The British Daily Mail, which loves gossip, recently published an article entitled "What happened to the 4th floor and14th floor? It is reported that in a new apartment building in Sydney, Australia, the two numbers "4" and "14" on the elevator floor button panel mysteriously disappeared. They analyzed that the disappearance of these two figures was related to China people.
At this point, the story has not yet developed into a detective drama for a simple reason: in China's Putonghua, "4" is a homonym for "death", representing bad luck and death-and China people have invested billions of dollars in the Australian real estate market and become the largest overseas buyers in Australia.
Earlier, an Australian real estate agent was in charge of selling a property in Walcruz, Sydney, and changed the house number because he was afraid of chinese numerals. The original house number was "4", but it was changed to "2B" in order to take care of the feelings of China buyers-well, they need to study it more deeply.
Foreigners know that if you have an "8", you must be "rich"
Americans also feel the magic of numbers. The Wall Street Journal reported that American developers began to pay attention to elements such as feng shui and lucky numbers to cater to China buyers.
For example, several full-floor apartments in the high-rise building "One 57" in Manhattan, new york, have been signed by China buyers. The price of each apartment is about 50 million dollars (about 3190,000 yuan). In order to cater to the preference of "rich people" in China for the lucky number "8". The real estate agent arranged several sets of the most luxurious apartments on the 80th to 88th floors.
Malcolm, an Australian real estate agent, said that the house number plays a key role in the promotion of selling houses. "If the house number is 8, it will attract many China people to see the house, because it is a very good number." In addition, he said that they invited the famous geomantic master Wang to help decorate the geomantic omen in the office and the geomantic omen in the sales department. After all, Feng Shui is an advanced environmental science, isn't it? He told reporters.
Foreigners all know that the house is well decorated.
In addition to house numbers, foreigners also need to learn a lot of feng shui knowledge.
For example, they have realized that China people don't like the innermost house in a dead end, the house with the front door facing the back door, the house with the stairs facing the door and so on. They also need to know that people in China will not buy a bedroom with the foot of the bed facing the door. More and more real estate developers and brokers begin to pay attention to geomantic omen to ensure that houses have positive energy (so-called "gas field").
In Perth, a city in Western Australia, houses that have been auctioned for 30 months and have not been bought can't be sold. The reason is that as soon as the house opened the door, I saw the direction of the stairs and thought it was going down. For many Australians, the spacious American staircase symbolizes status, but in China etiquette, it will be defined as downward.
Later, according to the suggestion of Australian Feng Shui master Wang, the Australian homeowner laid a red carpet under the stairs of this house, which meant that the energy was turned around and it was a great success. A small fountain was built on the grass outside the house to balance the water element, and a big blessing pad was laid outside the front door-it finally sold for a high price, which was almost an inspirational story.
Foreigners all know that luxury houses pay attention to "hiding the wind and gathering the gas"
When Joseph Rand, the managing partner of American real estate company, and his wife were planning to buy a new house, his Chinese wife insisted that the stairs of the house should not face the gate, because in China's geomantic omen, this design would make all the good luck in the family slip away from the gate. Therefore, when he emphasized the importance of understanding the cultural preferences of China buyers, especially the geomantic omen, he often told people this story.
But these are just the skin of grass. For high-end luxury houses, there are many doorways inside.
Architect Robert Heidi also has experience in designing many projects in China. He built community trunk roads along the north-south axis and ensured that every household had windows facing south, both of which were the key points of good feng shui.
Ritz-Carlton Apartment in Miami, USA is more professional. They specially invited Feng Shui Master Wang from Australia to guide the layout of the building. "Wangyunge" carefully selects garden plants to ensure the correct orientation of the building, and all houses "hide wind and gather gas", which conforms to the theory of yin and yang and five elements. Although this residential area with 127 apartments will not be completed until the end of 20 16, more than half of it has been sold now.
"Tianjing Haoyuan" is an apartment building in Queens, new york, and its roof garden combines the five elements of Feng Shui. In order to resist "evil spirits", a feng shui checkpoint was specially chosen at the entrance, and the layout of stones, plants, pools and wood products in the park was also very particular, creating a sense of hierarchy and patchwork.
As foreigners know, bosses in China value stars and "living water" more than grapes.
Some rich people in China also like to buy wineries in France. In Bordeaux, China tycoons beat the Belgians to become the number one foreign owner and the biggest buyer.
The local people described China's boss like this: a business car stopped at the gate of the manor, and a group of China people got off, as well as an intermediary, translator and wife (or husband). They buried themselves in studying the relationship between the "castle" and the movement of stars, and were too busy taking pictures around the tapestries in the old house to see the vineyards. Some buyers even offered to buy a manor with tap water flowing through it, because it was related to Feng Shui.
Foreigners know that there are many taboos in China, such as "wearing a green hat"
Philip Rosengton, the chief architect of an Australian architectural firm, told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation: "Sometimes we invite our special partner, the Feng Shui Master of Wang Yuntang, to review our design drawings to ensure that our design can meet the needs of China buyers on this issue."
The largest residential tower "Green Home" in China, which was designed by Luoxingdun Architects for a real estate developer, won the prize in the international competition. To this end, Rosington also told an interesting story. He said that the original design of "Green Home" was to build a hanging garden on the roof, but after consulting the Feng Shui master in Wang Yuntang, the hanging garden was moved to the third floor below the top floor. The reason for this is to prevent the whole building from being cuckolded, which is "meaningful" in China folklore.
Good feng shui opens the "money bag"
86% of the respondents believe that when buying a house, they will consider the quality of feng shui;
79% of the respondents expressed their willingness to pay more for a house with good feng shui;
4 1% of the respondents said that if the house has obvious feng shui taboos, it will definitely not buy it;
Three-quarters of China respondents said they would not buy a house with bad feng shui;
Respondents are willing to pay an average of 65,438+06% more to buy a house with good feng shui, such as the kitchen decorated with complementary colors, the bathroom with full-length mirrors and plants, and the furniture placement, plane layout and apartment design are appropriate.