In the heart of Guangzhou’s bustling Liwan District sits Liwan Plaza, a massive multi-story shopping complex that functions as a thriving jewelry market by day, but carries a notorious reputation as one of China’s most cursed structures. Completed in 1996, the multi-block development immediately became plagued by an abnormally high number of fatal falls, with witnesses documenting dozens of individuals deliberately leaping from the upper residential corridors into the central atrium. The sheer volume of these incidents has led local communities to widely refer to the complex not as Liwan Plaza, but as the “Suicide Plaza.” The dark lore of the plaza traces back to its foundational construction phase. Local urban legends assert that during excavation, workers unburied eight ancient, ornate coffins that acted as a spiritual anchor or a “geomantic curse” destabilizing the area’s feng shui. According to regional mystics, moving these artifacts unleashed malevolent entities that require a constant tribute of human souls to be appeased. The most striking visual element cited by researchers is the large cursive architectural script spelling out the building’s name on the exterior; due to a specific stylistic flourish in the calligraphy, locals frequently note that the Chinese characters for “Liwan Plaza” (荔湾广场) look chillingly like “Liwan C屍场”—the character for “Plaza” subtly morphing into the word for “Corpse Yard.” Visitors navigating the upper railed balconies after commercial hours consistently report an overpowering, localized sensation of vertigo, sudden drops in ambient temperature, and a heavy psychological weight radiating from the empty atrium floor below.