Wong Tai Sin is a popular god worshiped by the people in Hong- Kong. It is believed that the Wong Tai Sin God has magical powers and grants his worshipers whatever they ask for. The famous Wong Tai Sin temple is dedicated to the Wong Tai Sin god. A large number of worshipers flock to the temple all round the year offering prayers to the deity which is believed to be answered.
There is legend about the Wong Tai Sin god, that says that at the age of 15, a small shepherd boy was was enlightened with the knowledge of curing the sick people with the help of a cinnabar. He knew how to convert the cinnabar into a medicines. He spent 40 years of his life in isolation, making himself perfect in this method and finally earned a lot of fame and name as a Taoist by becoming immortal. This little boy was later known by the name of Wong Tai Sin.
Wong Tai Sin temple is an ancient Taoist temple that was built in the year 1921 with the traditional style of the Chinese. The temple is visited by innumerable worshipers who wish to know their fortunes with the help of the lighted sticks and by shaking the Bamboo cylinder. When one of the fortune sticks fall to the ground, the stick which has a number on it is exchanged with a piece of paper. The fortune of the worshiper is contained in this piece of paper which is interpreted and read by the soothsayer.
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