Wong Tai Sin (Huang Daxian) | |
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| Born | 328 CE Lanxi, Zhejiang, China |
| Died | 386 |
| Venerated in | Hong Kong and Jinhua |
| Major shrine | Wong Tai Sin Temple |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃大仙 | ||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄大仙 | ||||||||||||
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Wong Tai Sin or Huang Daxian (Chinese: 黃大仙) is a Chinese Taoist deity popular in Jinhua, Zhejiang, and Hong Kong with the power of healing. The name, meaning the "Great Immortal Wong (Huang)", is the divine form of Huang Chuping or Wong Cho Ping (黃初平; c. 328 – c. 386), a Taoist hermit from Jinhua during the Eastern Jin dynasty.[2]
- ^ "Chinese Immortal Huang Chuping, After Liang Kai". National Institutes for Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- ^ 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. ISBN 90-04-11877-2