Temples are crowded with incense, and paper windmills are selling big, but the offerings are very popular.

District 18 News

Author: Mo Jiawen

2021-02-13 17:41

The last update date: 2021-02-13 17:41

On the second day of Lunar New Year’s day is the day of worshipping Che Kung. On the other side, people also go to the local temples to worship gods to pray for good luck in the new year and to drive away the epidemic. The Guanyin Temple and the Fude Temple in Hung Hom are full of incense throughout the day, but they are not for sale. The stalls of the products may not benefit everybody. There is a constant flow of people in the paper-tied incense and candle shops. However, in the past, the people’s habit of buying roasted meat chickens to worship their ancestors is no longer. Some shop assistants said that not only the unit price "shrank", but the overall business dropped by one-third compared with last year. "The fourth wave of the epidemic is in a street with no one, and there is not enough labor. It is already very grateful for regular customers to return to buy." Hope the market conditions can gradually improve.

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The Guanyin Temple located in the Hung Hom Post Office was full of people throughout the day. A large number of faithful walked into the temple to worship the gods and pray for blessings. The inside of the temple was crowded with water. The nearby paper plazas were also "crammed", and people swarmed before entering the temple. When buying paper offerings, joss sticks or windmills, there are always people waiting for payment outside the store.

In the Fude Temple on Chuan O Street in the same district, there are also neighbours who come to worship and burn incense. A pile of candies, peanuts and white steamed buns are arranged on the altar to worship the gods. The staff are busy cleaning the incense candles in the incense burner all day long. Make room for other believers to incense.

Incense continues to bring prosperous paper to shop

Good faith continues, but not every stall that sells sacrificial offerings has benefited. The siu-mei stalls along Baoqili Street near the Fuk Fuk Temple are generally inferior to their previous business. Among them, the female shop assistant of Chaoxing’s authentic lo-mei said: Hung Hom's outbreak of epidemics one after another, coupled with the fourth wave of epidemics, Baoqili Street, which is lined with restaurants, once became a dead city. "There are no people in all the streets, and there is not enough labor for money." The business was at its worst time in the nine years since the store opened. Since then, the epidemic has eased. Coupled with the festive atmosphere of the New Year, more regular customers from the neighborhood have returned. Many of them specially bought chicken and roasted meat to worship their ancestors. Don’t cut it, just take it to worship God.” However, the unit price of each case "shrank", from buying more than 90 yuan per catty of roasted pork belly to halving and buying only one roasted pork rib. The overall business has decreased by a third compared with the same period last year. 1. Even if the price of incoming goods rises by about 10%, the shop can only fine-tune the price. "Each Shajiang chicken will increase from 65 to 70 yuan, and one mosquito per catty of roasted meat will not be added." She hopes to attract repeat customers. Let business gradually return to the old view.

There are not many people in the street, and the merchants say the sacrifice business is poor

In the Hung Hom Street Market near the Guanyin Temple, there are not many stalls open for business. Only less than 10% of the stalls on the first floor are open for business as usual. The alleys are empty, and there are not many people visiting. There are butchers with fresh meat stalls. Too bored to watch the live broadcast on the phone.

One of the stalls sells seafood, fruits, and sweets. The stall owner closed other stalls and occupied other stalls selling oranges, bananas, gummies, dried fruits and other foods, but the female stall owner sighed that he was unacceptable Huimiao worships crowds, and the business of offerings such as candies and fruits is average. As of 2pm, "fruits with a total price of 100 mosquitoes are all sold." If no one patronizes anymore, "I will hold a few on the second day of the new year. Zhong should be the next festival, and no one will close the file early."

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