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Dear Debrah,

I remembered clearly when I was young and at that time, firecrackers were
not banned in my country.

Each Chinese New Year, my parents would purchase lots of fire crackers and
fire works. I remembered clearly that without fail, two rows of fire
crackers measuring around 15 feet were hung on each side of my home's
bunglalow house.

It was nice to hear the crackers go off and at the end of it, the entire
compound including the badminton court was littered in red. Lovely sight.

Fire crackers are meant to:-
1. Scare away " evil spirits ".
2. Red symbolises Good Luck.

I guess, you can say that fire crackers are part of the " Culture " or
practises rather than Feng Shui.

Regarding your fake fire crackers. Here in Feng Shui, we have to look at the
symbolism of fire crackers.

1. Fake firecrackers unlike the real ones do not make noise and infact is
considered quite " useless " or in effective in `scarying away ' if you
want to call them `evil spirits'.

Other more effective methods are used e.g. the Ba gua mirror (Pakua
mirror) or the use of Charms.

2. The only symbolic factor is that it is red in colour. Red represents the
Fire element.

It is preferred that the fake fire cracker is not placed in a Yin
location e.g. a bedroom.

3. The other caution is it may have an impact on those who are e.g. Weak
Water person, where fire destroys water making it weaker.
This is one example used in Feng Shui.

4. The other factor to consider is the Flying Star Chart of the house and
whether this element distrubs the balance of the `flying stars'.

To answer your question, I think spirits are equally smart and can clearly
`see thru' fake fire crackers. The Ba Gua (Feng Shui) or the correct use of
a proper charm (Chinese customs) are a much better choice. But in my
personal experience, the best `bet' is not to any how use wind chimes. The
wrong frequency etc.. may inadvertently attract these playful imps.

Warmest Regards,
Cecil

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Date: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 6:12 AM
Subject: Fake firecrackers


>From: "Debrah L"
>
>This message is sent from "free-advice" Mailing List.
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>Greetings,
>
>Would you please advise if there are any negative impacts by hanging
strings of fake firecrackers in the hallway or inside a room?
>
>Are they for the purpose of scaring away spirits trying to get into the
house? What is the best location for them?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>Deb