We went to a few temple. Though I'm a christian, but these temples were famous attraction of HK and it appear/mention a million times in those HK drama I watched, so I wanted to take a look...
First up, Che Kung Temple in Tai Wai.
The temple is dedicated to the admirable "Che Kung" (General Che), a great soldier who achieved fame by putting down a rebellion in South China during the Sung Dynasty (AD 960-1279). He is said to have accompanied the Emperor when he fled to Hong Kong before the fall of the Sung Dynasty. After his death, people began worshipping him for his courage and fealty.
Another legend about the origin of the Che Kung Temple says that Che Kung accompanied the last Emperor of the Sung Dynasty to Hong Kong, where they settled in Sai Kung. Che Kung was well received by the villagers in this area because of his obvious love for them and his medical knowledge. After his death, he was raised to the status of a deity because he had saved the inhabitants of the Sha Tin Valley from an outbreak of the plague; the villagers dedicated a temple to him.
Mini Feng Che
Giant Feng Che
Huge Drum and bell at the upper level of the two sides of the main altar
Some statue outside the main altar
mummy bought a mini feng che and the guy said some lucky charm to the fen che, basically its to bring good fortune and blessing to our family...
outside the Che Kung temple, before we left for Wong Tai Sin Temple...
I was these along the road....
A rubbish dump for doggie poo...so clever and thoughtful. Do they have for cats?
Footbridge... literally translated....
Wong Tia SIn Temple...
the temple stands at 18,000 square metres and located in a tranquil natural setting remote from the nearby housing estates and the bustle of their streets, the temple is, apart from being an important religious centre, a scenic attraction full of beautifully ornamented traditional buildings.
It commemorates the famous monk of yore Wong Tai Sin (also known as Huang Chu-ping), who was born around AD 328 and became a deity at Heng Shan (Red Pine Hill) in his later life.
In 1915 a Taoist priest, Liang Ren-an, brought a sacred portrait of Wong Tai Sin from Guangdong in Southern China to Hong Kong. It was only fitting therefore that this magnificent temple be built and dedicated to this honoured divinity revered down the ages for his benevolence.
In perpetuation of such an unselfish philosophy, the Temple preaches three traditional religions - Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism.
The major feature is the Main Altar where the portrait of Wong Tai Sin is hung. Here believers go to pray for divine guidance and good fortune. Another place of great significance is the Three Saints Hall, where the deities Lu Zu, Guan Yin and Guan Di are worshipped.
This is the most bustly temple in HK, every HKers come here...
If you have a long-standing wish that's yet to come true, perhaps this is the place to visit, provided you make an earnest plea to the gods, "every wish can come true" - or so it is said.
I did very tourisy stuff...took bamboo cyclinder filled with fortune sticks and made a plea for my career and marriage.Bloody hell, both turn out to be negative. But WTH! Fate is control in my hands!!!
We went for Tim Sum at Prince Edward and some head back to hotel coz 1 of my cousin wasn't feeling well...mummy, aunty and I continued shopping....We walked the whole of Nathan Road which covers 4 MTR station.
Also went to Temple street. We wanted to have authentic road side hawker food, but seeing my cousin not feeling well, which we suspect was aft consumption of unclean food, we dropped the idea.
We walked ard a bit and head back to our "turf" for Claypot rice. Yummy!
wheres full time?
I made some killing at the Giodarno. Bought a sexy pair of jeans. I like HK Giodarno! I fit a waist 24! WHahahaha~!~!~
Cousin was still not feeling well, down with fever and vomitted...
I watched the Liverpool match and they lost! sadness....
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