Hong Kong’s very existence is based on fi nance and business, and today some of the city’s most striking modern architecture houses the headquarters of fi nancial institutions. Traditionally too, wealth has always been deemed important; the Chinese burn symbols of wealth to enrich the afterlives of their ancestors at funerals and festivals, and even have a god of wealth.
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China’s national bank building in Hong Kong forms a striking, knife-like profile against the sky - even though this offends the laws of feng shui.
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Local Chinese burn paper models of gold bars, cars and even houses to ensure that their ancestors are well cared for in the afterlife - you can see this at Hong Kong’s Pak Tai temple.
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Many local businesses sport a small shrine somewhere to Choi Sin, the God of Wealth, to make him feel welcome and so attract his patronage - have a look in traditional businesses in Sheung Wan.
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Hong Kong’s tallest tower overlooks the harbourfront, and is immensely impressive when the top disappears into low cloud.
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Hong Kong’s own bank is housed in an amazing building that is actually raised off the ground and partially hollow.
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Wealth