Guide to Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong 20 18

In fact, many people will go to Wong Tai Sin Temple during the Spring Festival, so today Bian Xiao will tell you something about this place. I wonder if you know this place. Bian Xiao will tell you.

Hong Kong is a diversified city with believers of all faiths. But if you want to say where the incense is the most popular, nine out of ten people will tell you that it is Wong Tai Sin. This temple was built in 192 1 year. It is said that signing a contract is particularly effective, but I only know the fortune of that year. Therefore, around the Lunar New Year, the incense in Wong Tai Sin reached its peak, and pilgrims poured in for a whole year's fortune and rejuvenation.

Pray for blessings

The main hall of Wong Tai Sin is naturally dedicated to Wong Tai Sin, which has nothing to do with what we call the folk weasel Wong Tai Sin. 19 15, Taoist Liang Ren 'an and his son brought the portrait of Wong Tai Sin from Guangdong to Hongdao, Hong Kong. Since then, the belief in Wong Tai Sin has prevailed in Hong Kong and even spread to Southeast Asia, the United States and Canada.

In Wong Tai Sin, everyone can only light nine sticks of incense. You can put them together in the main hall or burn incense in three places. You don't have to buy your own incense. You can get it when you enter the main entrance. The daily sacrifices of Wong Tai Sin are mainly "five sacrifices": incense, flowers, lights, water and fruits. The staff said that clean water is the best offering, because Taoism advocates nature and they advocate energy saving. I also saw someone praying with a whole chicken and duck. I couldn't afford to kneel. This should be a very important thing.

Break the old times

People in China pay attention to the date of birth and the age of abnormality. Because I was also on the list of the zodiac, I stood in line with my ID card and entered a windowless space with a high roof. I've never seen such a space. This is a Dojo in a new building space, and the ceiling is cement tile. The architectural style is modern, but there are more than 100 statues enshrined in it. I was a little confused when I first entered. On second thought, isn't Hong Kong such a place where China and the West blend together and the old and the new blend? There are 20 Taoist priests in a harmonious temple, and the red robes are in line with the atmosphere of the New Year. Burning incense and praying in a closed space, I looked up and the central air conditioner pulled the incense up, which was beautiful.

Seek god's guidance by drawing lots

Most people who come to Wong Tai Sin need to sign their names. The open space in the center of the main hall is the card-seeking area, facing Wong Tai Sin. The whole area can accommodate nearly 50 people to pray at the same time, and the sound of shaking barrels is very nice.

Take a free sign tube, kneel in the sign-finding area, read the prayer, close your eyes, shake the sign tube, shake out a single sign and write down the number. If you ask for several things, repeat the process, remember the requirements and sign clearly. I saw an old aunt kneeling for a long time and asking for a lot of signatures, and a relative next to her helped her take notes. There are almost 10 signatures written on paper.

Outside the main hall is a row of houses, dozens of 3-and 4-square-meter cabins, each with a font size and a head of household. 50 Hong Kong dollars, tell the stall owner what you want, sign your name and he will give you the answer. Generally, I will write instructions in Mandarin, English and Cantonese. At the same time, it also provides fortune telling, naming and feng shui measurement services. There are many people waiting at the gate of every small shop.

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Walking out of the prayer area, I shuttled through the crowd with incense and anger, feeling the piety on every prayer face. At that moment, I thought, what is the relationship between theism and atheism? It's all for a better heart.

In this tiny place of Hong Kong, there are countless temples and churches. Sometimes when you walk under the overpass, you will see a small ancestral hall dedicated to your father-in-law, or there will be a booth with a sign of "beating villains" hanging on it. Various Christian and Catholic churches can be seen everywhere. Kindergartens and schools named after the saints in the Bible can be found everywhere. Buddhist primary schools and hospitals have also seen many.

Guangdong and Fujian were originally the regions with the most religions in Chinese mainland. Influenced by the two places, Hong Kong has provided soil for the development of various religions for hundreds of years, and also provided psychological sustenance for Cantonese and Fujian people who came to Hong Kong to work hard. Double wisdom

In the season of saying goodbye to the old and welcoming the new, when they and their loved ones are facing challenges, and before important things happen at home, Hong Kong people are used to going to Wong Tai Sin to burn incense, sign autographs and pray for blessings, so as to calm their hearts, keep their feet on the ground and then go all out.