{"id":101,"date":"2013-07-06T15:40:47","date_gmt":"2013-07-06T20:40:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/?p=101"},"modified":"2024-01-10T10:22:04","modified_gmt":"2024-01-10T15:22:04","slug":"che-kung-temple-at-sha-tin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/2013\/07\/06\/che-kung-temple-at-sha-tin\/","title":{"rendered":"Che Kung Temple at Sha Tin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We were able to see many religious temples\u00a0this years tour.\u00a0 This one in Sha Tin was very interesting.\u00a0 This temple located in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin honors Che Kung, a\u00a0 military commander of the Southern Song dynasty (1127\u20131279) whose advantageous\u00a0 power for suppressing uprisings and plagues made him a household name. In\u00a0 popular folklore, it\u2019s said that Che Kung escorted the Song dynasty\u2019s last\u00a0 emperor on his escape to Sai Kung in what is now called the New Territories. His\u00a0 achievements led to him eventually becoming revered as a god.<\/p>\n<p>The original temple was built here around 300 years ago in a desperate move\u00a0 to stop an epidemic that was spreading across the Sha Tin area. According to\u00a0 legend, the epidemic began to subside on the day construction was completed. The\u00a0 structure you see today was erected in 1993 to accommodate the increasing number\u00a0 of worshippers during Che Kung\u2019s festival, which happens on the second day of\u00a0 the Chinese New Year.<\/p>\n<p>See\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.discoverhongkong.com\/eng\/see-do\/culture-heritage\/chinese-temples\/che-kung-temple-at-sha-tin.jsp#ixzz2aT8f6nPi\">http:\/\/www.discoverhongkong.com<\/a>\u00a0for more information on this temple.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01736-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-92\" alt=\"DSC01736 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01736-Copy-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01736-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01736-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01736-Copy-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01742-Copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-71\" alt=\"DSC01742 - Copy\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01742-Copy-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01742-Copy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01742-Copy-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/07\/DSC01742-Copy-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were able to see many religious temples\u00a0this years tour.\u00a0 This one in Sha Tin was very interesting.\u00a0 This temple located in the Tai Wai area of Sha Tin honors Che Kung, a\u00a0 military commander of the Southern Song dynasty &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/2013\/07\/06\/che-kung-temple-at-sha-tin\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":189,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101\/revisions\/189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/hongkong2013\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}