Day 3 - Admiring Fascinating Landforms & Delicious Food
Last update: 23 August 2011 12:05PM (GMT+08:00)
Reported by Chan Chi Tim.

The sun rose to welcome a brand new day. Day Three of the Taiwan Excursion with Joey Yap beganwith great summer time weather and high spirits as the participants looked forward for the day's journey.

After breakfast, the Excursion entourage headed down to Yangmingshan National Park, one of the eight national parks in Taiwan. The Park, known for its hot springs, sulfur deposits and Taiwan's tallest extinct volcano called Seven Star Mountain, is located in Beitou District between Taipei City and New Taipei City.

It is also home to many historical and cultural sites. One of them is the Yangmingshan No. 1 Public Cemetery陽明山第一公墓, the burial place of several notable people Joey and the participants will be visiting for Day Three.

What Participants Say About the 2011 Taiwan Excursion:

The first tomb they visited belonged to Sun Ke孫科(also known as Sun Fo), the eldest son of famous revolutionary and political leader, Sun Yat Sen. He died in 1973. Sun Ke has two sons and four daughters. His eldest son went into politics but did not achieved as much, while his other son was an author of several books.

The participants assessed the site and noticed that there was neither embrace nor mountain present in the background. The tomb also faces directly towards a wind gap and has a deeply sunken External Bright Hall. To make it worst, there is no water flowing or crossing in front of the tomb.

Joey guided the participants through the assessment, demonstrating how to ascertain the quality of the Feng Shui based on the location of the tombstone, and how to determine which of the descendant - Sun Ke's sons - is adversely affected from the landform surrounding the tomb.

Joey led the group to the tomb of Lin Ting Sheng林廷生, son of Lin Shang Zhi林尚志, founder of Tatung Group, a leading computer and electronic company in Taiwan. The tomb itself has a huge compound and is guarded. Joey explained that it can benefit from the landform as the tomb rest on the Main Mountain, equipped with embrace and a very solid Table Mountain.

He also pointed out the Two-Harmony, Two-Divide formation, presenting the tomb with two External Bright Halls. The vast space of the External Bright Hall gave the descendants a larger capacity in life, giving the Lin family great success with their business in the electronics industry.

The participants' assessment skills were put to the test next when Joey brought them to task, comparing two tombs - one belonged to Song Da宋達(also known as Soong Ta), father of the chairman of People First Party, James Soong Chu Yu; and the other, Lian Zhen Dong連震東, father of former Taiwan Vice President, Lian Zhan.

The task was to determine which descendants will secure a better or higher position than the other based on the two tombs. The participants noted that Song Da's tomb sits on the embrace site with no Table Mountain for support. Though Lian Zhen Dong's tomb is seated on the same side as Song Da, it has multiple layers of Table Mountain, which retains Qi better. In conclusion, Lian Zhen Dong's descendant, Lian Zhan, fared better than Song Da's son - although the formations also showed that Lian Zhan will not be able to achieve a higher leadership role than a Vice President.

Next stop was the tomb of Wang Yong Qing's father. Wang Yong Qing王永慶was the most influential entrepreneur and the wealthiest man in Taiwan some ten years ago. He founded Formosa Plastics Corporation, the largest plastic manufacturer in the world. He died in 2008. He had three wives. Wang Xue Hong王雪紅, the youngest daughter of his second wife, is currently the wealthiest woman in Taiwan. She is the stakeholder of TVB (Hong Kong-based television station), and had found major success in the electronics sector.

Based on the tomb of Wang Yong Qing's father, it showed an excellent Feng Shui formation: a very clear Three-Harmony, Three-Divide formation - a superior landform for the tomb. Three External Bright Halls were also seen here. After much practice over the last few days, all the participants managed to identify the three layers of embraces on their own. It was also noted that with the tomb facing towards the Southwest direction, which is timely for Period 8, it is no wonder that everyone in Taiwan aspire to be as rich and successful as Wang Yong Qing.

As lunch approached, Joey brought everyone to Qing Cai Yuan, a restaurant built at the Zhu ZiHu lake area in the mountains of Yangmingshan. Despite its remote location, this restaurant was packed with customers. It is known for its local delicacies, especially the steamed chicken dish. Everyone gave their thumbs up for the delicious steamed chicken, which was juicy and very tasty.

Joey said the restaurant has good Feng Shui and, although this was not part of the study itinerary, he asked the participants to audit the restaurant after lunch. As most of the participants did not bring along their Luo Pan, they still managed to ascertain the formation that enhances the Feng Shui of the restaurant. Joey also pointed out the vein, embraces and most importantly, the unique Table Mountain with Nobility formation, which collectively made the restaurant a success. This was clearly a satisfying lunch, with amazing food and a chance to learn a new Feng Shui landform.

The last tomb-visit of the day was to the one belonged to a successful golf club owner in Taipei, located in the Beitou District. His involvement in the property and share market brought him great success. The participants noticed that the tomb has an embrace and at the distant horizon, there was also a Table Mountain.

The tomb sits on the vein and Joey taught everyone about the circumstances where a tomb can sit directly on a vein. The key feature of the site is that it has two pylons, one of which is located very near to the tomb - in fact, just beside it. This is a ShaQi, and had possibly brought negative effectsupon the deceased's descendants.

After a long day learning about fascinating landforms, some of the participants returned to the hotel. The others, still not tired from the day's adventure, decided to explore Taipei City before calling it a night. They went to visit the Shi Lin Night market, a famous street lined with food stalls well-known for its MeeSua (vermicelli in flavorful thick broth), fried oysters and Taiwanese sausages. Night markets are a must-visit in Taipei and it was obviously an opportunity not to be missed for the Excursion participants while there.