The Guangzhou Suicide Shopping Plaza also known as Guangzhou Shopping Plaza of Suicide is strange urban legend somewhere in china, considered to be a place where over a dozen suicides have taken place Guangzhou, China.
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Guangzhou shopping plaza is considered to be a place where over a dozen suicides have taken place since 2004. Many Cantonese believe it's not a coincidence that the character 'guang' bears an uncanny resemblance to the word corpse. Some people believe that a supernatural force pushes the victims over the railings to their deaths. According to local residents it is a deadly curse that began many years ago since it was first constructed. Inspectors failed to notice eight empty coffins when erecting Liwan Plaza which is now a large jewelry market near Shangxiajiu Pedestrian Street. The coffins were unearthed during construction and some say they were the cradles of strange noises and mysterious deaths that kept storefronts empty. To try and counteract the malevolence, architects made the building resemble an octagon like the bagua.
Eventually a Taoist priest informed landlords that the coffins were originally used to thwart evil influences and were not to be distributed for a thousand years. Since then, several ‘accidents’ have been reported – many on the fifth floor. At least two of the landlords that managed the plaza have allegedly died suddenly of unknown causes, according to some online bloggers.
Despite Guangzhou’s toasty climate, Chinese netizens claim it’s always a few degrees cooler in Liwan Plaza. And just walking through the building at night, they say, brings a chilling feeling of despair.
As with most supernatural affairs, however, no concrete evidence exists to prove the plaza is haunted. Skeptics argue the prevalence of suicides there could be due to Liwan Plaza’s infamous reputation or insensitive media coverage – both of which may facilitate successive suicidal acts. Regardless, the building’s occupants now mostly consist of non-local business owners happy to make a quick buck while the 'silent' run amok.