Wong Tai Sin, The Fortune Teller's Temple




Known also as the fortune tellers' temple, Wong Tai Sing is by no means the oldest but it is one of the most prominent temples of Hong Kong. It is busiest around Chinese New Year but any day of the year you will find plenty of Hong Kong people here praying and burning joss sticks. They also play the chim which is a bamboo canister filled with strips of bamboo each with a number on it. The canister is shaken until one of the sticks falls out. You find out what number was written on the stick and then you visit one of dozens of fortune tellers on the side of the building where given that number they will tell you what your fortune has in store for you.

© evangelo costadimas 2005

Posted: Monday - March 28, 2005 at 12:55 AM          

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