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Hedonic Prices and House Numbers: The Influence of Feng Shui
No full textIn contemporary practice, feng shui incorporates a wide range of concepts considered to affect a person’s luck. These include traditional ideas about site selection and building design, as well as newer beliefs about the “luckiness” of certain numbers. Focusing on an area with a relatively high percentage of Chinese households in Auckland, New Zealand, this paper uses hedonic price analysis to investigate whether house values are affected by lucky and unlucky numbers. Sales transactions for 1989 to 1996 are used in this analysis. The results demonstrate that lucky house numbers are capitalised into house values.Feng shui, hedonic price model, lucky, New Zealand
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No full textThis is a curious book. The verso of the title-page says simply "Reprinted from the 1953 edition." From all I can learn, that is true, but that original was printed not by the University Press of the Pacific but by the Foreign Languages Press in Beijing. Indeed, it seems as though this book is a photocopy reprint of that original, and so even the page references in my comment on that book still apply here. These fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks "Poets like these are the true friends of the people" (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are "The Snake and the Rabbit" (42) and "The Original Rat" (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include "The Hunter and His Wife" (12), "The Lion and the Setting Sun" (15), "The Lion and the Lamb" (34), "The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm" (39), "The Cow and Her Rope" (53), "The Curious Crow" (44), and "The Cow and Her Calf" (54). There is a T of C at the front after the highly political "Publisher's Note." 7½" x 9¼".Feng Hsueh-feng, translated by Gladys Yan
Wuyia Feng
No full textWuyia Feng in Feng, Gu, He & Jin, 2007 Wuyia Feng in Feng, Gu, He & Jin, 2007: 31. TYPE SPECIES. — Wuyia dongpanica Feng in Feng, Gu, He & Jin, 2007 (Feng in Feng et al. 2007: 33, pl. 5, fig. 9-12 19). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Upper Changhsingian (uppermost Permian), Dalong Formation, Southern Guangxi, South China. TAXON CODE. — 130. STATUS. — Valid. DIAGNOSIS. — “Spherical test composed of three concentric shells and a small microsphere.” (Feng et al. 2007: 31).Published as part of Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3) on page 449, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/520658
A Conversation with Xianghong Feng, Author of Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land
No full textIn this installment of Lexington Books\u27 Anthropology of Tourism: Heritage, Mobility and Society Author Conversations, series editor Michael A. Di Giovine talks to anthropologist Xianghong Feng, author of the book, Tourism and Prosperity in Miao Land: Power and Inequality in Rural China. With rich ethnographic detail, Feng focuses on the intersection of tourism development, power and inequality in the southern interior of China. Capital-intensive, elite-driven tourism has reshaped the social and cultural patterns of the ethnic Miao. Although tourism is often touted as able to empower women, lower classes, and minorities, Feng shows that often it reinforces the very power structures that it attempts to equalize
Fables: Feng Hsueh-feng
No full textOnce this book arrived, I thought it a repeat of something I already have. Closer inspection shows that I have a softbound second edition of 1955, while this is the first edition of 1953. Apparently the order of fables changed significantly in the second edition, though there are fifty-one fables here as there. As I mention there, the fables are often directly admonitory and/or of a highly political slant. Thus the author writes of skylarks ”Poets like these are the true friends of the people” (6). The best of the fables, I believe, are ”The Snake and the Rabbit (42) and ”The Original Rat” (61), which may also have the best illustration. Among the most overtly political are those on the imperialist weasel munching a duckling (27) and the imperialist snake against the collective bees (29). Other good fables include ”The Hunter and His Wife” (12), ”The Lion and the Setting Sun” (15), ”The Lion and the Lamb” (34), ”The Fox and the Rabbits' Farm” (39), ”The Cow and Her Rope” (53), ”The Curious Crow” (44), and ”The Cow and Her Calf” (54). There is a T of C at the front.This is a hardbound book (hard cover)Original language: chiStated first editionFeng Hsueh-Feng, translated by Gladys Yan
Copiconulus Feng
No full textCopiconulus Feng in Feng, He, Gu, Jin & Meng, 2006 Copiconulus Feng in Feng, He, Gu, Jin & Meng, 2006a: 31. TYPE SPECIES. — Copiconulus solidus Feng in Feng, He, Gu, Jin & Meng, 2006 (Feng et al. 2006a: 31, pl. 4, fig. 1-8). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Upper Permian, Dongpan section, southwest Guangxi, South China. TAXON CODE. — 293. STATUS. — Valid. DIAGNOSIS. — “Test coniform, its height nearly equal to or slightly larger than maximum width. Outer shell spongy, with poorly or welldeveloped conical mammae, with or without spines. Pores small and subcircular. Spines short, three-bladed or rod-like. Inner shell small, spherical, spongy, and unclear in structure because of recrystallization. Shells between outer and inner shells thin, close to each other, coniform and connected by fine radial beams.” (Feng in Feng et al. 2006a: 31).Published as part of Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3) on page 487, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/520658
Sinosphaera Feng
No full textSinosphaera Feng in Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004 Sinosphaera Feng in Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004: 137. TYPE SPECIES. — Sinosphaera spinosa Feng in Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004 (Feng et al. 2004: 137, pl. 1, fig. 1-10, pl. 2, fig. 1-7, pl. 3, fig. 9-12). AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. —Upper Changxingian (uppermost Permian), Dongpan section, Dalong Formation, Southern China. TAXON CODE. — 120. STATUS. — Valid. DIAGNOSIS. — “Test consists of a spherical to subspherical, doublelayered cortical shell. Both layers are spongy and connected by numerous beams. The outer layer is thicker than the inner one. Pores on both layers are irregularly arranged. Medullary shell and internal spicule are absent.” (Feng in Feng et al. 2004: 137).Published as part of Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3) on page 447, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, http://zenodo.org/record/520658
Trigonosphaera Feng
No full text<i>Trigonosphaera</i> Feng <i>in</i> Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004 <p> <i>Trigonosphaera</i> Feng <i>in</i> Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004: 137.</p> <p> TYPE SPECIES. — <i>Trigonosphaera calvata</i> Feng <i>in</i> Feng, Gu, Jiang & Jin, 2004 (Feng <i>et al.</i> 2004: 142, pl. 3, fig. 1-7, pl. 4, fig. 1).</p> <p>AGE AND LOCATION OF TYPE MATERIAL. — Upper Changhsingian (uppermost Permian), Dongpan section, Dalong Formation, Southern China.</p> <p>TAXON CODE. — 306.</p> <p>STATUS. — Valid.</p> <p> DIAGNOSIS. — “Test consists of a single round-triangular cortical shell, without medullary shell and internal spicule. The shell is composed of two spongy layers. The two layers are similar in thickness, but different in structure: the inner layer is comprised of large, irregular pore frames and the outer layer, of small, irregular pore frames. Numerous beams connect the two layers.” (Feng <i>in</i> Feng <i>et al.</i> 2004: 137).</p> <p>REMARK</p> <p>Some centrally directed remains of the inner layer seem to suggest that there existed a central structure that was later dissolved by fossilization.</p>Published as part of <i>Noble, Paula, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Danelian, Taniel, Dumitrica, Paulian, Maletz, Jörg, Suzuki, Noritoshi, Cuvelier, Jessie, Caridroit, Martial & O'Dogherty, Luis, 2017, Taxonomy of Paleozoic radiolarian genera, pp. 419-502 in Geodiversitas 39 (3)</i> on pages 489-490, DOI: 10.5252/g2017n3a4, <a href="http://zenodo.org/record/5206585">http://zenodo.org/record/5206585</a>
The principles of Feng Shui in contemporary architectural planning in Beijing
No full textIn the great many buildings erected and urban transformations effected recently, it appears clear that still today Feng Shui is not explicitly used in Beijing for planning new architecture. The most evident phenomenon in most of Beijing’s recent major architecture is, however, the frequent return to various traditional Chinese symbolic characteristics. Everything therefore indicates that the choice to refer to these symbols was part of a general strategy to establish the new buildings in their “environment” and to mitigate the effect of "foreignness" that the exclusive use of western styles could have created. More interesting is the role and work of artist and architect Ai Weiwei in the suburb of Caochangdi . The artist takes on the role of a modern geo-mancer, works with the labourers and workers of the place where he too lives and creates a new interesting “Art Village”. The genius of a single individual who is able to interpret the contemporary situation, is thereby combined, with spontaneity and immediacy, with the elementary principles of tradition
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