before Granville Island became a major Vancouver, B.C. tourist destination, the area was one of Vancouver’s large industrial areas. In those days, there were many working men and women from such companies as Morrison Steel, Lefarge Concrete, Adanac Paper, Sangster Craft, and Columbia Bitchelithec. Mixing in with the hungry and thirsty labourers were [...]
Today, there are many definitions of fengshui (風水). Its literal translation into English is Wind Water. Some people see it as the energy around our living environment while others see it as superstition. Fengshui is considered both an art and a science. It is also metaphysics and it has been practiced for thousands of years [...]
From 1920 to 1968, the Panama Café was run by my family in Victoria, B.C. Our restaurant was located on Johnson Street, and later on Government Street beginning in 1932. The restaurant was a diner style eatery with complete meals, catering to workers in the downtown area. Almost everything was prepared in the restaurant: the [...]
Ancient Chinese bronze vessels from the Shouyang Studio are on exhibit at the Art Museum of the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) until August 2, 2009. The Shouyang Studio is the private collection of Chinese Americans George and Katherine Fan. George Fan grew up and received his education in the West and claimed that [...]
This is the first article in a series on the city of Shanghai . Introduction I was born in Shanghai in 1938. It was the city’s 2nd year under Japanese occupation which lasted a total of 8 years till August, 1945. The first 7 years of my life, outside of home and school, was always [...]