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Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian () is a Chinese Taoist Deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Xian (Taoism), Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (; c. 328 – c. 386), a Taoist hermit from Jinhua during the Eastern Jin dynasty.Geertz, Armin W. McCutcheon, Russell T. Elliot Scott S. McCutcheon, Russell. [2000] (2000) Perspectives on Method and Theory in the Study of Religion. Brill Academic Publishers.
According to the text ''Self-Description of Chisongzi'' (; "Master Red Pine"), Wong Tai Sin was born Huang Chuping (Wong Cho Ping in Cantonese) in 328 in Lanxi, Zhejiang, Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang province.Self-Descriptions of Chisongzi at the temple Western sources have him listed at c. 284 to 364 CE.
Wong Cho Ping is said to have experienced poverty and hunger, becoming a shepherd when he was eight years old.Siksikyuen.
Siksikyuen
" "Bio." Retrieved on [2007-04-18]. He began practising Taoism at the age of fifteen after meeting an Xian (Taoism), immortal or saintly person on Red Pine Mountain in his hometown. Legend has it that he was able to transform Rock (geology), stones into sheep forty years later. Wong Tai Sin later became known as the Red Pine Immortal (), after the mountain where he had his hermitage, and his birthday is celebrated on the 23rd of the eighth lunar month.
Today, Sik Sik Yuen is an educational and charitable foundation that, true to Leung's origins as a healer, runs a free clinic and a number of schools and colleges. In Hong Kong, the Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin area and Wong Tai Sin District, Wong Tai Sin district are named after the deity. There is also one MTR station that is named as Wong Tai Sin station. Many worshippers and tourists from all over the world visit Wong Tai Sin Temple everyday.
Sik Sik Yuen
{{Guangdong topics Wong Tai Sin, Taoism in Hong Kong Taoism in Guangdong Health gods 328 births 386 deaths People from Lanxi, Zhejiang Liu Song dynasty people Taoist immortals
Legend
According to the text ''Self-Description of Chisongzi'' (; "Master Red Pine"), Wong Tai Sin was born Huang Chuping (Wong Cho Ping in Cantonese) in 328 in Lanxi, Zhejiang, Lanxi, Jinhua, Zhejiang province.Self-Descriptions of Chisongzi at the temple Western sources have him listed at c. 284 to 364 CE.
Wong Cho Ping is said to have experienced poverty and hunger, becoming a shepherd when he was eight years old.Siksikyuen.Siksikyuen
" "Bio." Retrieved on [2007-04-18]. He began practising Taoism at the age of fifteen after meeting an Xian (Taoism), immortal or saintly person on Red Pine Mountain in his hometown. Legend has it that he was able to transform Rock (geology), stones into sheep forty years later. Wong Tai Sin later became known as the Red Pine Immortal (), after the mountain where he had his hermitage, and his birthday is celebrated on the 23rd of the eighth lunar month.
Influence in Hong Kong
Today, Sik Sik Yuen is an educational and charitable foundation that, true to Leung's origins as a healer, runs a free clinic and a number of schools and colleges. In Hong Kong, the Wong Tai Sin, Hong Kong, Wong Tai Sin area and Wong Tai Sin District, Wong Tai Sin district are named after the deity. There is also one MTR station that is named as Wong Tai Sin station. Many worshippers and tourists from all over the world visit Wong Tai Sin Temple everyday.
Education
Wong Tai Sin is in Primary One Admission (POA) School Net 43. Within the school net are multiple aided schools (operated independently but funded with government money) and Wong Tai Sin Government Primary School.In popular culture
*Adam Cheng has the role of the TVB, TVB's tv series, The Legend of Wong Tai Sin in the eighties. *Lam Ching-ying filmography, Lam Ching Ying is another role for the movie of TVB's The Legend of Wong Tai Sin, same title in 1992, depicting the life story of Wong Tai Sin.See also
*Xian (Taoism) *Shen (Chinese religion)References
External links
Sik Sik Yuen
{{Guangdong topics Wong Tai Sin, Taoism in Hong Kong Taoism in Guangdong Health gods 328 births 386 deaths People from Lanxi, Zhejiang Liu Song dynasty people Taoist immortals