Super Accurate Oracle at the Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong

There are myriad temples in Hong Kong and Wong Tai Sin is namely the most-visited temple in all of Hong Kong. I have been there once during January, a time when many of the faithful worshippers would visit the temple to seek fortune reading and pray for health, prosperity and happiness for the year, and it is quite a scene at that time of the year. Wong Tai Sin, named Huang Chuping (Mandarin pinyin) was a real person that lived during the ancient times circa 328 or so. He was a shepherd but reached the ultimate enlightenment and became immortalized. In 1897, the 23rd year of the Guangxu Reign, the spirit of Wong Tai Sin manifested itself in a spirit writing session (like Ouija), and the people began to recognize how accurate the fortune readings were and how much this deity would grant legitimate prayers. The first Wong Tai Sin Temple was built in Guangzhou in 1899. Soon enough, the Wing Tai Sin Temple in Guangzhou became a sacred religious site, with many followers visiting its grounds. The political unrests that soon followed in China necessitated a move of Wong Tai Sin to Hong Kong. A disciple of Wong Tai Sin received the sign that Wong Tai Sin must be moved southward. He brought with him the portrait of Wong Tai Sin and set up the new temple ground in Chuk Yuen in Hong Kong, the area now known as Wong Tai Sin. The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple was built in 1921. At first, the temple was the home for proper monks and it was only open to the monks and their families. For a few decades the temple grounds were open to followers only on the very first day of the year. Only in 1956 did the temple finally open its doors for public service and worship. In 1969, the Hong Kong Government named the area of Chuk Yuen, where the temple stands, into Wong Tai Sin. Wong Tai Sin has always been exceedingly popular in Hong Kong, first and foremost because of its reputation of answering all of its followers’ legitimate wishes, as well as telling fortunes accurately. #hongkong #hongkonghistory #wongtaisintemple #taoism #kowloon