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da siu yan ("beating small people").
Island life
Hong Kong Island is visually stunning. The Central area is filled with an astonishing array of skyscrapers that peer down on a contradictory mix of the materialistic and the spiritual. Everywhere people are frantically trying to make money, while under an overpass an old woman crouches to beat with a shoe a piece of paper that carries the names of her gossipy neighbors whose malicious influence will, she hopes, be crushed by this ancient magic ritual of da siu yan ("beating small people").
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Amazon.com: Fodor's Citypack Hong Kong, 2nd Edition (Citypacks): Books: Fodor's by Fodor's. ... gossipy neighbors whose malicious influence will, she hopes, be crushed by this ancient magic ritual of da siu yan ("beating small people"). ...
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