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Che Kung Temple

A Temple of Epidemic Proportions

Che Kung Temple, last renovated in 1994, may look modern but its origins are anything but, rooted both in myth and fact from centuries long past. It was founded at the end of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), when a terrible epidemic erupted in Sha Tin. Discovering that Che Kung, a great general of the Song Dynasty (960-1279), was as good at quelling plagues as he was in suppressing uprisings, residents built a temple here in his honor. The epidemic subsided, so the story goes, on the day the temple was completed. From that day forward this has remained one of Hong Kong’s most popular temples for those seeking good fortune.

A huge statue of Che Kung brandishing a sword stands inside the main building, while temple grounds buzz with visitors offering food, burning incense, and seeking advise from the temple’s many fortune-tellers. It is most crowded on the 2nd day of the first lunar month, when visitors flock here to worship Che Kung, turn a pinwheel of fortune and seek good luck in the coming year.

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7 Che Kung Miu Rd.

Price: free

Hours: Open daily 7am-6pm

www.ctc.org.hk

MTR: Che Kung Temple

221BC–1911: Imperial Chinese Era

Sha Tin

Temples & Monasteries

Image by Photo by Kap Leung