Who is Wong Tai Sin?

In the southeast coast of China, especially in Hong Kong and Macao, people generally believe in a fairy, and he is Wong Tai Sin.

Wong Tai Sin, also known as Akamatsu Wong Tai Sin, was originally a regional god in the southeast coastal areas of China, and was later enshrined by Taoism. In modern times, with overseas Chinese living in Mei, Wong Tai Sin's beliefs also moved to overseas countries and regions.

Wong Tai Sin, whose real name is Huang Chuping, was born in the Jin Dynasty and named Pinus densiflora. According to the Records of Jinhua County, he once went to Jinhua Cave with a Taoist priest to practice herding sheep. His brother Huang Chu began to look around, but he didn't know where he was. It was forty years before he met outside the cave. Once upon a time, the sheep had already turned into white stones all over the mountain, but the stones immediately turned into sheep in one breath. Huang Chu was very surprised. He admired his brother's achievements and decided to cultivate a monastery. Since then, Huang Chu.

I stayed in the cave to practice with my brother. I didn't eat fireworks. I filled my stomach with pine nuts and poria cocos every day, and finally became an immortal. Therefore, Wong Tai Sin is sometimes considered as Huang's second brother. It is also said that Wong Tai Sin is a disciple of Ge Hong, Huang Yeren. People built Wong Tai Sin Temple for him in Jin Huashan, also known as Akamatsu Temple, to show his worship from generation to generation. Since then, all believers in Wong Tai Sin have regarded Jinhua as a "fairy town" and Chisong Temple as a "ancestral temple". The temples dedicated to him are all over the southeast coast, as well as Southeast Asia and the United States. Among them, Wong Tai Sin Temple in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province and Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong are the most famous, with a large number of believers and flourishing incense.

Wong Tai Sin Temple in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province is a Taoist temple reopened in recent years. It is the ancestral temple of Wong Tai Sin. The Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong is also a typical Taoist temple. It is located in the downtown area of Zhuyuan District, Kowloon. Known as "the largest temple in Hong Kong", it comes from "Jinhua Branch". In the eyes of Hong Kong compatriots, Wong Tai Sin, enshrined in the shrine, is an immortal with infinite magic. Some people say that Wong Tai Sin always gives people everything they want. So it often attracts countless kind men and women to worship. As the Wong Tai Sin Temple is located in the traffic artery of Hong Kong, it is convenient to come and go, so people who come here to worship like a flood, fragrant and lively.