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Che Kung festival (or the Birthday of Che Kung) is the day when people celebrate the birth of Che Kung. On this day, people, especially Hongkongers, would like to go to Che Kung Temple and worship Che Kung.〔''Birthday of Che Kung'',(n.d) Discovering Hong Kong,https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Yakov_Sinai&action=edit&editintro=Template:BLP_editintro, Retrieved from 3/4/14〕 Che Kung is a military commander in Southern Song dynasty. He protected the Emperor Bing of Song to escape Mongol invaders and considered as loyalty to the emperors. The real birthday of Che Kung is 2 January in the Chinese lunar calendar. Nevertheless, people prefer the next day to celebrate his birthday. ==Procedures of the festival celebration== They are:〔李丞責:新春吉祥開運法, 東週刊, http://eastweek.my-magazine.me/index.php?aid=10494, Retrieved from 3/4/2014〕 #Preparing of the offerings, they may include: incense sticks, red candles, fresh fruits, flowers, meats and any other Chinese New Year food. #Hitting the ‘Drum of heaven’ (天鼓) to inform Che Kung the worshiper has come. #Placing the offerings in front of the statue of Che Kung, and then lighting up the candles and burning the incense sticks. #Telling Che Kung your personal information and wishes while offering the incense in the main hall. #Burning the paper clothes, paper money and other paper offerings to Che Kung in the assigned area. #Spinning the golden pinwheel with your left hand outside the temple clockwise if you think you had good luck last year and you want to keep it in the coming year; otherwise, if you had bad luck last year and you want it to be good in the coming year, you should spin the pinwheel anti-clockwise. #Buying your personal pinwheel and placing it in a position that abides by the principles of Feng Shui. #Returning to the temple and giving offerings to Che Kung in thanks to him for taking care of you throughout the prior year. Apart from the ceremony carried in the above hall, there are other practices to be done in the subordinate halls e.g. Tai Sui (太歲), Cai Shen(財神). For believers who are students, they often write down their name and wishes on a praying paper, and stick it onto a board called Jinbang timing board (金榜題名板) to pray for better academic achievements. To express their respect to Che Kung, believers may donate to the temple (添香油). Divination (求籤) is also practised in Che Kung Temple as a way of fortune-telling. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Birthday of Che Kung」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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