Shing Wong Temple

Introduction

The city god is a god who protects the city, protects the residents, and controls the affairs of the underworld. The ancients believed that everything is animist, and the idea of worshiping nature enabled the city walls (city) and the ''Wong'' (隍) that protected the people to be turned into gods, and they were rewarded by offering sacrifices to him. bless. During the Tang and Song Dynasties, no matter how big or small they were, they also prayed to the city gods, including stopping rain and rain, protecting the city against thieves, controlling insects and preventing disasters, and expelling ghosts. Since then, the relationship between the locality and the city god has been established, making the city god a deity that manages both yin and yang; the yang supervises the bureaucrats and local public security, while the yin disposes of evil spirits and manages the underworld.