Hong Kong's most representative religious folklore "Wong Tai Sin Beliefs and Customs", in 2014 successfully included in the fourth batch of national intangible cultural heritage projects, wong Tai Sin Temple daily average visitors of about 10,000 people, every year Chinese New Year's Eve more than 100,000 people come to worship, has a pivotal position in the hearts of Hong Kong people! Not to mention how psychic it is, as a folk belief in Hong Kong, it is amazing that "Wong Tai Sin Faith" can enter the National Intangible Cultural Heritage List. In fact, Wong Tai Sin has transcended religious belief itself to become a belief in the hearts of Hong Kong people, and for more than a hundred years, it has brought blessings to Hong Kong people.
In northern China, the legendary "Wong Tai Sin" is the embodiment of the weasel, and the right and wrong of good and evil are unclear and the tao is unclear.
Wong Tai Sin, revered in Hong Kong, formerly known as Wong Chu Ping, was born during the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is said that at that time, he was a shepherd boy, who cultivated in a mountain in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, and was revered as a red pine fairy, and was widely known for practicing medicine to help the world, so the Wong Tai Sin Temple often had elderly people come to worship and pray for good health.
Puji exhorts goodness and tempers people's hearts
The Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong is not always "responsive". Wong Tai Sin's "responsiveness to all needs" must conform to the principle of "PuJi persuasion and kindness", which is also the purpose of wong Tai Sin Temple. If you simply want to get rich and prosperous, you are probably "asking for something that you don't want."
Moreover, the Wong Tai Sin Temple is not a purely Taoist place, but also enshrines Buddhist and Confucian sages for people to pay homage to. The essence of Confucianism, that is, the heart of Chinese civilization, contains the ideas of "blessing from good life" and "good deeds with good hearts, and good results", even if they jump out of the level of faith, they are also in line with the law of social development. Wong Tai Sin's purpose of "Puji persuasion and goodness" is indispensable to purifying the hearts of one party.
There are often rules for entering and leaving religious sites, so what taboos should be paid attention to at wong Tai Sin Temple?
1. It is not allowed to bring yuanbao candles, fireworks, raw oil and animals into the temple, and it is not allowed to release and feed the fish and turtles in the temple without authorization.
2. When offering incense, one should bow with both hands, and then incense with one left hand, which represents respect for the gods, and the number of incense is auspicious with one or three.
3, the taboo of fortune telling street: signed documents and some questions about numerological analysis, must not be written on white paper, after the master's answer to seal in a red paper bag, Hong Kong people call it a good color.